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Wilderness Committee heading to court to fight Taseko Mines’ defamation suit
Media Advisory - January 16, 2015 Supporters will gather to defend the right to speak out for the environment...
TV News Story - Wilderness Committee goes to court to defend right to comment
This is a TV news story about a lawsuit launched by mining company Taseko against the Wilderness Committee. Taseko is...
Environmental assessment certificate for Taskeo's Prosperity Mine extended
Taseko Mines Ltd. has been granted a five-year extension to its environmental assessment certificate for its...
Wild Times - Smoldering Forests
January/February 2015 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel, as he explores forests set aside for...
Standing our ground against Taseko Mines
January 15, 2015 Back in 2012, the Wilderness Committee was surprised when Taseko Mines Ltd. served us notice that...
Gwen Barlee on BC Parks Boundary Adjustments
In this radio interview, WC Policy Director Gwen Barlee discusses boundary adjustments proposed at several BC...
Ben West becomes executive director of Tanker Free B.C.
ONE OF VANCOUVER'S best-known environmentalists has a new job. Ben West has been appointed as executive director of...
Site C hydroelectric project: a northern river of controversy runs through it
The approval of BC Hydro’s plan to build a third dam on the Peace River has been welcomed by businesses and builders...
TV News Story - Climate Change will make BC farmland precious
This is a TV news story about a report that suggests that the US states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian...
Mount Polley Disaster: Can BC’s Government be Trusted?
Questions arising from the Mount Polley tailings pond breach: Is BC’s Liberal government in the pockets of industry...
Mair to Horgan: Your Pro-LNG Points Don't Wash
Betting on mirage jobs, NDP leader downplays huge risks to citizens and nature. Dear B.C. New Democrat leader John...
Comment: Trees are the solution that LNG will never be
Times Colonist By Eoin Madden, Torrance Coste and Arnold Bercov December 21, 2014 The Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of...
Victoria decides not to pursue complaints over logging on fragile Island cave landscape
Logging near Gold River in cave area shows karst protection order ‘unenforceable,’ caver says. Cavers thought they had...
Site C dam a '$9 billion gamble': Horgan
VANCOUVER - A look at what was said about the B.C. government's decision to proceed with the controversial $8.8...
Outdoor-clothing giant Patagonia reveals plan to open in Vancouver
VANCOUVER HAS LONG been established as a centre for technical apparel. North Vancouver–based Arc’teryx is a leader in...
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