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Whiteshell Park “Improvements” Announced, Nearly Half of Park Still Not Protected
One of Manitoba’s most cherished parks is still not protected as government promised The Manitoba government announced...
Whiteshell Park “Improvements” Announced, Nearly Half of Park Still Not Protected
One of Manitoba’s most cherished parks is still not protected as government promised WINNIPEG - The Manitoba...
Environment Licence Violations, Illegal Water Drainage from Little Saskatchewan River
News Release - July 18, 2013 Wilderness Committee calls on government to revoke licence, fine proponents for illegal...
Experts warn energy project could harm grizzly population
Provincial wildlife experts flagged serious concerns last year about the potential impact of the proposed Upper...
The Lands and Waters Provide
I drifted through a reflection of stars last week, paddling on a quiet river in Hollow Water territory late into the...
CRD lands worth protecting
Way back in 2011, Ender Ilkay tried to slip 260 cabins under the Capital Region’s radar in the hope of creating a...
Approvals pending for Innergex
EAO confirms some conditions of the construction environmental management plan not yet met While Innergex hopes to...
Kick the oil habit
In response to your editorial ( Quebec blast shows we need pipelines) it's important to step back from the events of...
Unfinished Business ‑ Wild Times
July/August 2013 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he lists some of the fabulous will...
The Salish Sea: In Danger
Our allies across the border at the Friends of the San Juans have created an amazing infographic, explaining the...
Environmentalist gets results through persistent pursuit of documents
As a child, Gwen Barlee learned the value of digging deeper, but it was not until she grew up and began to investigate...
The private business of public parks
Private companies operating in BC's provincial parks are caught between attracting enough visitors to sustain...
Small pipeline leak makes big noise in Canadian politics
That a small amount of crude oil in the wrong place at the wrong time can have big political impact says more about...
Radio interview: Metro Vancouver coal opposition
WC Climate Campaigner Eoin Madden discusses growing opposition to Metro Vancouver coal port expansions -- and to US...
Save the Salish Sea
Save the Salish Sea: Protecting an Ecological Gem from Fossil Fuel Expansion. With new fossil fuel export projects on...
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