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Industry questions power export scheme
B.C. could lose $450 million a year, critics warn British Columbia's biggest industries are challenging the provincial...
Videos
Opening Ceremony of South Fraser Witness Trail
Eric Doherty from the Livable Region Coalition and Ben West from the Wilderness Committee speaking at the opening of...
Media Releases
Opening Ceremony for Surrey Nature Trail to Highlight Potential Highway Impacts
What: The Wilderness Committee and Surrey Environmental Partners have partnered with area residents to build the...
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NDP blasts Liberal secrecy on energy advisory group
Photo of John Horgan, NDP Energy Critic New Democrats are alleging in a complaint to the British Columbia information...
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Run-of-the-river projects threaten efforts to become green
It's not easy being green, as the saying goes, and nowhere more so than here in British Columbia. After all, our...
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B.C. should protect land as a hedge against climate change, groups say
Half of B.C.'s land base should be protected to maintain biodiversity in the face of climate change, a coalition of...
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B.C. puts moratorium on aquaculture licences
B.C. has slapped a moratorium on issuing new finfish aquaculture licences and won't accept new applications for...
Media Releases
Wilderness Committee Supports Proposed BC Government Protection for Highly Endangered Coastal Douglas-fir Ecosystem
The Wilderness Committee is praising the government for proposed protection of key endangered Coastal Douglas-fir...
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Don't let our water fall into the hands of private industry
This is an ad placed in the Courier-Islander, a Vancouver Island local newspaper, by local citizens opposed to the BC...
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The way of the west -- Manitoba Hydro choosing route for its new transmission line
If a power line is built through the forest and no one notices, does it really hurt the caribou? Manitoba Hydro is...
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Ben Parfitt: New response to pine beetle needed in B.C. forests
In the fight against climate change, few natural assets are as important as forests. Healthy living trees store...
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Old-growth forest activists launch new group
Prolific environmental activists have formed a fledgling old-growth forest watchdog group after parting ways with the...
Media Releases
Wilderness Committee and Zero Waste BC applaud New Eyes on Metro Waste Management Committee
Groups working to stop the construction of new waste incineration facilities in Metro Vancouver were pleased to learn...
Videos
South Fraser Witness Trail Invitation
Kevin Purton with Surrey Environmental Partners invites you to join him at the South Fraser Witness Trail. The trail...
Columns
Big Changes at the Victoria Office of the Wilderness Committee
We are sad to announce that well known Wilderness Committee spokesperson Ken Wu has stepped down this month from his...
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