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Groups protest logging in Qualicum Beach watershed
Vancouver Island conservation groups rallied in Cathedral Grove Tuesday against Island Timberlands' expansion of...
TV News Story - Canadian government to protect Humpback Whale Habitat on West Coast
This is a TV news story that announces that after a five-year delay, the Government of Canada has just published a...
Green groups commend feds for Pacific humpback recovery strategy
Strategy will offer meaningful protection of whales’ west coast habitat FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 29, 2013...
Open-mind approach best on oil
THE PAS -- Omnitrax's plan to haul oil by rail across northern Manitoba has run full steam into serious safety fears...
Environmental groups, concerned residents, say ‘no to US coal’ and Surrey port expansion
Hundreds of people took a stand Sunday against an expansion proposal to deliver U.S. thermal coal by rail to the...
Water prices a fracking big deal
Critics are raising alarms that oil and gas companies are getting a “free ride” from the provincial government for the...
TV News Story - New Westminster Coal Protest
This is a TV news story about a protest rally involving hundreds of people taking a stand against an expansion...
TV News Story - Canadian Bee Collapse
This is a TV news story about Canadian bees being killed off by a new type of insecticide, Neonicotinoids. Bee keepers...
Save Fish Lake
Fish Lake -- known as "Teztan Biny" to the Tsilhqot'in people -- is a beautiful and sacred lake in BC's Chilcotin...
TV News Story - Squamish Gondola being built in Provincial Park
This is TV news story about a gondola that is being built near Squamish, BC. The problem is that it encroaches on the...
Building on tradition at Teztan Biny
Build it and they will come. That’s the phrase Cecil Grinder keeps mulling over as he prepares the sweat lodge site at...
Aglukkaq will have final say on controversial Fish Lake mine in B.C. Interior
In one of her first tests as Environment Minister, Leona Aglukkaq will give thumbs up or down to a proposed mine in...
First Nations leaders to meet UN regarding Taseko project
First Nations leaders fighting one of B.C.'s most controversial resource development projects will get their case...
Town hall tonight on proposal to ship oil through Churchill
Citizens concerned with a plan to transport millions of barrels of crude oil to Churchill are coming together at a...
B.C. Hydro claims poll shows strong support for Site C project
B.C. Hydro claims a new poll shows potential support for the proposed Site C hydroelectric dam project to be as high...
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