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Opening of fall grizzly bear hunt met by opposition from conservationists
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 3, 2004 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The recreational killing of grizzly...
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Cross‑Canada Cycle Tour for Endangered Species
For immediate release Tour completes First Stage Through Heart of Spotted Owl Habitat Vancouver, BC - French cyclists...
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Manitoba
Government withholds information about Meditation Lake as public consultations close

Freedom of Information Act requests still unanswered after 49 days, now no chance to inform public before government...

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Manitoba
Meditation Lake research camp finds public support for protecting Meditation Lake from development

The Wilderness Committee established a research camp at Meditation Lake on the May long weekend, to do water quality...

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BC Private Power Projects Blamed for Environmental Damage
A Day of Action throughout British Columbia Saturday aimed to call attention to a phenomenon that has been likened to...
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Oil‑sands projects extract a heavy environmental price
When it comes to environmental impacts of the Alberta oil sands, Christopher Hatch mentions polycyclic aromatic...
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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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