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Kinder Morgan plans to start work on Blue River Man Camp
Blue River is a tiny community of just 157 people along the North Thompson River, about two and a half hours northeast...
Kinder Morgan bubble zone puts recreation sites under potential lockdown
For Immediate Release - March 12, 2018 Burnaby bubble zone puts recreation sites under potential lockdown Vancouver, B...
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Environment Canada strikes potential death blow to container port expansion
Environment officials have struck a potential death blow to the Port of Vancouver’s $2-billion container expansion in...
Federal government limits B.C. chinook fisheries to help killer whale recovery
VANCOUVER—The federal government is closing some recreational and commercial chinook fisheries on the West Coast in an...
New environment funding welcome but B.C. budget falls short of bold action required
VICTORIA – Wilderness Committee is underwhelmed with today’s B.C. budget, which fails to deliver the big, bold...
As governments boast caribou recovery collaboration, logging continues unabated
VANCOUVER, BC, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES – While the governments of Canada and British Columbia congratulate...
Don’t expect opposition to Trudeau's push for Kinder Morgan to always stay quiet and polite
Why criticism of the activists at the prime minister's Nanaimo town hall misses the point Words like “raucous” and...
Trudeau talks tough on NAFTA, gets grilled about Kinder Morgan in Nanaimo town hall
On the last stop of his cross-country tour in Nanaimo, Justin Trudeau threatened to ditch NAFTA, kicked out three...
To quote Daft Punk, federal Species at Risk Act must be harder, better, faster, stronger
Biodiversity loss in Canada is like a fast-sinking ship and we're using a Dixie Cup to bail water out, in a futile...
New impact assessment process promises change, flops on critical issues
VANCOUVER, BC, UNCEDED COAST SALISH TERRITORIES – Today’s announcement by federal Environment and Climate Change...
Species‑at‑risk remain at risk despite government efforts
An endangered caribou herd that rears its young deep in the B.C. backcountry was put at risk this winter by a covert...
Premier Pallister called out for pipeline cheerleading
Premier out of touch with reality of fossil fuel free future WINNIPEG, MB, Treaty One territory— In a news release...
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