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B.C. leads Canada in polluted sites
B.C. has the most contaminated sites on federal land of any province in Canada, figures just released by the Treasury...
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Vital power route faces epic hurdles
In a province of violent geography that demands great ingenuity of its engineers, we are in a helicopter, scrutinizing...
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Logging, habitat loss the real threat
Two recent Times Colonist articles have quoted Environment Minister Barry Penner and Victoria Jackson of the Vancouver...
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Who’s minding our drinking water?
As the Vancouver East Cultural Centre gears up for next week’s outdoor presentation of A Few Little Drops: The...
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Green groups sue feds over orcas
Killer whales in southern B.C. are on the decline and whale experts say they could be extinct in 100 to 300 years if...
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Canada Sued for Failure to Protect Killer Whale Habitat
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans was sued today by six environmental...
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Silverdale housing criticized
A massive housing development in Silverdale came under fire from environmentalists, farmland supporters and residents...
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Recession hits environmental organizations as funding slides
B.C. environmental groups are facing tough challenges in the economic recession as declining donations lead to layoffs...
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Lively crowd opposes power project
A public meeting organized at the Roberts Creek Hall Tuesday night drew a vocal crowd that mostly opposed a proposed...
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A road for all reasons, says PM
New Democrat questions role of private financing Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to a Surrey warehouse yesterday to...
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Water war: Inside the battle over IPPs
It's like a scene from "There Will Be Blood." Hundreds have descended on the aging gymnasium at the old Pemberton...
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Symbolic protest for final home
It was the last house to go down in Bridgeview to make way for the South Fraser Perimeter Road in Surrey, but...
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Forest round-table report calls for deep changes
More timber for first nations, more land for fast-growing species among recommendations The provincial government...
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Canada to protect endangered killer whales
Since British Columbians celebrated the unexpected sighting of two newborn Orca whales in mid-February, there is...
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Private power protest goes viral
VANCOUVER—A campaign by groups protesting the development of private power projects on British Columbia rivers has...
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