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Silverdaisy watershed a step closer to protection, premier says, after company surrenders mining rights

Located between Hope and Princeton and near U.S. border, watershed is considered a critical salmon corridor British...

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B.C. moves Imperial Metals mining company out of sensitive Skagit Headwaters
Province extinguishes mining claims in Silverdaisy or ‘Donut Hole’ area on B.C.’s southern border VANCOUVER / UNCEDED...
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Manitoba
Changes to campground reservation system a start, but Manitoba needs more parks: Wilderness Committee
Province announced changes Friday to campground reservations in effort to address high demand The province of Manitoba...
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Ontario
Video: HUGE old‑growth hemlock trees in Algonquin Park
Check out our old-growth scouting trip in Algonquin Park. It was truly magical to be around these majestic beings...
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Video: Wilderness Committee 2021 Year‑end Campaign Report
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British Columbia
Elder Bill Jones wins 2021 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award

VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — The Wilderness Committee awards the 2021...

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British Columbia
Video: Elder Bill Jones wins 2021 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award
The Wilderness Committee awards the 2021 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award to Pacheedaht First Nation Elder Bill Jones...
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Manitoba
Riverside Rant: Manitoba's Park Logging Problem in 2021

Here's Eric's final Riverside Rant for this year, where he'll tell you about where we are— and where we've been— on...

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Ontario
Environmental Groups Sound Alarm Over Implementation of Pay‑to‑Slay Fund
Fund set up to allow the destruction of species at risk habitats TORONTO / WENDAT, ANISHNABEG, HAUDENOSAUNEE, CHIPPEWA...
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Wild Times ‑ Kootenay Colours
The Wilderness Committee's protected areas campaigner Joe Foy takes us along on a camping adventure in Kootenay Lakes...
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Manitoba
Manitoba PC government quietly extends industrial clearcut logging in parks
Louisiana-Pacific to keep control of Duck Mountain Provincial Park for another year despite not having a valid logging...
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British Columbia
Communities mourn victims of climate disasters outside MLA offices across BC
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — Communities gathered at 25 different MLA...
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British Columbia
Gas lobbyists talked to province more than 750 times since election
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — Fracking companies, LNG groups and their...
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British Columbia
Remaining cutblocks in caribou habitat halted in Argonaut Creek
The B.C. government and its logging agency BC Timber Sales (BCTS) has announced they have pulled three more cutblocks...
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Manitoba
Tories pursue private partnerships for parks: document
The Tory government had been mulling a private model for Manitoba parks months before it finalized a 21-year lease...

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