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TV News Story - BC Throne Speech Reaction
This is a TV news story about reactions to the BC government's Speech from the Throne. The Wilderness Committee's Joe...
Ontario's plans to protect bees and pollinators
On November 25, 2014, the Ontario government announced a concrete plan – the first in North America – to protect...
Raw Log Exports: A Made-in-BC Problem that's Only Getting Worse
The TyeeBy Torrance CosteFebruary 4, 2015 BC Stats shows the practice has reached record levels in recent years For as...
TV News Story - BC raw log exports reach record highs
This is a TV News Story about how for the past three years raw log exports from BC have reached record levels. The...
TV News Story - BC raw log exports bad for jobs and environment
This is a TV news story about how record raw log exports from British Columbia spells trouble for home-grown wood...
Guess who's back...
February 5, 2015 Last fall, provincial environmental regulators received word that the application for the risky and...
TV News Story - Geothermal power a better option than the Site C Dam
This is a TV news story about the potential for geothermal power to meet BC's future power demands so that the Site C...
Raw log exports skyrocket in British Columbia
News Release - February 4, 2015 BC exporting raw logs and jobs at record levels VICTORIA - The controversial practice...
Revised application, same dead-end coal mine for Vancouver Island
News Release - February 3, 2015 Raven Coal Mine proposal should stay buried, says Wilderness Committee VICTORIA – The...
Tsilhqot'in National Government appears in court over Taseko Mines Ltd. defamation lawsuit
Chief Joe Alphonse, Tribal Chair of the Tsilhqot'in National Government, was cross-examined this morning in the...
Parksville city council news
Provided Health Canada gives the thumbs up, the City of Parksville will receive $105,000/year in tax revenue from a...
Churchill “Oil” Will Remain South
With the Port of Churchill processing over 600,000 tonnes of grain last year, the stability of the industry in...
LAWSUIT: Taseko files defamation suit against environmental group
VANCOUVER – Taseko Mines has filed a defamation claim in the British Columbia Supreme Court alleging that the...
'The process is the punishment': Taseko takes Wilderness Committee to court over fight to save fish lake
A crowd gathered in front of B.C.'s law court in Vancouver on Monday morning in support of the Wilderness Committee...
Wilderness Committee to appear in court to answer Taseko's defamation charge
“Lawsuits like these eat away at the very foundations of democracy and free speech, which form the basis of our...
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