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Ontario
Video: Endangered Blanding’s Turtles vs. Rock Quarry

You vs. The Quarry Mine It is crucial the provincial government knows this issue goes beyond local. We must make it...

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British Columbia
Video: Old‑Growth questions to Forest Minister in the BC Legislature
This is a March 11 2021 Hansard Video from the British Columbia Legislature. BC Green Pary leader Sonia Furstenau...
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British Columbia
TV News Story ‑ BC failing on old‑growth forest protection
This is a TV news story about the Wilderness Committee together with Sierra Club BC and the Ancient Forest Alliance...
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Media Releases
British Columbia
BC not on track to meet milestones for old‑growth, First Nations and forestry transition
Environmental organizations issue report card six months after publication of old-growth panel recommendations...
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Columns
No subsidies or enhanced oil recovery: Open letter from 47 organizations

March 08, 2021 To: Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Cc: Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister...

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Ontario
Webinar: The Future of Forests
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Manitoba
6 Problems Pertaining to Peat Mining
Another six ways Premier Pallister and his Conservative government are failing on peatlands Right now Sun Gro is...
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Manitoba
Manitoba's Road to Resilience
Introduction Given the current global political reality, there is serious doubt that the world will take the dramatic...
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Media Releases
Site C too damn dangerous and expensive to proceed
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mes and Sel̓íl̓witulh TERRITORIES — An environmental group is calling on the...
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TV News Story ‑ Site C dam costs skyrocket
This is a TV news story about the the Site C dam project costs skyrocketing from $10 billion to $16 billion due to the...
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Radio: The Great Fracking Debate | Mike Smyth Show
Want to learn more about fracking in BC and our goal to end it? Check out our recent paper Planet on fire: Let's end...
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Spô’zêm First Nation and environmental groups celebrate halt to logging in forests where last three spotted owls live
Groups say this gives the nearly extirpated species a shot at survival VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mes...
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Manitoba
Video: Camp Morning Star wins 2020 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award
The Wilderness Committee is awarding the 2020 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award to Camp Morning Star, a cultural and...
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Manitoba
Camp Morning Star wins 2020 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award
WINNIPEG (Treaty 1 Territory and Homeland of the Métis Nation) — The Wilderness Committee is awarding the 2020 Eugene...
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National Campaigns
The case against parks privatization
When Yellowstone national park was created in the United States in 1872, a stone archway was placed at the entrance of...

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