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A page out of the civil disobedience book
The media has widely praised the civil disobedience occurring throughout the Arab world, but when protest came home to roost in Canada’s Senate recently the vitriol began to fly. ...
Why biosolids are a bad idea for farmland in the CRD
The Capital Regional District (CRD) is stuck between a rock and a hard place. By seeking alternatives to disposing sewage sludge into the Juan de Fuca strait, the question ...
NDP bill raises tough question for Harper
Today is World Oceans Day, and the federal NDP are using it to make their first substantive policy proposal as Canada’s Official Opposition: a private member’s bill to ...
Keeping our oceans oil-spill free
(Vancouver, BC) – On World Oceans Day, groups working to protect B.C.’s coast from oil spills are congratulating the federal NDP for choosing to make their first substantive policy ...
First Nations re-ignite Enbridge campaign
I’ll be honest: In the days following the federal election, the mood at the Dogwood office was pretty somber. Although we were proud of our accomplishments in B.C., we ...
Will the CRD step up and enforce its own plan?
On a rainy afternoon a couple of weeks ago I sat in the boardroom of the Capital Regional District (CRD), and listened intently as directors discussed whether to take ...
May 2nd was an important day in Canadian history
While the unexpected Conservative majority and NDP surge dominated news coverage in the wake of the recent federal election, a less publicized issue had a major impact in key ...
Dogwood Initiative Applauds CRD Decision
Media ReleaseFor immediate release 12/05/2011 Dogwood Initiative Applauds CRD decision(Victoria, BC) – Yesterday, at the end of a 1 hour closed-door meeting with their lawyers, the CRD board took ...
This is what we did
Expect amazing volunteers, hard work and an idea of what the election results mean for keeping oil tankers off our coast.
