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Act Now to Save the Juan de Fuca Trail
My name is Cam Gray, and I am very excited to join the Wilderness Committee’s Victoria Office as the new Vancouver...
Spin Trumps Action in Choice of Peter Kent as Environment Minister
Peter Kent, a former broadcaster and current MP for Thornhill, Ontario, was appointed to the position of Canada’s...
Seeking Answers in Sherridon: My Second Visit
As soon as the float plane took off, carrying away the government officials and project leaders, I knew the long trip...
Sherridon or Mars? My First Visit
Sherridon? Where is Sherridon? I poured over maps struggling to find this unknown northern locale. I finally located...
BiPole III, Manitoba’s next Transmission Corridor
Manitoba’s next hydro transmission corridor is still lingering in public discussions, far more so now than when the...
Great protected areas news…maybe?
There seems to be some great news on protected areas in Manitoba, progress we’ve been waiting more than a decade to...
Where does your news come from?
As it happens for many people, the holidays have caught me unprepared. Wilderness Committee cards aren’t sent, I’ve...
Wilderness Committee fears Keyhole Falls will dry up
At least one environmental group is expressing concern over the Upper Lillooet Hydro Project, fearing that the planned...
Community Forests: Rhetoric and Reality
I was recently alerted to a disaster in the making regarding logging rare low elevation rainforest in the magnificent...
Don't let them do to Keyhole Falls what they did to the Ashlu River
Less than a decade ago the Ashlu River was a wonderful example of the rugged beauty of British Columbia. Its narrow...
Both Progress and Incompetence on Protected Areas
Wonderful wilderness to be protected, but lingering Conservation incompetence a concern The Manitoba government has...
Christmas Travel Guilt? Skip Carbon Offsets, Donate to Environmental Groups
"Sadly many well intentioned people are being misled when purchasing carbon offsets to mitigate their climate guilt...
Local opposition to coal mine gaining steam
Comox Valley MLA Don McRae received a stocking full of coal Wednesday from a group of placard-waving residents...
Flores logging hot button issue for environmentalists and First Nations
This week the Clayoquot Sound Conservation Alliance presents the Ahousaht First Nation's band council alternatives to...
Power projects would 'steal' Keyhole Falls near Pemberton, green group says
Wilderness committee demands province reject the three independent projects on upper Lillooet River system A...
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