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Hope for the new year
Anger. Frustration. Despair. These are the feelings many of us have when we read the news these days. If it’s not our prime minister vowing to send oil to ...
The power of the underdog
December is when I take some personal time to reflect on Dogwood’s accomplishments over the last year and anticipate the opportunities coming in the next 12 months. Back in ...
Save the Fraser Declaration gets new signatories
On December 1, 2011, several new signatories were added to the Save the Fraser declaration, a formal declaration banning oil sands pipelines and supertankers through the traditional territories of ...
Keystone XL blocked, Gateway still against the wall
The U.S. State Department’s decision, supported by President Barack Obama, to send the Keystone XL pipeline back for further public review will have Canadian oil interests and commentators clamouring ...
In your words: standing up for right to speak at Enbridge hearings
A column in the Calgary Herald last week got Dogwood supporters so hot under the collar that they flooded the newspaper with more than 100 letters to the editor. ...
Vote for who you like
In May’s federal election, nearly 70 per cent of eligible voters in the Victoria region voted – one of the highest turnouts in the country! In contrast, during the ...
Proceed with caution: conservation area ahead
As a scuba diver, I get excited whenever our governments take measures to protect ocean habitats, so I was paying close attention during a recent announcement about a national ...
Kinder Morgan: Under the radar?
B.C. local governments say whoa there cowboy to Kinder Morgan pipeline and oil tanker expansion plans through Juan de Fuca Strait. Late one afternoon near the end of September ...
Stepping up to the mic
The No Tankers network just helped sign up the largest group of people ever in Canadian history to speak at a pipeline hearing. Over the course of about 30 ...