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Throne Speech Paints an Oily Shade of Green

August 25, 2009 | 

“Despite the high minded rhetoric, today’s throne speech signals a move back towards the old resource economy,” said Will Horter, Executive Director of Dogwood Initiative. “It emphasizes support for ...

Whose Coast is it Anyway?

August 24, 2009 | 

Alberta’s Premier Ed Stelmach claims that when it comes to bringing more and bigger oil tankers to BC’s coast, the decision is industry’s to make. Mr. Stelmach and the ...

Open Season for Developers

August 21, 2009 | 

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 ...

A Different Kind of Environmentalism

August 19, 2009 | 

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 ...

Photos from the Douglas Channel

August 17, 2009 | 

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Liberals LiveDumb

August 14, 2009 | 

VICTORIA – The Provincial Government tarnished its reputation as a climate change leader today as Blair Lekstrom, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, announced the end of the ...

Community Defiant in the Face of Court of Appeal Decision

August 13, 2009 | 

VICTORIA – Communities, First Nations, surfers, and environmentalists refuse to admit defeat in the face of a Court of Appeal’s decision not to uphold the CRD’s progressive bylaws on ...

Swimming together

August 13, 2009 | 

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 ...

Saving Jordan River: Part 2

August 11, 2009 | 

  Forest Campaigner Maurita Prato discusses building the Jordan River campaign.