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Manitoba
Newly released map shows woodland caribou range in authorized logging area

The federal and Manitoba provincial species acts require caribou habitat be protected, but logging is ongoing in the...

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Clayoquot River Valley Witness Trail ‑ Week 2
submitted by Andy Miller Week 2 on the trail crew was sunny and warm. My job was to escort a fresh team of volunteer...
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Clayoquot River Valley Witness Trail ‑ Reclearing Trip ‑ Week 1
Photo: by Geoff Senichenko - Trail Crew taking a break near Murrelet Lakes in beautiful Clayoquot River Valley. I just...
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Five‑dam proposal in West Kootenay riles residents
Diverse groups unite in concern over potential environmental impact West Kootenay citizens are fighting a pending run...
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Plutonic's EIS will be delayed until early 2010
Photo: Southgate River in Bute Inlet watershed It's going to take longer than first thought for Plutonic Power to...
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GREEN SCENE: Why we need Port Moody's Burrard Thermal
On July 27, the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) ruled that BC Hydro’s Burrard Thermal generating plant in Port Moody...
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Anne Murray: Paving paradise to put up the South Fraser Perimeter Road
Alert drivers along Highway 99 and Highway 17 through Delta will notice the massive destruction of farmland underway...
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Author Jeff Rubin says peak oil will shrink trade with Asia
A well-known economist and author says the B.C. government is looking in the “rear-view mirror” by spending vast sums...
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Millions of missing fish signal crisis on the Fraser River
The Fraser River is experiencing one of the biggest salmon disasters in recent history with more than nine million...
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Alberta oil sands lead to acid rain in Saskatchewan, data suggests
Environmentalists ask for caps on emissions Environmentalists want Ottawa to set caps on emissions from Alberta's oil...
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From the Back Roads of the Boreal Forest
The Wilderness Committee’s ancient "beast", a 4 cylinder bush truck donated by famed BC writer and conservationist Ian...
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Surrey Bend Hike Reveals Surrey’s Endangered Wilderness
Wilderness hikes through endangered habitat often require long drives and days of treking but on Sunday August 8...
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‘Mooove’ out of the way (Second in a Leader series on the SFPR)
For about 30 years John Flaming has farmed in Ladner, and the construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR)...
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Chilcotin Mountains Pithouse, Graveyard, and Trail Project

The St’at’imc and ‘Tsilcot’in Nations have invited the Wilderness Committee to blaze new and repair old trails leading...

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Is push to export oil to China worth risk of catastrophic spill?
A recent Canwest News report described how "China's energy buying spree is bypassing Canada's oilpatch." Depending on...

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