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Haida decision cracks Liberal land use schemes
Cracks are beginning to widen in the Liberal government’s land use program. Portrayed as an attempt to modernize BC’s moribund logging and mining sectors, the Liberal legislation and policies ...
Government delays Jumbo decision-you still have time to act
As we wrote in September, the government is still accepting public comments on the Jumbo Glacier resort proposed for a pristine valley in the Kootenays. That means you still ...
Jumbo ski resort raises "developing" questions about secrecy
Part of Dogwood Initiative’s mandate is to help local people deal with local land use issues. Recently, we have heard from people concerned about Jumbo Glacier Resort, a major ...
Vision TV to air The Corporation
Starting on Wednesday, October 6, Vision TV is airing The Corporation, the award-winning documentary documentary, in three parts, on October 6, 13 and 20. The movie is about the ...
BC's first wind project gets EA approval
The Knob Hill Wind Farm project has obtained an Environmental Assessment Certificate. Congratulations to the folks at Sea Breeze Power Corp. who have shepherded the project this far. Now ...
Community in 17 sensible steps
-By Wendell Berry, Utne Reader Online How can a sustainable local community (which is to say a sustainable local economy) function? I am going to suggest a set of ...
Tree of Life Celebration, October 9
On Saturday, Oct. 9, 500 people will converge in a clearcut on Vancouver Island to form an image using their bodies to be photographed from the air. The effort ...
First Nations challenge resource proposals across the west
Courthouses across the west will be busy this fall with First Nations’ challenges to energy mega-projects and Crown forest policies. The outcome of these decsions could force significant changes ...
Liquified Natural Gas proposed for BC
The latest scheme to maintain North America’s unquenchable demand for fossil fuels may be coming to BC. The Galveston Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal project, proposed to be sited ...
