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Trudeau's carbon price plan won't raise B.C. tax until 2021
Trudeau's new carbon pricing scheme is being called a "sledgehammer" by Conservatives and a "betrayal" by Saskatchewan...
Trudeau Liberals Approve Petronas LNG Project on BC’s Coast
Environmentalists immediately condemn decision: ‘Honestly, we expected better.The federal government has given...
MiningWatch Canada Files Charges Against B.C. Government and Mount Polley Mine for 2014 Tailings Pond Disaster
WILLIAMS LAKE - MiningWatch Canada today filed a private prosecution against the B.C. government and the Mount Polley...
Damaged trails discovered in Nopiming Provincial Park
WINNIPEG — The Wilderness Committee is highlighting continuing damage to Nopiming Provincial Park from off-road...
Damaged trails discovered in Nopiming Provincial Park
WINNIPEG — The Wilderness Committee is highlighting continuing damage to Nopiming Provincial Park from off-road...
Time to get off the logging roller‑coaster
By Eric Reder Winnipeg Free Press, October 11, 2016 For 10 years, I’ve wandered through our northern forest, walking...
Groups across Canada urge Premier Christy Clark to reject Kinder Morgan
"We are calling on Premier Clark to reject the pipeline on the basis that her spill conditions cannot be met."...
Walbran Wednesday Oct 5 Target Announcement
Another month, another round of #WalbranWednesday! For more than a year, logging corporation Teal Jones and the BC...
The carbon price is too little, too late
Tepid action from the federal government on global climate crisis. VANCOUVER, BC – Wilderness Committee is glad a...
Climate Commitments Be Damned, Trudeau OKs 'Carbon Bomb' LNG Project
The Canadian government on Tuesday greenlighted a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in British Columbia which...
Union of BC Municipalities opposes old‑growth logging on Vancouver Island
Mayors and councillors from across province to call on BC government to halt destruction of ancient forests VICTORIA –...
Feds approve Pacific NorthWest LNG project
The Pacific NorthWest LNG project has been approved by the federal government, with Environment Minister Catherine...
Ottawa approves Pacific NorthWest LNG despite major opposition
Wilderness Committee calls decision an environmental disaster VANCOUVER, BC – Prime Minister Trudeau has green lighted...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Municipal Councillors & Citizens to Rally for Old‑Growth Rainforest Outside UBCM Convention
VICTORIA - Local municipal leaders, environmentalists and citizens will gather and rally outside the Union of BC...
Vancouver Island councillors to fight for old‑growth rainforest at UBCM convention
Events planned to convince provincial delegates to call for end to old-growth logging VICTORIA – Councillors from...
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