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Alberta oil sands lead to acid rain in Saskatchewan, data suggests
Environmentalists ask for caps on emissions Environmentalists want Ottawa to set caps on emissions from Alberta's oil...
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From the Back Roads of the Boreal Forest
The Wilderness Committee’s ancient "beast", a 4 cylinder bush truck donated by famed BC writer and conservationist Ian...
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Surrey Bend Hike Reveals Surrey’s Endangered Wilderness
Wilderness hikes through endangered habitat often require long drives and days of treking but on Sunday August 8...
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‘Mooove’ out of the way (Second in a Leader series on the SFPR)
For about 30 years John Flaming has farmed in Ladner, and the construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR)...
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Chilcotin Mountains Pithouse, Graveyard, and Trail Project

The St’at’imc and ‘Tsilcot’in Nations have invited the Wilderness Committee to blaze new and repair old trails leading...

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Is push to export oil to China worth risk of catastrophic spill?
A recent Canwest News report described how "China's energy buying spree is bypassing Canada's oilpatch." Depending on...
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Shipping Industry Fights for Survival
The global economic crisis is wreaking havoc on shipping: Demand and prices have collapsed and ports are filling up...
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Manitoba
Government authorizes more park logging destruction, despite newly legislated park logging ban

Giving away our provincial park for a private corporation’s profit On August 12, the Manitoba government took the...

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Opposition to dams hits high‑water mark
When a public information meeting on a proposed power project was held in the small village of Kaslo earlier this year...
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Forest giants need protection, says group
Wilderness committee wants top 100 of each species covered by law The woody mammoth suddenly appears in front of the...
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Professor calls Port Mann Bridge a "white elephant"
The director of SFU’s urban studies program, Anthony Perl, has claimed that a new Port Mann Bridge will become the...
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Shockingly dishonest
Photo: Rally to save BC's rivers - Nanaimo 2008 - Friends of Bute Inlet We hate to use the word in this context, but...
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Commission sides with the public
Last week it was reported that the BC Utilities Commission’s (BCUC) decision on BC Hydro’s 2008 Long Term Acquisition...
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BCUC ruling on Province’s energy plan praised, panned
Whistler – Last week’s B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) ruling on B.C. Hydro’s massive call for clean energy may...
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Kibosh on province's clean‑energy call fuelled by logic
If humans were wired with electric circuits, a lot of fuses would have been blown last week when the British Columbia...

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