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Battle to create Grasslands park pits ecologists against ranchers
Greg Byron stops his van, and the dust it has been kicking up during the ascent of Kruger Mountain momentarily hangs...
10,000 kilometre Totem Pole Journey Unites Opposition to Fossil Fuel Threats in the Salish Sea
News Release - August 28, 2014 Totem pole visits Victoria on Saturday, August 30th VICTORIA – Master carver Jewell...
Spotted Owl forest expedition reveals chainsaw massacre
Photo of Chilliwack Lake spotted owl habitat area recent logging.
Tailings pond fallout fuels anti‑mining sentiment
More bands challenging expansion plans for B.C.’s top employer of aboriginal workers Even before the collapse of a...
Update from the Field: Wilderness Committee Visits the Legendary Walbran Valley
Wilderness Committee’s Vancouver Island Campaigner with the Castle Giant – one of the largest red cedar trees in...
Taseko aims to prove in court that Ottawa was wrong to reject $1.5B B.C. mine
VANCOUVER — A mining company that has filed two Federal Court applications against the federal government over the...
TV News Story ‑ Opposition to approval of Surrey Coal Terminal
This a TV news story about opposition to the recently approved coal shipping facility located on the south bank of the...
OmniTRAX shelves plans to ship crude oil through Northern Manitoba
Plans to ship crude oil by rail from The Pas to Churchill have been shelved indefinitely, OmniTrax Canada president...
IPP Chips in for Spotted Owl Recovery, then Chips Away at Habitat
Photo: Tretheway Creek run-of-river project under construction. A new partnership between an independent power...
Port of Churchill chooses grain over oil
After a year of controversy and derailments, OmniTRAX Canada has abandoned its scheme to transport crude oil through...
No oil to be shipped from Churchill
A Manitoba wilderness group were claiming victory Friday after plans to ship crude oil by rail through the Port of...
Omnitrax Kills Their Crude Oil by Rail Plan in Manitoba
The Wilderness Committee is celebrating a major win today, as Omnitrax announced they would no longer be pursuing...
Wilderness committee, MP applaud decision not to ship oil via Churchill
Environmental activists and at least one Manitoban MP are rejoicing after OmniTrax announced their decision not to...
Rail company halts plans to ship oil across northern line
WINNIPEG - A rail company is putting the brakes on a controversial plan to haul millions of litres of crude oil across...
Port Metro Vancouver Decision Ignores Climate Change
News Release - August 21st, 2014 Wilderness Committee disappointed at decision to approve Fraser Surrey Docks Coal...
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