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Peat mine proposal raises red flags
MANITOBA Conservation has expressed concern a proposed peat mine at Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park could pose a fire...
Grits, Greens join opposition to peat mine plans
Manitoba Grits and Greens joined forces with local environmentalists today to condemn the Selinger government for even...
Wilderness Committee calls for Manitobans’ opinion on Sun Gro’s provincial park strip mine
Public comment essential on multinational corporation’s bid to mine peat in Hecla Provincial Park Winnipeg Manitoba –...
TV News Story - Vancouver oil tankers and pipeline
As the debate rages over a proposed oil pipeline in northern B.C., energy giant Kinder Morgan is quietly working on...
Keeping her pledge
When you vow you’re going to do something, it’s a good idea to keep your word, and while Portia Miller is only five...
BC launches online registry for frac fluid chemicals
British Columbia has launched an online registry for oil and natural gas producers to disclose the chemicals in the...
Tribal Parks - Wild Times
January 9th, 2012 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he looks at BC's legacy of Tribal...
New peat mine proposed despite Manitoba government's freeze on development
North America's largest peat producer is proposing a 531-hectare mine in Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park east of...
Hecla Park Horror
I spent a few weeks working on my house this past December, taking time off from the Wilderness Committee at a time...
Did you know that in 1969 Vancouver Island grew 70% of its own food?
Forty years later that number is now less than 5%. If residents of the Capital Regional District (CRD) want to help...
Kokish River needs your letter NOW!
The Kokish is a wild river that is on northern Vancouver Island, near Port McNeil. This 10-kilometre long whitewater...
Province drops support for national park
The province of B.C. no longer supports designation of a national park in the South Okanagan-Similkameen. “The...
Can't See The Forest For The Gump
Owl country facing loggers axe The endangered spotted owls don’t know it yet, but they are in for a bumpy ride if a...
BC’s Spotted Owl All But Extinct
With just 12 owls left in the wild, MP says it may be necessary for the feds to step in With the northern spotted owl...
A high-profile hockey player fights for the river he loves
Willie Mitchell, a rugged defenceman for the Los Angeles Kings and a former Vancouver Canuck, is dropping his gloves...
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