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Oppostion Forest Critic Joins Tour of Threatened Nanoose Bay Forest
Forest Critic, Norm MacDonald will be joined by Wilderness Committee’s National Campaign Director Joe Foy, MLA Scott...
Stephane Dion speaks up for Endangered Species in Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba—At a Canadian Club luncheon in Winnipeg today, Liberal Opposition Leader Stephane Dion was asked...
Logging project to permanently damage Grass River Provincial Park and threatened woodland caribou habitat
Wilderness Committee demands government action to stop development in woodland caribou habitat, begin public process...
Tembec's Devastating Logging Plans Revealed to the Public
Sneak peek at plan of supposed 'green' corporation includes logging areas 10-times the legal size limit, as well as...
Cutting Down Provincial Parks Cheaper than Recycling
Tembec Seeks to Keep Clearcutting in Manitoba, but Doesn't Respect the Environment This week Tembec announced plans to...
Group opposes logging in parks
The Manitoba office of a Vancouver-based environmental group wants to focus an upcoming rally at the legislative...
Environmentalists Urge Minister Penner to Reject Incineration Due to Toxic Ash in Burns Bog Landfill
Metro Vancouver staff has suggested that if the current waste management plan goes forward as proposed that all of the...
Parks Preserved In New Hydro Route
For Immediate Release—July 29, 2010 Attention to be paid to potential protected areas, woodland caribou ranges The...
Hydro chooses route for new power line
West-side choice evokes more controversy Manitoba Hydro chose a route Thursday for its massive new power line, but...
TV News Report ‑ Proposed Enbridge Pipeline Endangering BC's Whales
See this August 2010 TV news report about how tankers coming to load up from the proposed Enbridge Oil Pipeline from...
Where to, caribou?
August 8, 2010 In the afternoon of day three on my northwest Manitoba odyssey, I looked over a map the Manitoba...
Minister Penner Should Act on Ministry Concerns about "Biased" Incineration Report
The Wilderness Committee is calling on BC Environment Minister Barry Penner to say no to Metro Vancouver's waste to...
Wetlands, Wetlands as far as the eye can see
There was great excitement in me as I motored down the road last week, finally heading up into northwestern Manitoba...
Hometown Forest Victory Leaves out Nanoose Bay
Last Friday the Minister of Forests and Range, Pat Bell, announced the protection of over 1,500 ha of Coastal Douglas...
Friday vote on garbage incineration will affect Metro Vancouver for decades
Residents of Metro Vancouver will find their wallets — and perhaps the air they breathe — affected for decades by a...
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