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National Campaigns
Ten things the next federal cabinet should do to fight climate change
Canada’s current 2030 target is less ambitious than our American and European allies. It is not aligned with a safe...
Columns
The fight to protect Argonaut Creek

My eyes scaled to the sky as I strained my head as far back as possible, attempting but failing to find the top of the...

Media Releases
British Columbia
Teal Jones has begun logging in area with confirmed endangered marbled murrelet sightings
This summer alone, there have been over 300 marbled murrelet sightings in the area that Teal-Jones is now logging...
Columns
British Columbia
Confront the Climate Emergency

AN URGENT CALL TO THE BC GOVERNMENT Sign the petition now We call on the BC government to recognize the urgency and...

Media Releases
British Columbia
NGO report card: One year after B.C. promised action, logging continues in almost all at-risk old-growth forests
Report card raises alarm about predatory delay contributing to climate and extinction crises, lack of support for...
Media Releases
Ontario
British Columbia
Ontario acted ‘unreasonably and unlawfully’ with changes to minister’s zoning order legislation
Toronto, Ont./ Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron...
News
British Columbia
In the aftermath of the wildfires, do not trust the logging companies
In 2005, New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina, causing a mass evacuation and unimaginable damage to communities...
Columns
Why is Canada building a pipeline through a province on fire?
Drivers on the Coquihalla could feel the heat in their cars as they rushed to clear the highway before the July...
Columns
British Columbia
Fairy Creek logging: A microcosm of species decline
Orbs of cotton-like fluff nestle into a hollowed-out tree cavity formed by a woodpecker. These baby western screech...
News
Manitoba
Governing as if our lives depend on it
Manitobans are in a rare position in the province’s electoral history. The hardships and costs of climate-change...
Columns
Wilderness Committee stands with Nuxalk Nation, calls on Juggernaut Exploration to cease operations and leave Nuxalkulmc
The Wilderness Committee unequivocally supports the Nuxalk Nation and its call for an immediate halt to mining...
Columns
British Columbia
Wilderness Committee condemns RCMP violence against forest activists at Fairy Creek, calls on province to honour commitments on old-growth
The following statement is from National Campaign Director Torrance Coste, on behalf of the Wilderness Committee: Like...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Endangered seabird found in old-growth forest slated for logging near Fairy Creek
VANCOUVER / PORT HARDY xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səlilwətaɬ AND Kwagu'ł TERRITORIES — A recent radar survey revealed...
Media Releases
Fracking opponents protest planned Tilbury LNG expansion on the Fraser River
DELTA / TSAWWASSEN, KATZIE, STÓ:LŌ, KWANTLEN, MUSQUEAM AND STZ'UMINUS TERRITORIES — The Wilderness Committee held a...
Media Releases
B.C. stakeholders add to growing opposition to Imperial Metals’ mining permit near Manning and Skagit provincial parks 
B.C. businesses and conservation and recreation organizations join international coalition of 280 opponents to...

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