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Manitoba
Stop Tolko's Grass River Provincial Park Road and Bridge!

Tolko to bisect Grass River Park with a logging road and bridge, permanently damaging park and woodland caribou...

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A Valley of Heroes ‑ Wild Times

May 15th, 2008 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he explains how one BC wilderness...

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Park proposal gets support from feathered friend
Beaker, a tiny burrowing owl, was part of the hoot over a national park proposed for B.C.'s South Okanagan and...
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Media Releases
Wilderness Committee predicts massive fight over plans for copper mine in Clayoquot Sound
Wilderness Committee predicts “massive” fight over plans for open pit copper mine in Clayoquot SoundThe Wilderness...
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TV News Story ‑ Victoria Rally for Old‑Growth Forests

This is a TV news story about a Wilderness Committee rally at British Columbia's Legislative Buildings in Victoria...

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Wilderness Committee’s Joe Foy hails Pinecone Burke victory
“We are drinking a bit of champagne down here.”This was the raucous response of a very excited Joe Foy, national...
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TV News Story ‑ Pitt Private Power Killed
After a wild public meeting in Pitt Meadows where well over 1,000 people came out to say NO to a proposal by a hydro...
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TV News Story ‑ Over 1,000 people voice opposition to Upper Pitt River hydro

This is a TV news story about a public meeting in Pitt Meadows where people expressed their strong opposition to the...

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TV News Story ‑ Massive Crowd Opposes Pitt River Hydro Project

This is a TV news story about the massive crowd that gathered at an open-house public meeting in Pitt Meadows BC to...

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Pitt River Public Meeting
See this 6 minute 2008 video about the public meeting that brought the Upper Pitt private power proposal down in...
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TV News Story ‑ Growing opposition to Pitt River hydropower project

This is a TV news report about growing opposition to a proposal to dam and divert the tributary streams of the Upper...

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Hidden Power ‑ Wild Times

March 15th, 2008 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he looks at the rising tide of people...

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Gwen Barlee opposes Private Power Projects
Gwen Barlee, Wilderness Committee, Take Back the Power Rally, March 11, 2008, Vancouver, BC, opposes private power...
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Joe Foy opposes BC Private Power Projects
Joe Foy, Wilderness Committee, opposes BC Private Power Projects, including Run of River Inc's private power scheme...
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Manitoba
Wednesday's rally to protect parks a success!

On Wednesday, the Wilderness Committee's rally to stop park logging proved to be a great success. The concerned...

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