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Media Releases
Wilderness Committee disappointed Pacific Salmon Forum Final Report supports continued Open‑net Salmon Farming
News release – Friday, February 6, 2009 Conservationists encouraged by First Nations class-action suit to protect wild...
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Wild Salmon Defenders win BC Supreme Court Case
For immediate release Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Wilderness Committee is...
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Columns
Manitoba
About the Meditation Lake development FIASCO

For one year, there have been secret negotiations between the Tim Horton Children's Foundation and the Manitoba...

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Ottawa's inaction could result in extinctions
by MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT Globe and Mail April 30, 2009 at 1:13 AM EDT Legislation protecting endangered species has been...
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Polar Bears deliver 10,000 Anti‑Gateway Petitions to Premiers office
For immediate release – Thursday, April 23, 2009 Petitions Demand Funds Redirected to Transit Vancouver, BC –...
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Barry Penner Can't Count BC Park Rangers
Government documents reveal Environment Minister exaggerated number of park rangers by over 300 percentFOR IMMEDIATE...
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Videos
Fire Mountain spotted owl habitat logging
A recently discovered active logging operation in spotted owl habitat on Fire Mountain, located just north of Harrison...
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Columns
Manitoba
Read a letter to Wilderness Committee members and supporters from Manitoba Director Eric Reder Re: Meditation Lake

April 28, 2009 Dear concerned citizens of Manitoba, Part of the Wilderness Committee’s mandate is to ensure public...

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Videos
Save the Morkill River!

This is a video about the fight to save the Morkill River from being dammed and diverted for private power production...

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Pilgrimage to Burns Bog
The Metro Vancouver Interfaith Network and the Wilderness Committee organized a pilgrimage to Burns Bog, the "Lungs of...
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Surrey protesters oppose Gateway expansion
By Jeff Nagel - Surrey North Delta Leader Published: September 30, 2008 Opponents of the Gateway program rallied...
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Mission Mayor and Council pass emergency motion terminating Public Hearing on GENSTAR Mega‑development – 8pm
For Immediate release October 22, 2008 News Flash 11:30pm - Then Do About Face As Protest Mounts Public Hearing To...
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Mission Mayor and Council make midnight announcement popstponing public hearing
For Immediate release Friday, October 24, 2008 Mission Mayor and Council Make Midnight Announcement: GENSTAR Hearing...
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Genstar Hearings Continue to Week # 2
For Immediate Release Monday, October 27, 2008 Hearing Attendance Cracks 1000: 850 Opposed to Genstar vs. 150 in...
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Citizens of Mission Declare Victory Against GENSTAR
For Immediate Release Monday, October 27, 2008 But fate of mega-development to be determined after election Vancouver...

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