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Community comment on controversial JDF developments
On Thursday, May 28, about 50 Shirley residents and concerned citizens filled the Shirley Hall toask questions and comment on two proposedand controversial developmentapplications planned for the area. Ender ...
Outlaws as Sheriffs
It’s the wild west and your town is being terrorized by a group of outlaws that act with seeming impunity. They steal your cattle, rape your women and are ...
Mixed waters signal rough road for Enbridge in BC
A First Nations delegation – assisted by Dogwood Initiative and Forest Ethics – journeyed from British Columbia to Toronto in early May to tell Enbridge Inc’s shareholders at their ...
Environmental Groups to Minister Raitt: Plan to Speed Up Approval of Tar Sands Pipelines is Wrong Direction
Victoria – Today environmental groups ForestEthics, Dogwood Initiative and Sierra Club Canada responded to Minister Raitt’s proposal to speed up the approval of pipelines by calling on her to ...
Lisa Raitt target of demonstration
The environmental risk is too high to allow Enbridge’s proposed tar sands pipeline and tanker project to BC’s north coast to go ahead. That’s the message Dogwood initiative, Forest ...
Making sense of election promises
The media keeps on calling to get my take on which party has the best environmental policy. The short answer is that they are all fundamentally flawed, though the ...
Jordan River Forest Lands- It’s an election issue!
Only a few months ago the Jordan River forest lands issue was quiet in the media. It seemed that people had glazed over on the issue. The status of ...
Enbridge not on hook for oil tanker spills
VICTORIA – Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting that the Calgary-based company would not be financially responsible for oil tanker spills resulting from their ...
What is required to survive
Like many of you I am alarmed by the rapid changes caused by our warming climate. As the ice melts on both poles, I can’t help but remember what ...
