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Fight Against Waste Incineration Heating Up Again
I was having a casual breakfast with a couple friends on Monday morning when all of a sudden my phone started ringing...
Prevent Cancer Now warns B.C. residents about the health risks of incineration
ROSSLAND , British Columbia - July 27, 2011 - Prevent Cancer Now, a national organization focused on eliminating the...
Province approves Metro Vancouver's plans to build waste incinerator
But region required to work with Fraser Valley to address air quality concerns if it builds facility in the Lower...
Jack Knox: Gold River's bid to burn garbage from Metro Vancouver smoulders
Whether Gold River ends up burning Metro Vancouver's garbage could come down to pollution politics versus cold cash...
Approval of Metro Vancouver plan to burn garbage means fight will heat up
The Wilderness Committee is disappointed by the decision of Environment Minister Terry Lake to approve Metro Vancouver...
TV News Story - Decline of Barn Swallows
This is a TV news story about the decline of barn swallows. Wilderness Committee Endangered Species campaigner Gwen...
Write Now: Help save the Peace River Valley from the Site C Dam
I have recently returned from a road trip to the Peace River Valley. Tria Donaldson, our Victoria-based campaigner...
Does an industrial salmon farm larger than two football fields seem massive to you?
Mainstream Canada wants to build a massive, new salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound. They have applied for tenure rights...
BC Energy Minister Rich Coleman responds to Wilderness Committee campaigner Tria Donaldson's Editorial about stopping the Site C Dam
Site C needed to meet greater energy demandsIn a recent issue of The Province, a column on Site C by the Wilderness...
A century ago, B.C. cared about its parks
There was a time in British Columbia when political leaders took the protection of wilderness seriously and parks were...
Paddle for the Peace
This is a Wilderness Committee On The Ground Report about the Paddle for the Peace event which took place on July 9...
The Westslope Cutthroat Trout of Cupola and Ventego Creek need your help NOW!
You might remember that a few months back we wrote you because our friends at the environmental group Wildsight needed...
Guest column: We lose more than we gain with Site C dam - Editorial by the Wilderness Committee's Tria Donaldson
For 30 years, the people of the Peace River Valley have been living in the shadow of the proposed Site C mega dam. For...
Controversial Juan de Fuca Trail development goes to public meeting
Members of a Capital Region District (CRD) sub committee voted today to move the controversial Marine Trail Holdings...
Canada's Heart of the Boreal: A Wilderness Treasure Like No Other
We are very pleased to present our report entitled Canada’s Heart of the Boreal. Our report looks at the complex and...
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