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TimberWest says only moderate logging done in Muir Creek, near Sooke
Community environmental leaders lined up yesterday to protest recent logging of second-growth trees on private lands...
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British Columbia
Environmental Group Backs Park Expansion
UCLUELET — A prominent B.C. environmental organization is backing a proposal to expand the boundaries of Pacific Rim...
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Preservation groups alarmed by Muir Creek clear cut
The Muir Creek Protection Society is one component of a joint media event held last Monday at the Best Western Hotel...
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Cosmetic pesticide ban being studied in the BC legislature
A private member’s bill introduced in the BC legislature on November 25, 2009 would ban the sale and use of cosmetic...
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Energy task force members green B.C. Liberal party coffers
NDP environment critic Rob Fleming calls it “a pay-as-you-go system”. The Victoria-Swan Lake MLA is talking about more...
Columns
First Section of South Fraser Witness Trail Completed
After getting drenched on our last trail expedition, it was a welcome relief to have good weather on Sunday. Eight of...
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Balancing act a thing of beauty
Photo: Taku RiverIf you take Google Earth to visit the home of the Taku Tlingit, you will find they live in a land of...
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Dikes, trails and a visionary project on the Fraser River
There are more than 300 kilometres of dikes snaking along the banks of the Fraser River and most of them – until...
Media Releases
Wilderness Committee and Toxic Free Canada Support Pesticide Bill
A private member’s bill introduced in the legislature today would ban the sale and use of cosmetic pesticides in the...
Columns
BC’s new Green Energy Advisory Task Force? Pure Greenwash...
Last Friday November 20th, a day of the week normally reserved for bad-news announcements, the BC Government quietly...
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Protecting biodiversity worth trillions, UN says
Canada has a lot to gain by protecting its fishing stock and boreal forests, report says Protecting natural ecosystems...
Media Releases
Fraser River Boat Tour to Highlight Highways Various Threats
What: A boat tour of the Fraser River to examine threats of the proposed South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) freeway...
Columns
Colonies in peril - Hug a Bee Today
Bees are an important part of functioning ecosystem, both wild and agricultural.Bees are in trouble. European Honey...
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Fish being wiped out to feed farm animals, study says
The oceans are being emptied to provide feed for farmed animals such as fish, chickens and pigs, a study involving the...
Columns
The Search for Spotted Owls and Private Power in the Lower Fraser
I was recently contracted by the Wilderness Committee to take their ancient beast of a truck out into the field to...
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