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Governments want Mt. Kobau included in national park reserve, documents reveal
Photo: View from Mount Kobau towards Osoyoos. Soon after the new B.C. NDP government came to power last July, they...
Media Releases
Manitoba
Ontario
New report calls on Canadian governments to protect shorelines, control nutrient overload from farmland
WINNIPEG, MB – In a new report, Lake Overload, the Wilderness Committee is calling on the Canadian government to take...
News
Site C: A Shakespearean Tragedy of BC Politics
A review of the book Breaching the Peace by Victoria journalist Sarah Cox Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a...
Farmland First ‑ NO Site C Dam
Columns
Wild Times ‑ Tanker Tracking
June 18, 2018 Wild Times by Joe Foy I took up a new hobby this year. Tanker tracking became my consuming passion in...
News
British Columbia
Province aims to strengthen legacy tree policy meant to preserve old growth giants
Environmentalists say B.C. Timber Sales allowing massive fir and cedar trees to be cut on Vancouver Island The B.C...
Videos
Video: The third principle of a good Endangered Species Law for BC
The 3rd principle needed for a strong BC endangered species law is a committee to review high risk permits. After all...
Columns
British Columbia
It’s time for the BC government to let unwanted fish farm permits expire
On June 20, the BC government has a chance to do the right thing in the Broughton Archipelago. This Wednesday...
Media Releases
British Columbia
B.C. government targets another Vancouver Island old‑growth rainforest for clearcut logging
After visiting and documenting Schmidt Creek, the next valley slated for logging by government agency B.C. Timber...
Videos
Ontario
Video: Boots on the ground in Algonquin Park
Columns
New National Park Reserve is on the Horizon
Get ready folks, you may soon have another protected area to explore when planning your next summer vacations. In...
Columns
Line in the Sand Podcast
"Line in the Sand" is a podcast of the Wilderness Committee based in Vancouver, BC. We bring you stories from the...
News
BC shoots back at Ottawa and Alberta over Kinder Morgan pipeline
The B.C. government has warned Alberta that it will take that province to court if it tries to enact legislation that...
News
‘FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW’S GENERATION’: STRIKE ACTION CONTINUES AT MOUNT POLLEY
Wednesday will mark three weeks on the picket lines for unionized Mt. Polley employees as legal strike action...
News
Dasiqox Tribal Park information meeting Wednesday
Yunesit’in and Xeni Gwet’in First Nations are working collaboratively to establish a park in Tsilhqot’in territory...
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