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TV News Story - Enbridge Pipeline Safety and Premier Clark
This is a television news story about new safety guidelines announced by Enbridge regarding the Northern Gateway...
TV News Story - BC Premier Weighing in on Pipelines
This is a television news story about BC Premier Christy Clark weighing in—at last—on proposed pipelines like the...
Peat mine footprints causing concern
An environmental group is decrying the "rush" to mine peat near Riverton along the western shores of Lake Winnipeg...
Urgent: Take Action on New Peat Mines
The Wilderness Committee has released a new Action E-alert warning Manitobans about three new proposed peat mines that...
Environment group gets creative competing with oil ads
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - An environmental group says it doesn't have the same advertising dollars that big oil companies...
Federal agency finds holes in Taseko mine's draft environmental report
VICTORIA - Taseko Mines (TSX:TKO) has been ordered to rewrite an environmental impact statement about a proposed gold...
Taseko report misled Ottawa over potential quake impact
Mining firm omitted other crucial information, federal agency finds Taseko Mines Ltd. made a "misleading" statement in...
Oil spill would destroy Stanley Park: report
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Imagine the coastline of Stanley Park covered in thick, black oil. That's what a report by the...
Stanley Park on the front lines if there's an oil spill, Wilderness Committee warns at public forum
“No more rallies and protests,” Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation told the audience at the Wilderness...
Crude awakening
A planned oil pipeline expansion has sparked a fight for the future of Burrard Inlet ON an expanse of land in...
Paddle for the Peace - Wilderness Committee On The Ground Report
This is a Wilderness Committee On the Ground Report about the 2012 Paddle for the Peace event.
Paddle for the Peace 2012
This production picturing this large scale protest against the Site C Dam in the Peace Country. Featuring interviews...
Paddle for the Peace Builds Momentum Against Site C Dam
It was a record turnout and perfect conditions for the seventh annual Paddle for the Peace on July 14, 2012. Hundreds...
TV News Story - Stanley Park Tanker Town Hall
This is a television news story about a town hall meeting hosted by the Wilderness Committee regarding the impacts of...
Mistakes can grow
Uh oh. We recently returned to the Wanipigow Community Garden and Trail project to discover we’d made a crucial...
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