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Logging Plans Could Rekindle BC's War in the Woods
By Torrance Coste The Tyee June 13, 2015 Eight months ago, a hiker and friend of our organization found new surveying...
Save the Walbran Valley: Ancient forests forever!
Environmental group threatens to protest old‑growth logging on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA -- A British Columbia forest company's plan to log centuries-old cedar trees in southern Vancouver Island's...
Activists vow to defend B.C’s Walbran Valley from new logging plans
When the “war in the woods” was in full swing in British Columbia, one of the front lines ran through the Walbran...
End logging at Duck Mountain park: Wilderness Committee
A campaign has been launched to end logging at Duck Mountain Provincial Park. The park, located about 450 kilometres...
Board backs pipeline
UPDATE: 4:50 p.m. Lizette Parsons Bell, lead of stakeholder engagement with the Trans Mountain Expansion Project...
Endangered Greater sage‑grouse population on the rise in SK and AB
Conservation groups in western Canada are optimistic about an increased number of the endangered Greater sage-grouse...
Fraser River LNG project highlights federal government’s double standards
News Release Federal government opposed to eastern LNG shipments, same standards don’t apply to BC VANCOUVER – The...
TV News Story ‑ Walbran Valley War in the Woods brewing
This is a TV news story about a logging plan by timber company Teal Jones to log in the central Walbran Valley near...
A Bridge on the Journey to Reconciliation
June 9, 2015 It has been a powerful few weeks in Canada. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was working for...
War in the Woods could return as logging company targets Walbran Valley
News Release Some of Canada’s most ecologically significant old-growth cedar threatened by Teal Jones VICTORIA – One...
Is clean water a right for only some Islanders?
By Torrance CosteTimes ColonistJune 4, 2015 On Vancouver Island, there are two sets of rights when it comes to clean...
TV News Story ‑ Coffee Chain pulls Tar Sands pipeline ads
This is a TV news story about coffee chain store Tim Hortons pulling ads of Tar Sands pipeline company Enbridge...
Parks should be protected – not logged
June 4, 2015 Today the Wilderness Committee is launching our campaign to end park logging in Ontario and Manitoba...
Report and maps reveal extensive logging in Algonquin and Duck Mountain Provincial Parks
News Release Wilderness Committee campaign aims to end logging in Ontario and Manitoba parks WINNIPEG - In 2015 the...
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