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B.C. redraws provincial parks map
Removal of land from Stawamus Chief - the subject of gondola proposal - angers activists More than 550,000 hectares...
Radio Interview ‑ Deletion of land from BC Provincial Parks
This is a radio interview about the recent announcement that the BC government will be deleting land from several...
Newspaper Editorial Interview with Gwen Barlee about environmental impacts of mining
Responsible mining & environmental protection can coexist. Gwen Barlee of the Wilderness Committee discusses B.C.'s...
Growing Island Parks ‑ Wild Times
May 6th, 2012 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he travels Vancouver Island meeting the...
Wild News from the Island
Meet Torrance Coste--the Wilderness Committee’s new campaigner, and volunteer for a trail trip to Meares Island...
TV News Story ‑ How an oil slick is causing concerns about proposed pipeline
This is a TV news story about how an old military vessel that has been sunk for decades is now spilling oil into the...
TV News Story ‑ Oil slick found on BC's Mid‑Coast
This is a TV news story about how First Nations people are worried about a fuel slick that's appeared on the surface...
Another Site C meeting, another protest
Once again, an information session about the proposed Site C dam was marked with a peaceful protest by the Peace...
Vancouver City Council Motion Forces Kinder Morgan to Show their Hand
VANCOUVER – The mayor and council of the City of Vancouver passed a resolution today against the massive proposed oil...
B.C. mining company wants aboriginal 'spirituality' ignored in project review
Taseko Mines Ltd. is pushing the Harper government to reconsider a controversial gold-copper mining project in the B.C...
Sacred Waters ‑ What's at risk from Enbridge's proposed tar sands pipeline
Enjoy this video from a former BC based TV news camera person about BC's wild mid and north coast that would be...
Company sought workers before Hydro project’s approval
An environmental group is questioning the process under which the federal government has approved a controversial...
DFO Officially Approves Kokish River Power Project
VANCOUVER – Two days after the Wilderness Committee revealed the controversial Kokish River hydro proposal was going...
Radio Interview ‑ Kokish River private power project
This is a Radio Interview with the Wilderness Committee's Gwen Barlee about the as-yet-to-be-built Kokish River...
Radio Interview ‑ Kokish River private hydro power project
This is a Radio Interview with Wilderness Committee Policy Director Gwen Barlee and Port McNeil Mayor Gerry Furney...
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