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2nd Annual International Save the Frogs Day “Avatar” Tour of Rare & Endangered Nanoose Bay Coastal Forest Wetland
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia – The Mid Island Wilderness Committee is hosting the 2nd Annual International Save the...
Forest Facts for McFadyen
Global Forest Watch confirms east side of Lake Winnipeg has more intact forest than west side Hugh McFadyen, leader of...
Pilgrimadge to Burns Bog
On April 25, 2010, hundreds of people participated in an interfaith pilgrimage to Burns Bog. The event was designed to...
Volunteers bearing witness to nature
Upstream from the Port Mann Bridge, adjacent to Surrey Bend, is a strip of land in nearly pristine condition, looking...
Public will get say on waste burning
Metro Vancouver's controversial proposal to burn the region's garbage will go out to public consultation, the board...
Opponents condemn hydro dam decision
The province is moving forward with a controversial third large-scale hydro dam on the Peace River in Northeastern B.C...
Rutherford documents raise questions: WCWC
Kiewit official, though, says construction deficiencies played no role in ’03 bridge washout Recently uncovered...
Off‑road vehicles won't be allowed in regional parks
Decision by CRD's parks committee was unanimousOff-road vehicles wont be allowed in Capital Regional District parks...
Low Environmental Standards and Poor Oversight Plague Private Hydro Power Projects in BC
An independent legal review of the environmental regulation of private hydropower projects in BC shows the projects...
British Columbians tell Government: Ancient Forests Forever
Three Vancouver Island MLA’s submitted over 2500 petitions today calling for the phase out of old-growth logging on...
First Nations 'outraged' at Site C decision
The provincial government's announcement to proceed with the Site C dam has sparked an outcry from the First Nations...
Wilderness Committee says no Dam Way to Site C Proposal
Following the announcement by the provincial government this morning that it will move forward with the Site C dam...
Did they have to die?
Troubling questions arise about the night five people died when Rutherford Creek bridge was destroyed in a massive...
DL 33 a ‘logging operation’
A cutting permit to allow First Nation harvest of 15,000 cubic metres of timber from an endangered Nanoose Bay...
TV News Story ‑ Oil tanker expansion in Vancouver Harbour
See this April 2010 TV news story about a plan to greatly increase the number and size of crude oil tankers using the...
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