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Justice for Wild Salmon?
Last September I stood shoulder to shoulder in the pouring rain with hundreds of concerned citizens, many of whom...
Ottawa silences scientist over West Coast salmon study
VANCOUVER — Top bureaucrats in Ottawa have muzzled a leading fisheries scientist whose discovery could help explain...
Report on BC Hydro: Big Problems with Government's 'Self‑Sufficiency' Definition
Wild Rivers Breathe a Sigh of Relief VANCOUVER – The provincial government’s cost-cutting report on BC Hydro, released...
TV News Story ‑ BC stopping new purchases of private hydro power
This is a TV news story about the BC provincial government dropping their so called "self sufficiency policy" which...
No Pipelines, No Tankers, No Tar Sands!
There are headlines almost every week about a new oil spill or pipeline leak somewhere in North America. Since the...
Please help us Protect the Peace!
For 30 years, people from all over British Columbia have been fighting the looming spectre of the Site C megadam. It...
Wanipigow Happenings: Heike & Eike, the German Superstars
Although 'Eike' and 'Heike' may have been difficult to distinguish from one another by name, their ten day visit to...
Who's safeguarding our water?
Two months ago I posted a blog entitled, “Is Manitoba the Wild West for the Mining Industry?” where I mused about the...
Protest set for site of 2007 Burnaby pipeline rupture
A Vancouver-based environmental group intends to use the Burnaby site of a dramatic oil pipeline rupture four years...
Fight Against Waste Incineration Heating Up Again
I was having a casual breakfast with a couple friends on Monday morning when all of a sudden my phone started ringing...
Prevent Cancer Now warns B.C. residents about the health risks of incineration
ROSSLAND , British Columbia - July 27, 2011 - Prevent Cancer Now, a national organization focused on eliminating the...
Province approves Metro Vancouver's plans to build waste incinerator
But region required to work with Fraser Valley to address air quality concerns if it builds facility in the Lower...
Jack Knox: Gold River's bid to burn garbage from Metro Vancouver smoulders
Whether Gold River ends up burning Metro Vancouver's garbage could come down to pollution politics versus cold cash...
Approval of Metro Vancouver plan to burn garbage means fight will heat up
The Wilderness Committee is disappointed by the decision of Environment Minister Terry Lake to approve Metro Vancouver...
TV News Story ‑ Decline of Barn Swallows
This is a TV news story about the decline of barn swallows. Wilderness Committee Endangered Species campaigner Gwen...
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