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Media Releases
Throne Speech Hints at Long‑Overdue Endangered Species Law
“We want to see the BC Species at Risk Task Force follow the Ontario model: it must assess the effectiveness of...
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BC energy minister says green energy plans include more exports
British Columbia's Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Blair Lekstrom confirmed following yesterday's...
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Wilderness Committee Slams Throne Speech
Speech Strong on Rhetoric, Weak on Real Environmental Action Vancouver, BC - The Wilderness Committee is raising...
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The bird that may kill Gordon Campbell's 'gateway'
The bird that may kill Gordon Campbell's 'gateway' If you missed them, the western sandpipers came through last week...
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Canucks owner takes a shot at waste‑to‑energy game
An industrial waste recycling plant proposed for a small West Kootenays town is drawing criticism from environmental...
Columns
Christina Lake Says No to Waste Incineration
I have just returned from an exciting and well attended public meeting in Christina Lake orginzed by the local...
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Wilderness Committee Calls for BC Government to Reduce Toxins
Vancouver, BC – The BC Legislature sits tomorrow for the first time since the May 12 provincial election, and the...
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LiveSmart dies young: Fans of the provincial policy say its demise will hurt B.C.'s growing green industry
VICTORIA — Special to The Globe and Mail Companies specializing in green energy solutions are seeing red over the...
Columns
Manitoba
Visitors in the Upper Whitemouth Area
The cleanest river in southern Manitoba was murky brown. I was disappointed. Young North, Uncle Paul and I had aimed...
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Ecologists fight logging road in Manitoba park
Environmental advocates are upset that the Manitoba government — which has banned logging in provincial parks — has...
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Logging road may spark court battle
Local environmentalists may go to court to block a logging road proposed for Grass River Provincial Park and to...
Columns
Wilderness Committee Attends Large Wild Salmon Rally in front of DFO Offices
At noon yesterday (Aug. 20th) there was a large rally held in front of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (aka DFO) Pacific...
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Commission ruling leaves private power producers crying a river
You can bet your bottom dollar that the July 27 ruling by the BC Utilities Commission on BC Hydro's 2008 Long Term...
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Wilderness Committee Slams Cancellation of Live Smart Program
Vancouver, BC – The Wilderness Committee is crying foul over the provincial government’s controversial decision to...
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International Expert Joins Call for a Moratorium on Incinerators in BC
Vancouver - World renowned environmental and human health advocate Dr. Paul Connett today joined local activists to...
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