When wild salmon win – toward a renewed Fisheries Act?
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 The Fisheries Act failed to protect an important BC coastal salmon habitat. It’s time to renew the legislation. Young salmon rearing in the Skeena River estuary.…
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What are we going to do about Site C?
Monday, August 15, 2016 As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast's RELAW Project Man...
What are we going to do about Site C?
Monday, August 15, 2016 As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast's RELAW Project Manager Maxine Matilpi considers difficult questions about the future of the Peace River Valley…
Lessons from a summer at West Coast
Friday, August 12, 2016 West Coast Environmental Law Association was lucky to have four talented students join us this summer from law schools across the co...
Lessons from a summer at West Coast
Friday, August 12, 2016 West Coast Environmental Law Association was lucky to have four talented students join us this summer from law schools across the co...
Catching up with science: Salmon biodiversity and Aboriginal fisheries rights in BC
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 At West Coast Environmental Law, we are passionate about collaboration a...
Catching up with science: Salmon biodiversity and Aboriginal fisheries rights in BC
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 At West Coast Environmental Law, we are passionate about collaboration a...
#LovetheGreatBearSea: Put laws in place to protect it
Thursday, July 28, 2016 Earlier this year the BC government approved the Great Bear Rainforest Lan...
#LovetheGreatBearSea: Put laws in place to protect it
Thursday, July 28, 2016 Earlier this year the BC government approved the Great Bear Rainforest Lan...
Enbridge asks for another shot: Public comment period open on Northern Gateway’s request to extend its expiring federal approval
Friday, June 3, 2016 The Enbridge Northern Gateway project's conditional approval is on track ...
Poor mines enforcement undermines social licence
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 BC’s government accuses political opponents of being too keen to say “no” to development, but a recent report by B...
How do we make the environment a top issue in Supernatural BC’s next election?
Thursday, May 26, 2016 One year to go until BC’s next election - what role will defending ou...
Making a splash: Time for Canada to catch up as marine protected area networks take off around the world
Monday, May 16, 2016 Canadians love parks and wilderness. Banff, Nahanni, Algonquin, Gros Morne &n...
Taking action on fish habitat protection
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Momentum is growing to get habitat protection reinstated into the federal ...
Scaling Up the Fisheries Act: #Act4Fish
Thursday, March 24, 2016 Fish matter to Canadians. Fish habitat, called the “bedrock” ...
Mining good and bad news from a Mines Act announcement
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Good news and bad news on the environmental enforcement front from a recen...
Is BC’s environmental enforcement plummeting because conservation officers are stuck at their desks?
Monday, September 21, 2015 During the summer a news story on Global TV suggested that BC has too few conservation officers to deal with all of the problem wildlife calls.…
Pricing the priceless: Why BC’s new water prices don’t violate NAFTA
Friday, July 17, 2015 We have suggested that BC's new water rates are too low – an assessment shared by the signatories to a SumofUs.org petition signed by 225,000 people.…
Mini-SLAPP provisions dropped from new BC Societies Act
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Today Bill 24, a new Societies Act, was introduced in the BC Legislature. We are very happy to be able to confirm that the controversial “Section…