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Logging road may spark court battle
Environmentalists oppose park route Local environmentalists may go to court to block a logging road proposed for Grass...
Activists Target Misinformation about Potential for Vancouver Oil Spill
Today the Vancouver Board of Trade is hosting a forum on tanker safety and activists are concerned that the whole...
Hydro Bipole III: Maps show line may be longer than predicted
MANITOBA Hydro's Bipole III transmission line could be even longer than predicted, with one proposed route sending...
The way of the west
Hydro choosing route for its new transmission line If a power line is built through the forest and no one notices...
Tim's chooses Sylvia Lake site
Second choice for kids' camp The Tim Horton Children's Foundation is getting a second crack at building a camp for...
Tim's camp hits snag, again
Wilderness committee opposes Whiteshell park location A proposed Tim Horton Children's Foundation camp near Pinawa hit...
Lobby groups target province on BiPole issue
Canadian, Manitoban and U.S. groups launched a new eduction blitz today as part of an effort to urge the Manitoba...
Environmentalists attack Hydro line route
WINNIPEG - Environmental groups counter-attacked Wednesday in the growing war of words over Manitoba Hydro’s plan to...
World Rivers Day Blessing of the Salmon and Tour of the Qualicum Beach Salmon Forest to Canada’s 3rd tallest Sitka Spruce
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia – The eleventh annual BC Rivers Day Celebration in the Qualicum Beach Salmon Forest...
BC Government demands $9,000 from Wilderness Committee to access public records
In response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the Wilderness Committee regarding budget cuts to provincial...
Tembec closes the door on recycling paper
The province's only paper mill won't use recycled newspapers in its paper production, a move which may have little...
East side favoured for Bipole III
WINNIPEG - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation and hydro, engineering and environmental experts hope to sway public...
Meditation Lake camp plans cancelled
WINNIPEG - A plan by Tim Hortons to open a youth camp in the Whiteshell has been scuttled by the province due to water...
Camp plan cancelled for Meditation Lake
A proposed $10-million camp near Meditation Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park has been scrapped by the Manitoba...
Plans for Tim's kids camp nixed
Province cites water-quality issue The province has cancelled a plan to build a Tim Hortons kids camp on the shores of...
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