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PNW LNG cancellation a victory for climate and communities
After a hard-fought campaign from environmentalists and Indigenous peoples to stop Pacific Northwest LNG, the...
TV News Story - Pacific North West LNG Project Cancelled
Malaysian company Petronas announced that they were dropping their Pacific North West Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)...
TV Interview - Torrance Coste on the future of Vancouver Island's old-growth forests
Judge orders a hearing of environmental groups' pesticide case
TORONTO (July 17, 2018) — A Federal Court judge has ruled that a case to protect pollinators from neonicotinoid...
Federal Court rejects attempt to block bee pesticide lawsuit
OTTAWA -- A lawsuit that says a federal agency has consistently approved pesticides without enough information on...
Video: Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson on the passing of Gwen Barlee
Activist Gwen Barlee fought for endangered species
For nearly two decades, Gwen Barlee, who has died at 54, was a dogged environmental activist in British Columbia...
TV News Story - 12th Annual Paddle for the Peace
Wild Times - A change in the air
July/August 2017 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel, as he considers the possible outcome of...
Joe Foy's report from the Paddle for the Peace
Read Joe Foy's report about his recent trip to the Peace River Valley to be Master of Ceremonies for the 12 annual...
Environmental groups back in court over pollinator-killing pesticides
TORONTO – Ecojustice lawyers are in court this week to tell the federal government to buzz off. “Our clients – and the...
Video: Caught on camera: Canfor clearcuts endangered caribou habitat
Logging ruins endangered southern mountain caribou habitat
VANCOUVER – Video footage and photography obtained by the Wilderness Committee has revealed a massive logging...
NDP Leader John Horgan offers tribute to Gwen Barlee; Katrine Conroy recognizes Chrissy Archibald
There was a break in the partisan rancour in the legislature as two recently deceased British Columbians were fondly...
A hike through history on Burnaby Mountain
On Saturday June 17, 2017, Wilderness Committee staff took a small group of our donors on a short hike on Burnaby...
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