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Development companies in charge of BC parks
Vancouver Sun By Gwen Barlee June 9, 2014 How would you feel if you were walking in a provincial park and a logging...
Video: This Living Salish Sea
Check out this preview of a brilliant new film showcasing the living underwater treasures of the Salish Sea and the...
Opposition grows to Sasquatch boundary adjustment
There's an 800 hectare parcel of land sitting just on the edge of Sasquatch Park that could put an extra $300,000 into...
Chemical‑ban call creates buzz in beekeeping community
One of the most important classes of insecticides used on crops in Canada is increasingly being blamed for wiping out...
National Energy Board says companies must set aside money to abandon pipelines
Pipeline companies under federal jurisdiction such as Enbridge and Kinder Morgan, which have plans for major oil...
Northern Gateway still isn’t getting much support in BC: poll
Decision expected due within two weeks VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A decision on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline is...
Fighting to get climate change into the Kinder Morgan review
We have been keeping a close eye on the National Energy Board (NEB) review process for Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans...
The true cost of the Woodfibre LNG plant in Squamish
The Georgia Straight By Eoin Madden June 4, 2014 Sometimes it's easy to forget about what climate change will...
Overwhelming majority of public comments reject BC forest privatization scheme
News Release - June 5, 2014 Of over 4,200 public comments posted online, only 15 agree with the BC government’s...
Read our latest report: Wild Manitoba
The walls of my office are covered with maps. There are days when I gaze at them, contemplating, envisioning the...
Banning bee‑killing neonicotinoid pesticides is the best way to celebrate BC’s “Day of the Honey Bee”
News Release - May 29, 2014 VANCOUVER – As the British Columbia government today celebrates the “Day of the Honey Bee...
Site C not in public interest
Re: Approval of Site C project is in the public interest, Opinion, May 14 I strongly disagree with Charles Reid...
VIEW: Area‑based tenures are not the answer for BC forests
Another spring, another attempt to hand over logging rights to private interests in B.C. The B.C. government is...
Turning over public forests to corporate interests? No thanks!
May 22, 2014 On Thurs. May 22, the Wilderness Committee's National Campaign Director Joe Foy made a submission in...
VIEW: Area‑based tenures are not the answer for BC forests
The Tyee By Torrance Coste May 23, 2014 Another spring, another attempt to hand over logging rights to private...
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