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NDP to enact B.C.‑wide ban on grizzly trophy hunt, while allowing hunt for meat
The NDP government made good on a high-profile election promise Monday by announcing a B.C.-wide ban on the trophy...
BC seeks intervenor status in legal challenges to Trans Mountain Pipeline
Photo: Express Newsline Greenpeace, the Wilderness Committee and the West Coast Environmental Law Association issued...
British Columbia Will Ban Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunting
In a win for conservationists and environmental groups, British Columbia says it will no longer allow the trophy...
Canadian province to ban grizzly bear trophy hunt
A Canadian province is banning the controversial sport of hunting grizzly bears for trophies amid overwhelming public...
BC to End Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunting
The B.C. provincial government is ending the killing for sport of grizzly bears. "This action is supported by the vast...
BC ending grizzly bear trophy hunt
The B.C. NDP's announcement Monday came just one day before the province opens two of its wildlife management units -...
British Columbia Bans The Hunting Of Grizzly Bears For Sport
British Columbia, a Canadian province known for its monolithic bear population has just announced plans to end the...
Mount Polley Subject To Private Prosecution Due To Province’s Failure To Act
In the fall of 2016 MiningWatch Canada initiated a private prosecution under the Fisheries Act against the British...
Editorial: More money, in due time
And we’re off and running. The provincial NDP government began making good on some of its campaign promises — and...
Peter McCartney on The Great Pipeline Debate
The Wilderness Committee's Peter McCartney debates Chris Gardner, president of the Independent Cotnractors and...
Government neglect for woodland caribou, Manitboa's reindeer cousins, continues
Provincial government set to fail legal responsibility to protect woodland caribou WINNIPEG – As seasonal talk of...
Davis Lake an abandoned, abused poster child for B.C. provincial park neglect
Welcome to Davis Lake Provincial Park, abandoned and abused poster child for the underfunding of B.C. Parks. The...
Stopping B.C.’s bloody “sport” of grizzly killing
(A very long essay on the NDP government’s promise to end the grizzly bear trophy hunt.) “B.C. government putting an...
B.C. moves to ban grizzly bear trophy hunting
Killing grizzly bears for trophy will come to an end in British Columbia, but not before hunters get one more shot...
Eric Reder on Endangered Caribou in Manitoba
In this radio interview, Eric Reder, Manitoba Campaign Director with the Wilderness Committee, discusses the...
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