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Rally for Fish Lake
This is a 10 minute video news report from the Wilderness Committee about a protest rally that took place on June 16...
B.C. orcas lack protection, court told
Conservationists were in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday, suing the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans to try and...
Environmentalists in court to extend protection for killer whales
Environmental groups will be in court this week arguing the federal government is failing to adequately protect...
Wilderness Committee’s Barlee: Environmental Justice Indivisible From Social Justice
Wrapped in a mossy green scarf, the Wilderness Committee’s Policy Director Gwen Barlee explained to the assembled...
Protection needed, but to what degree?
Editorial It appears that a decision as to whether the proposal for a national park in the South Okanagan -...
Bute hydro project stalled at EA stage
The controversial Bute Inlet hydroelectric project has stalled at the environmental assessment stage. It's unclear...
Bute Inlet project powers down
I have some great news to report in the on-going fight to keep BC’s rivers wild and power public. We received a letter...
River activists cheer as Bute Inlet project stumbles
The Wilderness Committee declared good news today in the on-going fight to keep BC’s rivers wild and power public. A...
Poll Reveals Local Residents 2:1 in Favour of South Okanagan‑Similkameen National Park Proposal
Residents living in the South Okanagan-Similkameen region support a proposed national park by a ratio of over two to...
Conservationists present urgent call for establishment of National Park
A rolling landscape of windswept grasses where deer leap and bound towards the horizon. Mountaintop lakes the colour...
Group renews push for national park
Seven years ago the idea of a national park in the South Okanagan surfaced, and the tug of war between supporters and...
Recent poll suggests local support for a national park
A poll taken by Angus McAllister in the South Okanagan - Similkameen between May 26 - 30 suggests that support for a...
Road Trip to keep BC's Rivers Wild and Power Public
See this 10 minute video about a road trip to communities in BC's southern interior to speak to audiences about the...
New B.C. coal mine blasted by environmentalists
One of several new coalmines planned for B.C. this year will start operations on Friday, but environmentalist say the...
TV News Story ‑ Push to protect South Okanagan Similkameen National Park
See this TV news story about the push to get the Government of Canada to designate the endangered lands of the South...
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