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British Columbia exploring use of green bonds to build dam
British Columbia is considering selling green bonds to help fund a $7 billion hydroelectric dam, among the biggest...
Tribal Parks: 101
Coastal Communities Call for Raw Log Export Reform
April 13, 2015 The export of raw logs is a crisis in BC. Despite outcry from forest communities, unions, policy...
No debate on Manitoba's secret love affair
It could be easy to be environmentally smug in Manitoba. There are kilometres of intact boreal forest and pristine...
How Canada Could Cash In on California’s Drought
The ongoing drought in California, now in its fourth year, is evoking calamity-pitched reactions. As one farmer...
Don Cayo: Libel case may have implications for other clashes over the environment
What is a SLAPP suit? SLAPP is a new-ish acronym that stands for “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation” — a...
UPDATE – Taseko Mines Ltd vs. Wilderness Committee
April 9, 2015 Last week, we were in the BC Supreme Court for the three final days of Taseko Mines Ltd.’s lawsuit...
Site C to start this summer?
Energy Minister Bill Bennett says, as far as he's concerned, construction will start on the controversial Site C...
B.C. Energy Minister optimistic Site C construction will begin in summer
Two weeks before farmers and First Nations press the courts to block the Site C dam from transforming a thriving...
Energy East: Our Risk, Their Reward
You’re invited! Join us on Saturday, April 11 at the Fort Garry Hotel for a public forum on the proposed Energy East...
Wild Salmon Caravan
Gwen Barlee on Bees and Pollinators
In this radio interview, WC Policy Director Gwen Barlee discusses the importance of bees and pollinators, and how...
Wilderness Committee back in court to fight Taseko’s defamation charge
“ It is a lawsuit designed to make us shut up and be quiet," Wilderness Committee national campaign director Joe Foy...
TV News Story ‑ Wilderness Committee in court defending the right to speak
This is a TV News Story about the start of the final arguments phase of Taseko Mines' defamation court case against...
Wilderness Committee returns to court in Taseko Mines defamation case
Media Advisory - March 30, 2015 Tsilhqot’in Nation Chiefs and supporters to attend gathering as final arguments begin...
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