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No national park for Bowen Island
Parks Canada won’t go ahead with plans for a Bowen Island National Park Reserve after the community voted 55 per cent...
Court reserves judgment on protection of whale habitat
The Federal Court of Appeal on Wednesday reserved judgment on a legal challenge by Ottawa of an earlier ruling...
Environmental groups back in court to defend killer whale ruling
Federal government seeks to reverse parts of 2010 decision on critical habitat protection VANCOUVER — Ecojustice will...
Green group seeks to halt logging road
Efforts to halt construction of a controversial logging road through Grass River Provincial Park have reached the...
Parks Canada buries national park idea for Bowen Island after voters reject it
Plans for a national park on Bowen Island have been abandoned after island voters rejected the initiative during the...
Wilderness Committee shocked to discover Timberwest buying logs from endangered forest
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia -- The Wilderness Committee was shocked to learn in BC Supreme Court this past Friday...
Tyson Creek ‘experiment’ ought not to be repeated
There have been growing concerns in British Columbia about the impact of private power projects on streams and rivers...
Tsilhqot'in Court Rally - Joe Foy's speech
The Wilderness Committee's National Campaign Director Joe Foy speaks in front of the court house in Vancouver BC in...
Green Group Seeks To Halt Logging Road
Efforts to halt construction of a controversial logging road through Grass River Provincial Park have reached the...
Injunction seeks to prevent pointless destruction of land
Tsilhqot'in and mining company to argue cases in court Monday WILLIAMS LAKE, BC, Nov. 25, 2011 /CNW/ - The Tsilhqot'in...
Critics claim mineral exploration in B.C. needs more accountability
Mineral exploration is exploding in B.C., but critics claim the provincial government isn’t assessing the...
Environmentalists want Ottawa to save Alberta’s sage grouse
EDMONTON — Twelve environmental groups are calling on the federal government to protect Alberta’s few surviving sage...
Ottawa urged to protect sage grouse
A dozen environmental groups are threatening the federal government with legal action unless it overrules two...
Wilderness committee hopes for strong positive vote
To the Editor: This is a special action alert letter to Wilderness Committee members and supporters who are from Bowen...
Bowen Island Electors Reject National Park Reserve
The Bowen election saw large scale change and a clear result in the vote on a National Park Reserve. Results could see...
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