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TV News Story ‑ BC Humpback Whales lose threatened status

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

This is a TV news report about how the federal government has stripped the North Pacific humpback whale of its status as a "threatened" species, removing a potentially significant legal hurdle out of the way of the multi-million-dollar Northern Gateway pipeline project.

 

 Karen Wristen of Living Oceans Society & Gwen Barlee of the Wilderness Committee are interviewed for this report.

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