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TV News Story - BC tailings pond leaking toxins
This is a TV news story about the tailings pond dam failure at Imperial Metals' Mount Polley Mine in British Columbia...
Hudbay denies problems at shut-down mine near Flin Flon, Manitoba
Hudbay Minerals (TSX:HBM) denies there’s anything wrong with a mine near Flin Flon, Man., that was decommissioned in...
Former Enbridge Lobbyist John Paul Fraser Named New Head of B.C. Government Communications Branch
The newly appointed head of the B.C. government’s communications branch is a former lobbyist for Enbridge Inc., the...
Water collected from former Spruce Point Mine site “Extremely Toxic”
As the world focuses on the importance of bogs and wetlands for International Bog Day on Sunday, July 27, the...
Kinder Morgan hearings delay: a win for pipeline opponents
July 16, 2014 This week the National Energy Board (NEB) announced that it was ‘stopping the clock’ on its review of...
Time to clean up the toxic bog in Grass River Provincial Park
July 25, 2014 In January 2013, Hudbay Minerals applied for a licence to operate a new mine in Grass River Provincial...
Public meeting to discuss proposed logging tenures on Gambier Island
Media Advisory - July 24, 2014 VANCOUVER – Wilderness Committee staff and supporters will be attending a public...
Chilliwack-Hope MLA responds to provincial park rallies
The provincial government’s new Park Amendment Act means B.C.’s beloved provincial parks are under threat of increased...
WC exposes provincial park bog polluted with toxic mine waste ahead of International Bog Day
News Release - July 24, 2014 Water collected from former Spruce Point Mine site “extremely toxic” WINNIPEG – As the...
B.C. Park Amendment Act under fire from environmentalists
Critics say changes only benefit corporations, 167,000 name petition unfurled in Vancouver Environmentalists are...
Keeping the Peace, one stroke at a time
FORT ST. JOHN – “Anybody who wants Site C has no soul. They are absolutely black and soulless inside.” That was the...
B.C. Park Amendment Act under fire from environmentalists
Environmentalists are planning protests against new legislation they say threatens to open up parks and protected...
Wilderness Committee activists at two BC Parks to mark Canada Parks Day
News Release - July 19, 2014 Province-wide actions call for repeal of BC’s Park Amendment Act CHILLIWACK/SOOKE – Today...
British Columbians #StandUpForParks on Parks Day, July 19
News Release - July 18, 2014 VANCOUVER – In recognition of Canada Parks Day, concerned citizens and environmental...
TV News Story - Groups demand BC Parks Minister Repeal Park Amendment Act
This is a TV news story about growing opposition to the BC government's recently enacted Park Amendment Act - a law...
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