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Joe Foy on the BCUC report on the Site C dam ‑ CFAX 1070
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BCUC report a bombshell that bursts Site C dam project
For Immediate Release VANCOUVER – The Wilderness Committee today is pointing to the damning evidence revealed in the...
Environmentalists hit the road to talk forests, forestry on Vancouver Island
Sierra Club BC and the Wilderness Committee to hold six public meetings in ten days VANCOUVER ISLAND - In light of the...
Manitoba thumbs nose at Ottawa, sets own carbon tax scheme
The government says a couple with two children would pay about $356 a year more than they do now under the plan....
Connelly: A new Northwest national park in Canada's only desert
Photo: John Lau, Handout A new Canadian national park, just north of the U.S. border in British Coumbia, will conserve...
Self‑defeating Carbon Plan short on action, won’t serve Manitobans
WINNIPEG – With the release of their half-hearted Climate and Green Plan today, the Manitoba government has signalled...
South Okanagan National Park Reserve moves closer to reality
OSOYOOS, BC - The Wilderness Committee is celebrating wildly at the news that several key levels of government are now...
Our new Conservation and Policy Campaigner Charlotte Dawe!
Charlotte grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, born into an adventurous family who took every opportunity to teach kindness...
City of Vancouver continues fight against Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan expansion loading dock in Burnaby, BC CANADIAN PRESS/ Jonathan Hayward. The city of Vancouver has joined...
Atlantic salmon caught in the Harrison River
Experts say foreign fish still a cause for concern Don Temple had driven up from Abbotsford to fish for Coho salmon in...
See You in Court
We talk to a few people behind the legal challenges against the Kinder Morgan pipeline about what's at stake. "Line in...
What do you think the Site C Dam project is really about?
The fate of British Columbia’s largest, and arguably the most controversial, energy project is at stake. The last of...
BC Auditor General's report on grizzly bear management a tale of neglect and lost opportunities
Video: Donate for Spotted Owls
Video: Live from spotted owl habitat
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