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Shipping Industry Fights for Survival
The global economic crisis is wreaking havoc on shipping: Demand and prices have collapsed and ports are filling up...
Columns
Manitoba
Government authorizes more park logging destruction, despite newly legislated park logging ban
Giving away our provincial park for a private corporation’s profit On August 12, the Manitoba government took the...
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Opposition to dams hits high‑water mark
When a public information meeting on a proposed power project was held in the small village of Kaslo earlier this year...
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Forest giants need protection, says group
Wilderness committee wants top 100 of each species covered by law The woody mammoth suddenly appears in front of the...
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Professor calls Port Mann Bridge a "white elephant"
The director of SFU’s urban studies program, Anthony Perl, has claimed that a new Port Mann Bridge will become the...
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Shockingly dishonest
Photo: Rally to save BC's rivers - Nanaimo 2008 - Friends of Bute Inlet We hate to use the word in this context, but...
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Commission sides with the public
Last week it was reported that the BC Utilities Commission’s (BCUC) decision on BC Hydro’s 2008 Long Term Acquisition...
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BCUC ruling on Province’s energy plan praised, panned
Whistler – Last week’s B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) ruling on B.C. Hydro’s massive call for clean energy may...
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Kibosh on province's clean‑energy call fuelled by logic
If humans were wired with electric circuits, a lot of fuses would have been blown last week when the British Columbia...
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BCUC's ruling against BC Hydro's claim for more power shocks industry players
B.C. Hydro's call for more energy from public and private sources has been shot down by the B.C. Utilities Commission...
Media Releases
Wilderness Committee applauds BC Utilities Commission Decision to Put the Brakes on Private Power
Commission decision highlights conservation and proper planning Vancouver, BC – In an unexpected announcement, the BC...
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Farmer is cut off from his crop: Warren Nottingham will see new highway cut through his Ladner farm, leaving blueberries on the other side
One local farmer, whose land will be intersected by the South Fraser Perimeter Road, is fuming over how he was treated...
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Burns Bog urged for World Heritage Site
There are growing calls to designate Burns Bog – considered the lungs of the Lower Mainland – as a UNESCO World...
Videos
2004 05 01 TV News Story ‑ PCBs found in Farmed Salmon
This is a five minute, 2004 video of news stories concerning the discovery of PCBs and dioxin contamination of BC...
Columns
Clayoquot Arm Bridge Camp clean‑up ‑ July 11th and 12th ‑ by Joe Foy
Photo: Joe Foy, Wilderness Committee - Ivan surveys the camp I spent the weekend with two of the Wilderness Committee...
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