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Tyson Creek ‘experiment’ ought not to be repeated
There have been growing concerns in British Columbia about the impact of private power projects on streams and rivers...
Tsilhqot'in Court Rally ‑ Joe Foy's speech
The Wilderness Committee's National Campaign Director Joe Foy speaks in front of the court house in Vancouver BC in...
Green Group Seeks To Halt Logging Road
Efforts to halt construction of a controversial logging road through Grass River Provincial Park have reached the...
Injunction seeks to prevent pointless destruction of land
Tsilhqot'in and mining company to argue cases in court Monday WILLIAMS LAKE, BC, Nov. 25, 2011 /CNW/ - The Tsilhqot'in...
Critics claim mineral exploration in B.C. needs more accountability
Mineral exploration is exploding in B.C., but critics claim the provincial government isn’t assessing the...
Environmentalists want Ottawa to save Alberta’s sage grouse
EDMONTON — Twelve environmental groups are calling on the federal government to protect Alberta’s few surviving sage...
Ottawa urged to protect sage grouse
A dozen environmental groups are threatening the federal government with legal action unless it overrules two...
Wilderness committee hopes for strong positive vote
To the Editor: This is a special action alert letter to Wilderness Committee members and supporters who are from Bowen...
Bowen Island Electors Reject National Park Reserve
The Bowen election saw large scale change and a clear result in the vote on a National Park Reserve. Results could see...
Environmental groups slam funding cap for Site C dam assessment
A prominent B.C. environmental leader is slamming the Conservative government for achieving “a new low” by capping...
Legal battle rages over Nanoose forest
A judge will hear arguments Friday in a First Nation battle with environmentalists to log one of the last remaining...
First Nation loggers and protesters put their cases to court
Opposing sides in a battle over a forest near Nanoose Bay head to B.C. Supreme Court Friday with both factions seeking...
Tar Sands Oil Producers Eye California
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Obama Administration’s recent decision to delay the approval process for the controversial...
Activists unveil new oil tanker alerts
Opponents of crude oil exports through Metro Vancouver hope to shine a spotlight on the issue with a new service that...
Protesters settle in on controversial cut block
The sounds of chirping birds and croaking frogs have been replaced by chainsaws as a controversial logging project...
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