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No Site C Dam: First Nations, Environmental Organizations and Residents of the Peace Region Send a Message to Premier Campbell
Fort St John, BC - What: Press Event Event organized by the Wilderness Committee, Peace Valley Environment Association...
Leaked BC Government memo reveals plans for less government oversight of environment
Twitter and Facebook suggested as successful tools for environmental managementA leaked government e-mail shows the...
Column: Leaked memo says social media are key part of environment ministry shuffle
Photo: Gwen Barlee from the Wilderness Committee Tweet tweet: the provincial government is moving away from trying to...
Gasland Trailer
Directed by Josh Fox. Winner of Special Jury Prize - Best US Documentary Feature - Sundance 2010. Screening at Cannes...
An environmental group favours Tembec closure
The Wilderness Committee in Manitoba was applauding the news about the Tembec plant. The group says Manitobans would...
A glimmer of light in lockout
Premier offers Tembec workers settlement hope on a grim day PINE FALLS -- After 99 days without a paycheque, and only...
Sagkeeng First Nation ponders mill purchase
Officials at Sagkeeng First Nation are crunching the numbers to see whether they should put in an offer to buy the...
Closing Tembec plant means Manitobans will breathe easier
Third-worst polluter in Manitoba is closed and up for sale Today, Tembec announced it will close its paper mill in...
WC congratulates Bill Blaikie and Rob Altemeyer
The Wilderness Committee congratulates Bill Blaikie, MLA for Elmwood, for being selected to the important post of...
Meditation Lake info kept from public
Freedom of Information Act requests still unanswered after 49 days, now no chance to inform public before government...
Trail building through West Coast ancient rainforest
Summer was a busy time for members and volunteers with the Wilderness Committee (WC) who spent time building and...
Fish Lake Report
This is a Wilderness Committee On the Ground Report about the fight to protect Fish Lake from being destroyed by an...
Wilderness Committee applauds Newfoundland and Labrador for taking back control of public lands and waters
Largest environmental citizen group in Canada supports government decision to rescind corporate tenure rights over...
Park Logging Stopped! Victory for the Wilderness Committee in Manitoba!
Wilderness Committee congratulates government on protecting most of Manitoba's parks, finally ending park logging...
Logging banned in Whiteshell, Nopiming
A new provincial ban on logging in two North Eastman provincial parks is being hailed as a victory by Manitoba...
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