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Mt. Begbie protection possibly a stepping stone for new Revelstoke land‑use plans

Logging is still permitted on the mountain The moratorium on recent commercial recreation developments on Mt. Begbie...

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Manitoba
Public statement on Manitoba’s director of parks by the Wilderness Committee
WINNIPEG (Treaty 1 Territory and Homeland of the Métis Nation) — On January 10, several screenshots of social media...
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A glimmer of hope for dwindling Kootenay caribou and biodiversity
After significant public pressure, the B.C. government and its logging agency BC Timber Sales (BCTS) have committed to...
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Province halts logging north of Revelstoke over caribou concerns
The proposed cut blocks are in Argonaut Creek, 100 kilometres northeast of the city Logging operations in a valley...
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Ontario
Ford gov't 'should be ashamed' after passing bill to cut Conservation Authority power say NDP
'Every PC MPP that voted to prop up Ford’s destruction of the environment should be ashamed' The Board of the North...
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BC Liberals’ New Climate Critic Backs Fossil Fuels
But MLA Ellis Ross accepts climate change is real, says party leader Shirley Bond. Interim BC Liberal Leader Shirley...
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British Columbia
CORE, SHARE, Clayoquot Summer: The fight for BC forests in the '90s
Current efforts to halt destruction of the province's last remaining old growth are the latest chapter in a long...
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Provincial government strategy to save caribou herds missing its mark say environmental groups
Last year B.C.’s two southernmost caribou herds were announced extinct due to continued logging of old-growth forest...
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British Columbia
The Struggle to Create Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve
Excerpt from Paradise Won: The Struggle to Create Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve by Elizabeth May It was Sunday...
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Manitoba
Internal document suggests Manitoba government wants to sell off leased provincial park cottage land: NDP
Briefing note refers to strategy to 'achieving a system' for sale of cottage lots An internal document obtained by the...
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Manitoba
Keep this carbon bogged down

No plan for peat protection Sun Gro Horticulture, privately owned by one of the richest families in Canada, will have...

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‘A huge win’: B.C. government suspends logging in endangered caribou habitat near Revelstoke
Plans to log a rare old-growth forest in critical caribou habitat are on hold following public outcry. Now...
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BCTS to Halt Most Logging Activity In Old‑growth Caribou Habitat In Argonaut Creek
After significant public pressure, the B.C. government and its logging agency BC Timber Sales (BCTS) have committed to...
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Ontario
Bill 229 permanently exempts logging from Ontario’s Endangered Species Act
Schedule 8 in Bill 229 puts Ontario’s biodiversity and claims to sustainable forestry at risk TORONTO (Mississaugas of...

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