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Did you know that in 1969 Vancouver Island grew 70% of its own food?
Forty years later that number is now less than 5%. If residents of the Capital Regional District (CRD) want to help...
Kokish River needs your letter NOW!
The Kokish is a wild river that is on northern Vancouver Island, near Port McNeil. This 10-kilometre long whitewater...
Province drops support for national park
The province of B.C. no longer supports designation of a national park in the South Okanagan-Similkameen. “The...
Can't See The Forest For The Gump
Owl country facing loggers axe The endangered spotted owls don’t know it yet, but they are in for a bumpy ride if a...
BC’s Spotted Owl All But Extinct
With just 12 owls left in the wild, MP says it may be necessary for the feds to step in With the northern spotted owl...
A high‑profile hockey player fights for the river he loves
Willie Mitchell, a rugged defenceman for the Los Angeles Kings and a former Vancouver Canuck, is dropping his gloves...
Radio Interview ‑ Kwoiek Creek Private Power Project
This is a radio interview with Wilderness Committee National Campaign Director Joe Foy about the Kwoiek Creek private...
Logging decision could go to court
The Chilliwack River Valley was Peter Julian's backyard playground as a child growing up in the 1950s, '60s and '70s...
Native groups form 'wall' to block oil exports
More than 130 B.C. aboriginal groups say they now have created an "unbroken wall" of opposition to oil sands exports...
Environmentalist Ben West fears increased oil tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet
Ben West has condemned a National Energy Board decision that opens the door to shipment of an additional 27,000...
Mayors object to oil decision
Change could see more tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan is disappointed that the National...
Class Notes: Climate changers
Windermere's leadership program students are hosting their third annual Climate Change Conference (C3) this Friday...
North Vancouver City mayor adds voice to energy board criticism
CITY of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto has joined regional politicians and environmental groups to call on the...
Climate deal lacks C02 cuts scientists say are needed now
Green Party leader says Canada's position is without justification or logic DURBAN (NEWS1130) - The hard-fought deal...
Canada Formally Quits Kyoto
The government has announced it will invoke its legal right to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change...
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