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Province to ease logging restrictions in Fraser region
The B.C. government plans to relax logging restrictions on about 9,500 hectares of Crown land, including the well...
Bill C-38 Answers Oil and Gas Lobbyist Prayers
The controversial Bill C-38 is so suited to help the oil and gas industry that it may as well be called the "...
Leave Old Growth Alone Says Union
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers union says proposal to log protected areas goes too far. A major forest sector union is...
Transporting oil is a risky venture. Period.
Surrey Now By Ben West June 21, 2012 With all due respect to Keith Baldrey, I have to disagree with the...
Don't want coal mines? Then don't buy steel: Compliance Energy CEO
The head of Compliance Energy Corp. said his firm's proposed Raven Underground Coal Project, in Vancouver Island's...
Make Art For Change: BC's Endangered Animals
This video features the work of students from a Grade 9/10 art class at South Kamloops Secondary School. The students...
Canada's New Budget 'Guts' Environmental Protections
OTTAWA - Late last night, Canada's House of Commons passed Bill C-38, the budget of the majority Conservative...
Greens decry passage of contentious federal bill
Environmentalists say the federal government's passage of Bill C-38 spells dark times ahead for everything from salmon...
Fighting to Save the Experimental Lakes Area
On Saturday June 16, 2012, the Wilderness Committee joined 70 other signatories listed on a full-page ad in the Globe...
Passing of Bill C-38 a Major Setback for Environmental Protection in Canada
News Release - June 19, 2012 New legislation will have severe implications in British Columbia, where proposed...
A Message from your Vancouver Island Campaigner
Vancouver Island is a place of unbelievable natural beauty and biodiversity. There are plant and animal species here...
BC's Timber Future Focus of Traveling MLAs
As a committee of MLAs starts a whirlwind tour of British Columbia to consult on timber supply, members say the...
TV News Story - "Transit Not Tankers" Petition
This is a TV news story about the Wilderness Committee's "Transit Not Tankers" petition, launched on June 17, 2012 at...
Deltaport Expansion Protest Takes to the Streets of Ladner
The unrelenting rain yesterday afternoon didn’t prevent people from participating in a lively rally and march against...
It's "Car Free Day"
Car Free Day is today, and this year, one of the major debates going on in BC - whether more pipelines and increased...
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