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Published on 2020.09.12 | by Raincoast | in In the News
In episode 140 of The Hunting Collective podcast, Ben O’Brien does a fascinating and good-natured follow up interview with Dr. Barrie Gilbert. Dr. Gilbert is a prominent bear biologist, friend of Raincoast, and previous verbal sparring-partner with Ben (at least when it comes to the hunting of predators). Ben invited Dr. Gilbert back for another interview, and they made productive amends…
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Published on 2019.06.05 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Killer Creamery, the healthy ice cream company, is partnering with Raincoast to raise funds for research and protection of Southern Resident killer whales, of which there are less than 80 remaining…
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Published on 2017.12.05 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Raincoast’s Brian Falconer speaks to Global News about the importance of the new campaign to secure the Nadeea commercial hunting tenure and end trophy hunting …
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Published on 2017.06.28 | by Raincoast | in In the News
New research by scientists at Raincoast and UVic shows how the lives of salmon and bears in BC are inextricably linked and underlines the importance of ecosystem protection to keep both species healthy…
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Published on 2017.06.07 | by Sherwin Arnott | in In the News
Brian Falconer joined Pamela McCall on CFAX 1070 last week to discuss the proposal in March by MLA Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, to create a destructive new “wildlife agency”…
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Published on 2017.05.10 | by Raincoast | in In the News
A Victoria-based conservation group has B.C.’s grizzly hunt in its crosshairs – hoping a new type of eco-tour will help put an end to the controversial practice for good. The Raincoast Conservation Foundation is readying the 20-metre research vessel…
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Published on 2017.04.11 | by Raincoast | in In the News
It appears that the BC Liberals have agreed to eliminate trophy hunting of coastal grizzlies. It’s a welcome development to have both parties supporting the call to end the grizzly hunt in the Great Bear Rainforest…
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Published on 2017.04.08 | by Raincoast | in In the News
People in Bella Bella, a Heiltsuk First Nation community of about 2,000 in the Great Bear, have known for a long time that there was a difference between swimming coastal wolves and wolves of the interior. But to wolf biologists outside Bella Bella, this sounded unusual…
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Published on 2017.04.06 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Listen to Ross Dixon and Thomas Reissmann speak to the recent release of Reissmann’s important documentary, The Grizzly Truth, and the myths and facts surrounding the commercial trophy hunting of grizzly bears…
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Published on 2016.12.20 | by Raincoast | in In the News
Huffington Post/Bruce Cheadle, Canadian Press
Conservation groups have filed a new court challenge to the federal government’s approval of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline…
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Published on | by Raincoast | in In the News
CTV News/Bruce Cheadle, Canadian Press
Conservation groups poised to file lawsuit challenging the Liberal cabinet’s approval of Kinder Morgan’s TMX…
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Published on 2016.11.16 | by Raincoast | in In the News
The Guardian: Trans Mountain Expansion project poses the greatest risk yet to a killer whale population on the edge of extinction…
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