Environmental groups, including Wildsight, recently sent a letter to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) calling on the ministry to complete critical habitat mapping and…
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Petition will require answers on mine takeover
Submitted by Wildsight The federal government will be required to answer questions as to how it is protecting Canadian taxpayers as part of its review…
Wildsight pleased Tent Mountain requires impact assessment
B.C. and Alberta-based environmental and grassroots Indigenous groups are pleased that Montem Resources’ Tent Mountain coal mine project will require a federal environmental assessment. The…
Wildsight joins calls for federal EA for Castle expansion
Teck counters it is going through a B.C. environmental assessment process Teck Resources Ltd.’s Castle coal mine expansion would be the largest coal mine in…
Local groups celebrate Jumbo decision
Wildsight and the Jumbo Creek Conservation Society are celebrating a win for the Jumbo Valley following a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling August 6. The…
Court of Appeal rules Jumbo Valley to stay wild
The B.C. Court of Appeal today (August 6) ruled that the original 2015 decision of then Minister of Environment Mary Polak, that the Jumbo Glacier…
Ecojustice reacts to feds’ caribou habitat report
Letter to the Editor The Government of Canada released a progress report on critical habitat for boreal caribou Dec. 21. Boreal caribou are in serious…
Environment groups ask feds to step up caribou protection
Ecojustice lawyers, acting on behalf of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Greenpeace Canada, Wilderness Committee, and Wildsight, sent a letter to Minister of Environment…
B.C. Supreme Court sides with Jumbo Glacier Resort
The Supreme Court of British Columbia (SCBC) August 17 ruled in favour of Glacier Resort Ltd.’s petition that the Province of British Columbia’s October 12,…
Groups say Jumbo cannot legally proceed
Jumbo Creek Conservation Society (JCCS) and Wildsight, with the assistance of Ecojustice, last week made submissions to the Environmental Assessment Office that will help determine…