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National Campaigns
Oil and gas industry holding Canada back from climate ambition
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — Growing emissions from oil and gas are...
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Manitoba
Exclusion of motorized vehicle infrastructure from trail funding needed says the Wilderness Committee
No more public funding should go to the expansion of recreation trails for fossil-fuel-powered vehicles WINNIPEG...
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British Columbia
With Budget 2021, government doesn’t walk its talk on forests, climate
Modest funding increases for parks is encouraging, but budget doesn’t deliver the changes promised on climate and...
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Ontario
Federal budget delivers climate funding but subsidies work against progress
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mes and Sel̓íl̓witulh TERRITORIES — Wilderness Committee welcomes $17.6...
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British Columbia
New mapping tool tracks industrial projects causing extinction in BC
StoryMap highlights newly approved, proposed and planned logging and oil and gas activities within the critical...
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Columns
Wild Times ‑ The Last Slice
The Wilderness Committee's protected areas campaigner Joe Foy calls for the preservation of BC's most endangered wild...
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Columns
British Columbia
Statement of support for Pacheedaht sovereignty

The Wilderness Committee unequivocally supports the rights and title of Indigenous Peoples and the sovereignty of...

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British Columbia
The legal breakdown of BC’s biodiversity crisis
Federal Species at Risk Act In Canada, there is a federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) b ut this act has many flaws. For...
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Videos
Video: Trans Mountain Pipeline Update ‑ Brunette River Forest
This short video shows the Trans Mountain worksite in the Brunette River Forest, Burnaby on April 10, 2021. Also seen...
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Site C: Unsafe. Unnecessary. Unlawful.
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Stop TMX Banner Drop
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Peter McCartney Accordion content 1. Torrance Coste Accordion content 2. Peter McCartney Accordion content 1. Torrance...
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Ontario
Federal pesticide regulator flip‑flops on proposed neonics ban after years of delay
Canada failing to protect the environment from harmful pesticides, groups say OTTAWA – Decisions published today by...
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Ontario
Joint letter against Bill 257

The Honourable Steve Clark Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing 17th Floor, 777 Bay St. Toronto, ON M5G 2E5 Dear...

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News
Logging halted in northern spotted owl habitat near Hope
Halt will last at least a year, gives time to formulate survival plan for Northern Spotted Owl The last known wild...

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