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Climate Silence in US Elections Stumps Concerned Canadians
Huffington Post BCBy Ben West November 5, 2012 "It's global warming, stupid!" Believe it or not, that is what it says...
The Results Are In: Wild Salmon Need Action Now
Huffington Post BCBy Gwen Barlee November 1, 2012 Yesterday was a good day for wild salmon in British Columbia. After...
Waterways act overhaul vexing: environmentalist
Environmental groups fear there are few safeguards left for most of Manitoba's waterways because new federal...
Salmon inquiry report skewers Ottawa approach to saving Fraser River fishery
A sitting judge spent three years and $26 million looking for answers around the collapse of a Fraser River sockeye...
Escaped 'spirit' bear back in its B.C. pen
A rare, white bear gave conservation officers a Halloween fright of their own after escaping from its pen Tuesday. The...
Study on Bipole's impact on wildlife lacking, chief says
An independent study into the Bipole III transmission line's impact on woodland caribou and moose doesn't recognize...
Cohen Commission Report Gets a Solid "B" Grade from the Wilderness Committee
VANCOUVER - Today’s long-awaited release of the final report from the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of...
Wild salmon advocates cheer Cohen Commission report
NDP's Donnelly, Alexandra Morton, farmers and more weigh in on 75 recommendations to protect the fish. Supporters of B...
Cohen report says future "uncertain" for Fraser River sockeye
More than three years after the worst returns in British Columbia in decades, a review that took more than two years...
Cohen inquiry presses Ottawa to curb fish-farm impact on sockeye
The event that caused Prime Minister Stephen Harper to order a judicial inquiry into salmon management was so...
No single smoking gun for sockeye decline
Cohen Commission makes 75 recommendations to protect the fishery There's no smoking gun found in a massive report...
TV News Story - Cohen Report on Fraser River salmon released
This is a TV news story about the long-awaited final report from the Cohen Commission, the federal inquiry into the...
TV News Story - Cohen Commission issues salmon report
This is a TV news story about the long-awaited final report from the Cohen Commission, the federal inquiry into the...
Earthquake shakes faith in pipeline project
The weekend's frightening offshore earthquake came at the worst possible time for the proposed Enbridge pipeline — or...
Heritage rivers under threat
Proposed legislative changes in the federal government’s omnibus budget bill will strip away protections from the...
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