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Media Releases
British Columbia
Ministers’ decision to greenlight another massive LNG export facility makes climate crisis worse
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵ wx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — In a move that disregards mounting public...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Five years on, B.C. fails to deliver Old Growth Strategic Review "paradigm shift"
On the fifth anniversary of the B.C. Old Growth Strategic Review, none of the 14 key recommendations have been fully...
Columns
Manitoba
The Bird River burnt
Protection for the paddle more important than ever The lower Bird River is a cherished destination for Manitobans, but...
Media Releases
National Campaigns
Destroying ecosystems, abandoning climate targets and trampling Indigenous Rights is not in the “national interest”
Wilderness Committee condemns the push for industrial projects without environmental reviews and Indigenous consent...
News
British Columbia
Carl Olsen featured in Watershed Sentinel’s Article: Standing With Salmon and WSÁNEĆ
“If you take a look at the treaty, the treaty says that we have a right to look after what feeds us and what looks...
Columns
British Columbia
$162M highway project through Goldstream park faces objections from First Nations
$162-million plan for 2.6 kilometres of the Malahat corridor within Goldstream Provincial Park was reaffirmed in last...
Columns
Manitoba
Disobedience for Lemay
Above all, the fight for Lemay forest showed us that the systems in place don’t govern for people and nature. It took...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Pipeline protestors illuminate the Festival of Lights
Massive banners on Burrard Bridge say ‘no’ to newly approved MAGA pipeline VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm...
Media Releases
Manitoba
Wilderness Committee warns public on river water quality in Winnipeg
Seine River water test shows extreme E. coli concentration — eight times the level that shuts down beaches WINNIPEG /...
Columns
Manitoba
Winnipeg should be a water town
A boat paddling down a Winnipeg River always catches my attention and provides a spark of excitement. I'm drawn to...
Columns
National Campaigns
“Bill baby, bill”: The spring trend of environment-wrecking, Indigenous rights-trampling legislation in Canada
With over 5,000 species at risk in Canada and wildfires raging across the country — fueled by ecosystem destruction...
Media Releases
British Columbia
First LNG shipments mark a huge setback for B.C.
Wilderness Committee says expanding fossil fuel exports is an abdication of responsibility and betrayal of future...
Media Releases
British Columbia
New research sounds alarm on imminent danger to B.C. caribou from logging
Environmental groups call for urgent action səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Skwxwú7mesh...
Media Releases
National Campaigns
Bill C-5 ushers in new era of reckless Canadian extractivism
The federal Building Canada Act follows alarming Trump-like trends. VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND...
Media Releases
British Columbia
Media Advisory: Over 10,000 signatories say No Tilbury to Dix
VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — Activists from Stand.earth and Wilderness...
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