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An Intergenerational Experience with Google Earth
The power of old meets new was on the big screen for me the other day. I was helping clear an ancient Spirit Trail for...
Stop Fracking Now!
A controversial new way of extracting natural gas, known as hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’, is growing at an...
Vancouver bike lanes to be part of global climate day of action
VANCOUVER – This Saturday, September 24, simultaneous events in more than 170 countries will draw attention to the...
NDP-Tory power struggle: Parties spar over Hydro's future, Bipole
Manitoba Hydro, the subplot of the campaign, took centre stage again Tuesday with a testy protest at the legislature...
David Suzuki: Protecting the boreal wilderness known as Pimachiowin Aki
According to a study published several years ago in the journal Science, few places on our planet have been untouched...
Protecting the Heart of the Boreal from Bipole 3
This wasn’t a friendly crowd. In fact, they had a senseless anger that not one of them would have displayed in a...
Vancouver bike ride planned to highlight global climate call
A cross-city bicycle ride is planned in Vancouver on Saturday, September 24, as part of an international day of action...
New report on fracking to be launched at screening of Oscar-nominated Gasland tonight
VANCOUVER – The Oscar-nominated documentary film Gasland is screening at SFU Woodwards tonight, and will be followed...
PC Party promise greatest threat to the Heart to the Boreal
Provincial Environment Forum highlights the misunderstanding of ecological impacts of building Bipole III through the...
PC Party promise the greatest threat to Manitoba's wild East Side
Provincial Environment Forum highlights the misunderstanding of ecological impacts of building Bipole III through the...
The Time to Rise - Wild Times
September 1st, 2011 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he looks at the fight to reconnect...
It’s a simple yes or no re National Park for Bowen Island
There were five options for the national park vote on the table: the dual or single vote and holding the vote before...
Parks Canada revises Bowen plan
PARKS Canada has proposed supplementing ferry service and adding some flexibility in how fees are charged in an update...
Park protection needed to secure victory against Juan de Fuca development
VICTORIA -- Today the Capital Regional District (CRD) voted unanimously to stop a planned 260-unit resort development...
Moving Planet: Global bike ride for the climate
All around the world, the fight against the causes of climate change is really heating up. One of the focal points of...
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