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Concern over pipeline and salmon drives Kamloops forum
KAMLOOPS - Concern over the type of impact of the Kinder Morgan pipeline could potentially have on salmon in our...
Environmental Groups Host Forum on Kinder Morgan in Kamloops
Environmental groups will be hosting a major town hall in Kamloops on the Kinder Morgan Pipeline and its impact on...
Pipeline concerns in focus
The public is being invited to discuss a proposed pipeline that would pass through Kamloops. Kinder Morgan's proposed...
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Review Dates
Are you a registered intervenor in the National Energy Board (NEB) review of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline...
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Town Hall Meeting in Kamloops
Media Advisory - March 12, 2015 Residents invited to address concerns over impacts on salmon and communities KAMLOOPS...
Raven Coal proposal may not be gone for good, but we’re winning the social licence battle
The Times ColonistBy Torrance CosteMarch 12, 2015 Monday, March 2 nd was a tense day for those of us monitoring the...
Wild Times ‑ Dangerous Talk
March/April 2015 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he looks at the history of those who...
Head of review panel repeats call for delay to BC Hydro’s Site C
The B.C. government was wrong to approve construction of the $8.8-billion Site C dam project without an independent...
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly – and You
March 6, 2015 Out of the ecological depths of the Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship branch, some GOOD news...
Application for Raven coal mine withdrawn
The plan for a coal mine less than 50 kilometres from downtown Qualicum Beach is dead. Maybe. Compliance Coal...
Become a Wilderness Committee Trailblazer!
As you’ve probably noticed, we’ve been making a few changes around here lately. 2015 marks the Wilderness Committee’s...
Coal company withdraws proposal for contentious mine on Vancouver Island
A controversial proposal to mine more than 16 million tons of coal in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island has been...
Raven Coal mine proponent pulls application at the last minute
A Vancouver junior coal mining company that wants to build an underground coal mine in the Comox Valley on Vancouver...
New bill adds to B.C. parks, protected areas
A new bill introduced Monday would add more than 1,500 hectares to B.C.’s protected areas and parks, according to the...
97 per cent support Ontario’s plan to restrict bee‑killing pesticides
News Release - March 5, 2015 Close to 50,000 comments submitted during public consultation process TORONTO – Ontario’s...
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