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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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News
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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Videos
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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Media Releases
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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Videos
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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Media Releases
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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Columns
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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Media Releases
Ontario
Ontario opposition parties all vow swift restoration of Conservation Authority powers
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, CPAWS OTTAWA VALLEY, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ONTARIO NATURE, RESCUE LAKE SIMCOE COALITION...
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Columns
Manitoba
Territory Appreciation
The Wilderness Committee works on the traditional lands and waters of Indigenous Peoples, including First Nations...
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TV News Story ‑ Trans Mountain Pipeline resumes construction
This a TV news story about how construction is starting up again on the Trans Mountain pipeline after a several month...
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Columns
Wild Times: A tale of two letters
Will a BC-specific endangered species law - promised as recently as 2017 - be consigned to the memory hole? by Joe Foy...
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Manitoba's Road to Resilience Launch Event
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What's New in the World of Plants with Brian Minter

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