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Hard‑hitting Federal EA Report on proposed New Prosperity Mine must result in rejection, says Wilderness Committee
News Release - November 1, 2013 VANCOUVER - The Wilderness Committee is celebrating the release of the Federal...
Groups argue B.C. not protecting old‑growth forest
The B.C. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about whether the province is doing enough to protect an endangered...
Comment: One year later, nothing has improved for wild salmon
Victoria Times Colonist By TORRANCE COSTE October 31, 2013 British Columbia’s wild salmon are still waiting. One year...
Surrey City Council passes resolution opposing Surrey coal facility
For Immediate Release - October 29, 2013 City joins neighbouring municipalities in opposition to US coal shipments...
B.C. Court to hear challenge over Coastal Douglas‑fir today
For Immediate Release - October 30, 2013 Province breaking its own law in failing to protect old-growth forest...
Water leads gravel‑pit concerns
A proposed gravel-pit operation in Hilliers was met with near-unanimous opposition from residents at a public meeting...
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...
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