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Innergex becomes biggest seller to B.C. Hydro with $1.1 billion deal
Video: Peter McCartney and Kanahus Manuel in Northern BC on pipeline route
BC government strikes another blow to stop Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion
The B.C. government has delivered another blow to the Kinder Morgan pipeline twinning project. The province announced...
New B.C. oil spill rules should be the funeral bell for Kinder Morgan pipeline
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The provincial government plans to restrict new transport of diluted bitumen over the region’s...
Video: Peter McCartney addresses Jim Carr at the Vancouver Board of Trade
Wild Times ‑ Site C Scam
Spice Radio: Joe Foy on the grizzly bear hunt ban
Joe Foy talks about the ban of the grizzly bear hunt in BC. The ban followed an initial ban in August 2017 banning...
Appealing Nature in Manitoba ‑ We're Standing Up for Wilderness
Last month, the Manitoba Minister for Sustainable Development Rochelle Squires dismissed a long-overdue appeal appeal...
TV News Story ‑ BC government orders a stop to the Grizzly bear hunt
This is a TV news story about the BC government suddenly announcing that due to widespread public opposition to the...
NDP government ends grizzly bear hunting in B.C.
First nations will still be able to hunt girzzly bears for food, social and ceremonial purposes or treaty rights...
Grizzly bear hunt banned for good in B.C.
It’s about time this grisly hunt comes to an end. We can “bearly” believe it! Vancouver, B.C. – The government has...
TV News Story ‑ BC Grizzly hunt banned
This is a TV news story about a surprise announcement from the BC government that they are banning all hunting of...
B.C. government rejects environmental certificate for Ajax gold and copper mine
VICTORIA — British Columbia will not issue an environmental assessment certificate for a proposed open-pit gold and...
For Immediate Release: Glad to see Ajax get the axe
For Immediate Release – December 14, 2017 Turning down Ajax Mine proposal the right thing to do Vancouver, B.C. – This...
Suppressed report shows hundreds of BC's fracked gas wells may leak methane, underscores need for public inquiry
Joint Media ReleaseDecember 14, 2017 VANCOUVER—BC’s Oil and Gas Commission withheld a report from the public for four...
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