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Ahousaht Chiefs announce a moratorium on industrial logging in Clayoquot Sound
October 28, 2015 Excellent news for Clayoquot Sound's ancient rainforest! The Ahousaht First Nations Chiefs have...
Gwen Barlee on Bee‑Killing Pesticides
In this radio interview, WC Policy Director Gwen Barlee discusses the recent news that an Ontario law to limit the use...
UBCM convention supportive of Site C opponents
Site C dam opponents, who have been on the losing side of four recent federal and B.C. Supreme Court decisions...
Gwen Barlee on BC Caribou Management Plan
WC Policy Director Gwen Barlee is featured in this news clip about the BC government's controversial plan to protect...
BC government’s approval of Woodfibre LNG fails to address major environmental impacts
News Release LNG facility could have serious impacts on Howe Sound fisheries and the global climate VANCOUVER – The...
Video: Help create a national park in BC's South Okanagan‑Similkameen
The BC government is considering moving ahead with plans for a national park in the South Okanagan-Similkameen region...
2015 10 26 Gwen Barlee on the BC Wolf Cull
In this radio interview, Wilderness Committee Policy Director Gwen Barlee discusses documents obtained via Freedom of...
Documents indicate B.C. wolf cull linked to forest industry concerns
British Columbia’s government has been meeting with the forest industry to develop plans to save endangered caribou...
Environment minister denies logging industry influence in B.C. wolf cull
British Columbia’s environment minister says the province is “trying everything we can” to save the South Mountain...
Company owned by two Haida among those convicted of destroying prime fish habitat
The Haida said they would do things differently, that logging practices would be more sustainable and environmentally...
Wilderness Committee looks forward to working constructively with new federal government
News Release VANCOUVER – After years of opposing environmentally-damaging federal policies and laws, the Wilderness...
Province OKs logging of old‑growth forest on Vancouver Island
Timber!On Friday, the B.C. government approved a permit for Teal-Jones Group, a forestry company, to begin logging an...
Posse of Premiers to Join Trudeau at Paris Climate Summit
One month from now, arguably the most significant climate negotiations the world has ever seen will begin in Paris —...
Nopiming Provincial Park is no place for mining, says Wilderness Committee
Environmental activists are urging the Manitoba government to protect Nopiming Provincial Park from any mining...
Rally Ahead of Nopiming Provincial Park Open House
Media Advisory WINNIPEG – Wilderness Committee representatives will join concerned citizens tomorrow to rally for the...
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