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British Columbia government stops logging in Canadian portion of Skagit Valley
The British Columbia government has stopped all logging in a Canadian part of the Skagit Valley, which is part of a...
Videos
Manitoba
Video: A Wild 20 years in Manitoba for WC, 1999 ‑ 2019
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Wilderness Committee office in Manitoba, here are highlights of standing up...
Columns
Wild Times ‑ Legislative Logjam
When I was in my teens, in the early ’70s, it was a family tradition to take advantage of a very special sport fishery...
Media Releases
Ontario
Largest known old‑growth eastern hemlock forest in Canada threatened by logging
PETERBOROUGH – Researchers and environmental watchdog the Wilderness Committee are calling on the Ontario government...
Columns
Canada is cutting Alberta a blank cheque — spend it wisely
Oh, Alberta. You’ll have to forgive us in the rest of Canada for taking the recent rumblings of separatism with a...
Videos
Ontario
Video: In court battling to ban neonic pesticides
We're in court right now to challenge a delay in banning neonic pesticides. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency is...
News
British Columbia says it will no longer log in Skagit headwaters key to Puget Sound
Amid an international dispute, British Columbia’s government announced Wednesday that it will no longer allow timber...
Media Releases
Ontario
Environmental groups in court to challenge delay in phasing out neonic pesticide
Delay in neonic pesticide phase-out challenged in Federal Court Toronto – Ecojustice, on behalf of the David Suzuki...
News
Government halts logging in Skagit River Valley
Wilderness Committee presses government to close hole between two parks The B.C. government is putting a halt to all...
News
B.C. bans logging in sensitive border area after urging from Seattle mayor
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has banned logging in an ecologically sensitive area along the United...
Media Releases
Conservationists celebrate as B.C. government bans logging in “Donut Hole”
VANCOUVER – The B.C. government banned logging in the space between two provincial parks in the Cascade Range dubbed...
Media Releases
Manitoba
Wilderness Committee celebrates 20 years of protecting nature
WINNIPEG - An environmental protection group is marking their 20-year anniversary of standing up for nature protection...
Media Releases
Kanahus Manuel wins 2019 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award
VANCOUVER – The Wilderness Committee is awarding the 2019 Eugene Rogers Environmental Award to Kanahus Manuel at their...
Videos
National Campaigns
Video: Wilderness Committee projects for the year ending April 2019
This is a 30 minute video about some of the projects that the Wilderness Committee undertook in the period between May...
Columns
British Columbia
The Victoria office has found a new home
Visit us as of Dec. 4! The Victoria office is moving! After nearly a decade at our Fan Tan Alley location, we’re...
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