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Wilderness Committee defers to the Premier
A BC environmental group says the ball is in the Premier's court. This, after the NDP declared it would launch a...
Help Spread the Word: Save the Salish Sea Festival
On Sunday September 2nd, 2012, the Wilderness Committee and Tanker Free BC are joining Coast Salish First Nations to...
Feds drop environmental assessment of 492 projects
Critics challenge assertion that changes to Act pose little risk Stephen Harper's Conservative government has washed...
TV News Story - BC's Lost Federal Environmental Reviews
This is a television news story about the federal government abandoning up to 500 environmental assessments for a...
NDP Pipeline Assessment Announcement "Leaves Ball in Premier’s Court"
Media Release - August 22, 2012 VANCOUVER – The Wilderness Committee applauds the announcement made today by the...
New Hydro Approvals Disregard Proven Threat to BC Rivers
Wilderness Committee responds to the BC government’s approval of Tretheway Creek, Shovel Creek and Big Silver Creek...
Jim Sinclair: Liberal policies have failed B.C. forest communities
The latest news out of Victoria has got to be a wake-up call for the B.C. Liberals. No, I’m not talking about the...
B.C. MLAs take wrong approach to timber supply crisis
Ever since mid May, when a special committee of the provincial legislature was appointed to address a looming “timber...
B.C. on high alert for wildfires due to ‘high and dry’ conditions
Weeks of dry weather has B.C. bracing for a dramatic rise in the risk of wildfires. More high temperatures have been...
Newspaper mogul wants to build oil refinery
A newspaper mogul wants to be an oil man. David Black is proposing a 13-billion dollar oil refinery in Kitimat, to...
Talk, Share, Meet and Learn at Camp Manitowabi: Aug. 23-26
This coming weekend, we invite you to join us at a Hollow Water Community Gathering to TALK, SHARE, MEET, and LEARN...
Adventures in woodland caribou country
For the last 35 years, members of my family have ventured into a world that is more frequently populated by caribou...
TV News Story - BC Refinery Proposal
This is a television news story featuring the response to BC media mogul David Black's proposal for a new tar sands...
TV News Story - Kitimat Refinery Proposal
This is a television news story responding to the proposal for a new tar sands refinery in Kitimat, BC—a proposal that...
Values collide on Delta's farmland
Development pressures, particularly from the port, have turned agricultural land into a battleground Delta is becoming...
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