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  • Our threatened coast report cover over some salmon.
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    Value of the Salish Sea revealed in new report

    2016 January 202024 July 8

    Raincoast’s new report encourages decision makers and residents to fully consider what is at stake from a host of proposed coastal energy and shipping projects.

    Read More Value of the Salish Sea revealed in new reportContinue

  • No hunting symbol, depicting silhouette of man, rifle, wolf and grizzly bear
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    Province quietly extends public consultation period on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals

    2016 January 82024 July 8

    Press Release: BC government has extended its public feedback period to January 31, for proposals to increase trophy killing of wolves and grizzly bears.

    Read More Province quietly extends public consultation period on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposalsContinue

  • A man in camouflage standing next to a bear.
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    Media release: NHL’s Clayton Stoner in court today on multiple charges for grizzly killing

    2015 October 92024 July 8

    NHLer Clayton Stoner is appearing in court today to face multiple charges regarding his trophy killing of a well-known grizzly bear…

    Read More Media release: NHL’s Clayton Stoner in court today on multiple charges for grizzly killingContinue

  • Breaking news we are in court today standing strong against enron.
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    Raincoast and partners go to court to quash Enbridge pipeline approval

    2015 October 52024 July 8

    Environmental groups are in court today making the case for why the federal government’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline should be revoked…

    Read More Raincoast and partners go to court to quash Enbridge pipeline approvalContinue

  • Pacific salmon swimming underwater along a creek bed.
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    Conservation groups call for salmon protection in the face of extreme conditions

    2015 July 212024 July 8

    Six conservation groups are calling on DFO to act on unprecedented river conditions by reducing mixed stock fisheries and protecting spawning salmon…

    Read More Conservation groups call for salmon protection in the face of extreme conditionsContinue

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    Novel species interactions: black bears respond to Pacific herring spawn

    2015 May 262024 July 8

    Raincoast researchers document the first scientific evidence of a cross-ecosystem interaction between Pacific herring and black bears, two prominent species that play substantive roles in coastal ecosystems…

    Read More Novel species interactions: black bears respond to Pacific herring spawnContinue

  • Wolves standing in the cross hairs of a gun sight
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    Witnessing extinction: habitat loss, caribou and the wolf cull

    2015 May 142025 December 15

    Eight environmental groups applaud a recently published scientific report that reveals how much habitat the caribou in the South Peace region have lost…

    Read More Witnessing extinction: habitat loss, caribou and the wolf cullContinue

  • Bc stop killing wolves.
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    Raincoast launches BC wolf cull billboard campaign

    2015 April 162025 December 15

    Raincoast has launched a billboard campaign calling attention to the inhumane slaughter of wolves that is occurring at the hands of the BC government…

    Read More Raincoast launches BC wolf cull billboard campaignContinue

  • Three wolves running in the snow.
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    Experimental wolf cull in Alberta ignites scientific criticism over inhumane research

    2015 February 112024 July 8

    Scientists from the Raincoast and the Universities of Saskatchewan and Victoria denounce the failure of researchers, government agencies, research institutions, and the scientific publishing process to abide by recognized ethical standards of animal research and welfare…

    Read More Experimental wolf cull in Alberta ignites scientific criticism over inhumane researchContinue

  • A wolf with dark colourings, swims in the ocean
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    Wolf and caribou management backgrounder

    2015 February 72025 December 15

    Raincoast’s Dr. Paul Paquet provides an overview on the fallacy of killing wolves to recover caribou…

    Read More Wolf and caribou management backgrounderContinue

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    Directly Affected – From Burnaby to Ottawa

    2015 January 132024 July 8

    Three Vancouver filmmakers and Raincoast are launching a national tour to ask Canadians how they are Directly Affected by oil sands development…

    Read More Directly Affected – From Burnaby to OttawaContinue

  • a pod of orcas on the surface of the water off of BC
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    Canada’s endangered and at-risk species not recovering

    2014 November 282024 July 8

    New research shows Canada’s endangered and other at-risk species are not recovering…

    Read More Canada’s endangered and at-risk species not recoveringContinue

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