COURT RULES FOR HUPACASATH AGAINST BRASCAN AND BC GOVERNM...

Many people are privileged enough to be able to celebrate this season by giving and receiving gifts. In the past year Gordon Campbell's government has been giving gifts to giant logging and real-estate companies Weyerhaeuser and Brascan.

January 4, 2006 [B.C.]

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Science and the Environment: The Challenges of Reaching t...

The call to bring more science more effectively to the public has grown significantly louder and broader over the past several years.

January 3, 2006 [U.S.]

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Life next to the fast lane full of health hazards

Living close to major roadways risky for residents

December 31, 2005 [B.C.]

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New Year's Resolutions: Kindness to Animals and Respect f...

December 31, 2005 [B.C.]

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Environmental links to homicides

San Francisco Murder Rate Highest In 10 Years

December 30, 2005 [U.S.]

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Savoie Welcomes Conservation Voters Endorsement

"I'm honoured that the Conservation Voters of BC have recognized my long-standing commitment to environmental issues," said Savoie. "Voters tell me they want federal leadership on key priorities like climate change and sewage treatment, and they are tired of more talk with no action from the Liberals."

December 22, 2005 [B.C.]

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Cleanups put green back in brownfields

For advocate Angus Ross, the cost of redeveloping poisoned sites is worth the effort

December 20, 2005 [Canada]

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Best Friends Forever: Ban the Use of Dog and Cat Fur Says...

December 20, 2005 [B.C.]

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Unique investment consortium buys Tofino fish plant to bu...

Ecotrust Canada, a community development organization with offices in Vancouver, Courtenay and Tofino, facilitated Trilogy's purchase by local and outside investors to create a base for value-added processing of local fisheries and shellfish. The new shareholders also want to protect the facility from development pressure in a town that is experiencing an explosion of condo and resort building.

December 19, 2005 [B.C.]

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Port plan review draws large crowd

Locals find out more about the environmental review of the Vancouver Port Authority's plans to add a third berth to its container terminal at Deltaport.

December 16, 2005 [B.C.]

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Conservationists buy rights to big-game hunt

For the first time in B.C. history, an anti-hunting group has bought the guide-outfitting rights to a prime piece of the province's wilderness with a view to ending permanently the commercial killing of all animals in the area.

December 13, 2005 [B.C.]

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Christmas Comes Early for Bears of the Great Bear Rainfor...

Conservation Organization and First Nations Take Control of Coastal Trophy Hunt

December 13, 2005 [B.C.]

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Friends of Slain US Nun Vow to Press Brazil Fight

Stang's supporters said they were now ready to go after ranchers accused of offering the two men 50,000 reais ($22,000) to kill the activist, who blocked their advance on valuable, hard-wood rich rain forest.

December 12, 2005 [B.C.]

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Eco-Kids: Raising Children Who Care for the Earth

ONE-OF-A-KIND BOOK AIMED AT HELPING PARENTS RAISE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE CHILDREN

December 9, 2005 [B.C.]

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2005 Costliest Year for Extreme Weather

The world has suffered more than 200 billion dollars in economic losses as a result of weather-related natural disasters over the past year, making 2005 the costliest year on record, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the Munich Re Foundation at the international climate conference in Montreal.

December 6, 2005 [International]

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Forests Urged as New Front in Global Warming Fight

Forest preservation should be the new front in the fight against global warming with Third World nations earning cash for protecting trees, tropical countries told U.N. climate conference.

December 2, 2005 [Canada]

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Canada: Consumers' Association calls for ban on imports o...

THE Consumers' Association of Canada has called on the Canadian Government to immediately ban the further importation of certain fish products from China and Vietnam after malachite green was found in fish purchased at Canadian supermarkets.

December 1, 2005 [International]

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Canada Grants New Controversial Terminator Patent To US C...

November 25, 2005 [Canada]

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Accreditation of landmark B.C. standards for forest manag...

November 23, 2005 [B.C.]

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PEN CENTRES HONOUR MEMORY OF KEN SARO-WIWA

On 10 November 2005, PEN Centres in 28 countries joined free expression advocates around the world to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the death of Ogoni leader and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.

November 23, 2005 [International]

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B.C.'s Coastal Temperate Rainforest: The Vision Going Fo...

Ecosystem-based Management is a paradigm shift. It amounts to re-engineering an entire regional economy, tuning it to measurable indicators of ecological health and human well being.

November 23, 2005 [B.C.]

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Innovative tools announced by leading land use groups

November 16, 2005 [B.C.]

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Tesco boosts commitment to fresh, sustainable seafood

IN a boost to "ethical" shopping, Britain's leading supermarket is offering shoppers a new range of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified sustainable seafood on its 432 fresh fish counters throughout the UK.

November 16, 2005 [International]

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Contaminated sites created by Victoria's sewage

November 15, 2005 [Vancouver Island/South Coast]

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Lab Tests Find 60 Toxic Chemicals in Canadians' Blood

On average, 44 chemicals were found in each volunteer.

November 15, 2005 [Canada]

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