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Mining work backlash grows
Opposition to proposed mineral exploratory work in the Manning Park “donut hole” continues to grow while the...
Media Releases
Opposition to Imperial Metals’ Proposed Mining Permit near Manning Provincial Park Grows
BC businesses and conservation and recreation organizations join international coalition of 140 opponents to proposed...
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British Columbia
Letter: Requesting protection of coastal bear dens
Helen Davis Artemis Wildlife Consultants Victoria, B.C. V8X 2W5 Email: hdavis@artemiswildlife.com August 13, 2019 The...
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Radio: Imperial Metals' mine tailings 5 year anniversary
Co-Executive Director Joe Foy talks to Carolina de Ryk who hosts Daybreak North - Prince George and Northern BC's CBCs...
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Clash of protesters seen in Alberta unlikely to occur in Greater Victoria, says activist
Disagreement may be voiced but usually in a peaceful way
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Plans to save threatened B.C. caribou on hold as NDP mends fences
Environmental groups say time is running out for the herds
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Firm gets licence for sand quarry near Hollow Water FN
Eric Reder of the Wilderness Committee said the environmental approval was a foregone conclusion. The company had...
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Environmental group says Hollow Water sand mining project 'deadly'
“The risks from this project are insane,” Eric Reder said. “My friends who live in that community, they’re going be...
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Feds asked to step in to save endangered spotted owls from Canadian extinction
As a UN report finds nature declining globally at unprecedented rates, Canadian groups call for plan to protect old...
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Canada‑U.S. watershed commission renews effort to buy Skagit‑Manning area mining tenures
New effort as Imperial Metal applies for an exploration permit that would allow company to build trails, trench and...
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Imperial Metals’ plan to drill in Skagit headwaters spawns cross‑border backlash
On the edge of B.C.’s popular Manning Park is an unprotected patch of land called the ‘Doughnut Hole,’ where the...
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B.C. NDP table bill that provides tax breaks on LNG projects
Peter McCartney, a climate campaigner with the Wilderness Committee, said the tax breaks would undermine the...
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B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver calls NDP government's LNG legislation a "generational sellout"
Meanwhile, Peter McCartney, climate campaigner for the Wilderness Committee, has accused Premier John Horgan of...
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CRD board opposes any highway infrastructure through Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park
Wilderness Committee campaigner Torrance Coste is pleased with the decision by the board.
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Island Voices: Don’t unravel the region’s hard‑fought green legacy
In the early 1990s, Ray Zimmerman strolled into the Wilderness Committee office loaded with maps, photos and intention...
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