Across North America popular interest and progressive land use planning is being side stepped by developers who’s systematized power to manipulate political and legal procedures buys them the freedom to promote reckless urban sprawl. When I talk about development on Vancouver Island in terms of urban sprawl, big box stores and luxury condos up and […]
Teddy Kennedy died this week. I never met the man personally, but he had a profound impact on my life. It was not just his work on health care, education, civil rights and against apartheid that affected generations of immigrant and American born, including me and my family. It was his courage to stand up […]
Executives at Western Forest Products (WFP) must have been dancing on their board room tables last Thursday. That was when the BC court of appeal released its decision to quash the CRD’s progressive zoning by-laws on a legal technicality presented by WFP’s lawyers. Outraged community members from across Vancouver Island are now appealing to the […]
I was introduced to environmentalism by my teacher in grade eight. I learned about the destruction of the rainforest in Brazil, decaying refrigerators in China, parched rivers in the Grand Canyon and oil spills in magnificent far away places. I remember glitzy Earth Day TV specials, where the eco-celebs of the day told me to […]
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Every once in a while you get the chance to visit a place that moves you and changes you for the rest of your life; the Douglas Channel, Sacred Headwaters, Sombrio Beach. But part of this experience is sharing your thoughts and emotions with someone else, and quite often sharing the place with them. Ali […]
Forest Campaigner Maurita Prato discusses building the Jordan River campaign.
Canadian Governments like First Nations to be docile and quiet,visible only when they want to show off Canadian diversity or to signoff on a joint venture. The selection of the national chief of theAssembly of First Nations (AFN) is a bellwether for upcomingaboriginal-Ottawa relations. The election of Shawn Atleo as the newnational chief is a […]
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