Kootenay-based conservation charity Wildsight asked Canada this week to appoint an independent panel of experts to review the environmental impacts of a proposed mine expansion…
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North Coal water data secured through Water Hub
The Columbia Basin Water Hub is making significant progress towards achieving open data sharing in the Canadian Columbia Basin. Recently the Water Hub acquired baseline…
Castle mine project headed for federal EA
Conservationists are heralding the August 19 decision by Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson to require Teck Coal to undergo a federal…
Wildsight supports Ktunaxa call for protected area
Regional environmental watchdog group Wildsight says it is “deeply saddened” by the Supreme Court of Canada ruling today that “fails to recognize indigenous spiritual rights…
Taxpayers paid for GRL-necessary bridge
By Chris Conway A financial oversight process shows that the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality (JGMRM) expended $142,500 of B.C. taxpayer funds on construction of…
Assessment shows building in avalanche path
By Chris Conway An expert risk assessment has determined that building foundations at Jumbo Glacier Resort are located within an avalanche path capable of producing…
Avalanche risk forces revision of Jumbo OCP
By Chris Conway A special council meeting of the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality (JGMRM) council was held April 1 at the Radium Hot Springs…
Macdonald claims Liberals trying to silence a critic
Columbia River – Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald says the ruling Liberal Party is silencing a strong critic by handing Auditor General John Doyle his walking…
Environmentalists – spinmasters of 2012
2012 Master of spin or Protector of Mother Earth… you decide Wildsight continues to stretch the truth and smear the facts. The coalition of Sierra…