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Alberta’s Superior Court Rejects Former Premier Kenney’s Arguments To Avoid Defamation Lawsuit Brought Forward By Five Environmental Groups
May 25, 2023, Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa — Alberta’s superior court today dismissed attempts by former...
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Conservation groups legally challenge federal decision to approve Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project
The groups remain undeterred in their decade long fight to protect the 73 remaining southern resident killer whales...
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British Columbia
Groups celebrating with Nuchatlaht, as First Nation’s Title is recognized in landmark case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 18, 2023 Groups celebrating with Nuchatlaht, as First Nation’s Title is recognized in...
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Columns
Wild Times ‑ Eagle and Owl
The Wilderness Committee's protected areas campaigner Joe Foy compares threats facing wildlife in Philippines and...
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The Fight to Stop Trans Mountain
Wilderness Committee and our allies first started fighting tar sands tankers on the Salish Sea in 2010, before the...
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Manitoba
Duck Mountain in peril says new report
Historic independent audit casts a harsh light on logging, park dereliction and biodiversity loss WINNIPEG / TREATY 1...
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British Columbia
Federal government greenlights Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project despite significant harm to environment and southern resident killer whales
A previous federal environmental review panel concluded the project would cause adverse environmental effects, but...
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Manitoba
Calling for more Protected Areas in Manitoba: Interview
WildernessCommittee · Eric Reder Interview
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Manitoba
Save Pemmican Island: Take a stand for environmental preservation
Thank you for writing letters to voice your support of saving Pemmican Island. Submissions are closed at this time...
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Ontario
British Columbia
Glyphosate: Controversial logging weapon killing forests and wildlife
For decades logging corporations have been spraying toxic chemicals over cutblocks using a herbicide called glyphosate...
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Ontario
Canada’s budget mixes clean tech incentives with fossil fuel subsidies
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — While the Wilderness Committee is glad to...
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British Columbia
Actions in 40 BC communities call for an end to fracking
Province-wide banner and poster blitz names gas as BC's biggest climate problem, calls for Frack Free BC Unceded and...
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British Columbia
Report Card: More than half of the most endangered old‑growth forests in BC remain at‑risk
Environmental organizations warn that time to implement BC’s old growth promises is running out, as BC NDP government...

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