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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...
Site C Dam "boondoggle" must be stopped, says Wilderness Committee
News Release - October 10, 2013 VANCOUVER – Today the Wilderness Committee is calling on the BC government to come...
'Oil and polar bears don't mix': activist
The fragile Hudson Bay lowlands would be destroyed by an oil spill if a controversial plan to run bitumen by rail to...
Wilderness Committee's Manitoba Field Office to hold Thompson town hall meeting Oct. 15 on OmniTRAX's plans to ship oil by rail to Churchill
7 p.m. at St. Lawrence Hall on Cree Road The Wilderness Committee's Manitoba Field Office is holding town hall meeting...
Axe falls on some Independent Power Producers
According to an announcement last month by Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett, four power purchase agreements...
Manitobans gather to oppose shipping oil by rail through Churchill
News Release - October 8, 2013 Winnipeg event kicks off series of town hall meetings WINNIPEG – The Wilderness...
Manitobans gather to oppose shipping oil by rail through Churchill
Winnipeg event kicks off series of town hall meetings WINNIPEG – The Wilderness Committee is hosting a town hall...
Reed Mine approval a 'step back,' says Wilderness Committee
The province's approval of Hudbay's Reed Mine copper project in Grass River Provincial Park, which was granted on Sept...
Churchill Oil by Rail: Town Hall Meeting (Thompson)
TV News Story ‑ Canadian Government failing to protect Bees from Neonics
Earlier this year, the European Union severely restricted the use of four neonicotinoid pesticides, including...
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