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Wilderness Committee Climate Campaigner, Eoin Madden
This is a Wilderness Committee On the Ground Report that follows Eoin Madden as he travels around Metro Vancouver and...
Saving the biggest, oldest trees
The scene was primordial. We were following a rickety moss-covered boardwalk through a rain forest of immense trees...
Cash can't buy Hudbay peace
Money no problem, but legal, social troubles popping up It's the best of worlds and the worst of worlds for HudBay...
Read our new report, Clayoquot Sound: On the Edge
Clayoquot Sound is a region of immense beauty and diversity, and one that means so much to many different people and...
Wilderness Committee supports White Rock resolution to oppose Surrey coal facility
News Release - March 6, 2013 White Rock City Council joins neighbouring municipalities in call for consultation and...
Federal review panel unsure of its role in reviewing stalled B.C. mine
A federal review panel weighing the future of a stalled gold and copper mine in the B.C. Interior is wondering just...
WC, Mathias Colomb Cree Nation stand in solidarity against Hudbay’s Reed Mine project
News Release - March 5, 2013 Unaddressed environmental concerns, lack of free, prior and informed consent forges...
Stop the Pipeline Rally in Surrey
Aboriginal support revives Okanagan park proposal
An alliance of four Indian bands has expressed support for a new national park reserve in the South Okanagan, a hot...
'This Is Huge': Sweeping Forest Bill Gathers Foes
Enviros, other opponents say vast 'giveaway' looms with scant public input A British Columbia government bill that...
TV News Story ‑ Community opposition to proposed Raven Coal Mine
This is a TV news story about community concerns with the proposed Raven Coal Mine on the central east coast of...
Wilderness Committee congratulates Comox Valley municipal governments for motions on Raven Coal Mine
News Release - February 27, 2013 VICTORIA – The Village of Cumberland has unanimously passed a motion to oppose...
South Okanagan‑Similkameen National Park Reserve Proposal Buoyed by First Nations Support
News Release - February 26, 2013 Osoyoos, BC — This morning the Okanagan Nation Alliance, representing four South...
Wilderness Committee Pleased at Government Action to End Peat Mining Threat in Provincial Park
News Release: February 26, 2013 Environmental group calls for plan to phase out peat mining throughout the province...
Auditor General Report Sharply Critical of BC's Management of Species at Risk
News Release - February 21, 2013 VANCOUVER - A report tabled today from British Columbia’s Auditor General John Doyle...
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