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FPB audits company in Spotted Owl territory
Photo: Forests near Harrison Lake An audit of forestry operations near Spotted Owl habitat in the Harrison Lake area...
New report addresses impacts of potential oil spill on Stanley Park
News Release - July 11, 2012 VANCOUVER – The continued expansion of oil tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet poses...
North Shore band opposes pipelines
Tsleil-Waututh to sign Fraser Declaration, joining 130 other first nations North Vancouver's Tsleil-Waututh First...
Upper Lillooet Hydro Project threatens fish and falls, says Wilderness Committee
News Release - July 9, 2012 Wilderness Committee to attend open houses on proposal to divert three rivers VANCOUVER –...
TV Interview ‑ Tar Sands Exports Through BC
This is a segment from Shaw TV's After Hours, featuring the Wilderness Committee's Ben West as he talks about the...
TV Interview ‑ Kinder Morgan's Plans in BC
This is a segment from Shaw TV's After Hours, featuring the Wilderness Committee's Ben West as he explains the...
TV Interview ‑ Transport Alternatives and Green Jobs
This is a segment from Shaw TV's After Hours, featuring the Wilderness Committee's Ben West talking about the current...
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Right now, Manitoba is experiencing a “peat rush” like never before. In January this year, we banded together to fight...
Salmo River threatened by contaminants spill
An aging dam containing mining tailings is threatening to break and disgorge contaminants into the Salmo River near...
A centuries‑old cedar killed for an illicit bounty amid ‘a dying business’
The tree didn’t have a name, like the Three Sisters – three Sitka spruce nearby – or belong to a famous old-growth...
Decision on peat mine delayed
The provincial government has delayed a decision until fall on whether to allow Sun Gro Horticulture to develop a peat...
Pipeline expansion forum packs local church
It was a full house at St. Timothy Anglican Church on Wednesday evening, as residents packed the building for Burnaby...
Shellfish growers concerned about mine near Baynes Sound
The BC Shellfish Growers Association is disappointed that certain key recommendations submitted from the draft version...
Ship it all out as fast as we can the order of the day says Fraser
The announcement that the provincial government plans to relax logging restrictions on parts of the Fraser Valley that...
We are getting ready for the Paddle for the Peace!
The Paddle for the Peace event is coming up and I am getting pretty excited about it! Our Vancouver Island campaigner...
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