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TV News Story - Proposal to allow logging trucks through Sasquatch Provincial Park
This is a TV news story about a proposal to allow logging trucks through Sasquatch Provincial Park, which is located...
Proposal to bisect provincial park with a logging road stirs up heated debate
VANCOUVER – A proposal to bisect a popular provincial park with a logging road was the topic of heated conversation in...
Sasquatch Provincial Park boundary proposal raises environmentalists’ concerns
If you visit the website of Sasquatch Provincial Park, you won't see anything about a proposal to change the Class A...
Network announces powerful new Global Paper Vision
News Release - June 17, 2014 120 social and environmental NGOs align for worldwide improvement in the industry Today...
Logging Road in Sasquatch Provincial Park?
News Release - June 19, 2014 Tamihi Logging hosts public consultation on hauling timber through Class A park...
Years till Northern Gateway pipeline built, if ever: Lawyers, environmentalists
Don’t expect bulldozers anytime soon along the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline route. That’s the message from legal...
Northern Gateway: First Nations, environmental groups fight on
Environmental and First Nations groups pledged Tuesday to block the Northern Gateway pipeline project. “It’s a slap in...
B.C. groups oppose pipeline decision
B.C.'s Environment Minister Mary Polak says four of the province's five conditions for Northern Gateway still haven't...
Feds approve Northern Gateway
The Federal government has accepted the Northern Gateway pipeline project proposal, with all 209 conditions...
TV News Story - Reaction to Canadian government's approval of Enbridge Pipeline
This is a TV news story about public reaction to the government of Canada's approval of the Enbridge pipeline. The...
Day of the honey bee
As we celebrate the “Day of the Honey Bee,” the Wilderness Committee is calling on the provincial government to ban a...
166,000 People Demand Repeal of BC’s Park Amendment Act
Victoria – A massive 166,000 signature petition calling for the repeal of the Park Amendment Act, which allows...
LNG promises an election "gimmick": Grand Chief
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said it was "life changing and heart-breaking" to see how fracking was impacting places...
Critics of proposed LNG pipeline fight back in Vancouver
The Council of Canadians and the Wilderness Committee are hosting a summit tonight at Simon Fraser University in...
Despite federal approval, Northern Gateway pipeline is doomed to fail, says Wilderness Committee
News Release - June 17, 2014 VANCOUVER / VICTORIA - The Wilderness Committee is expressing disappointment today after...
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