Cheslatta hopeful dam diversion will restore river
It’s been 62 years since the Cheslatta Carrier Nation faced an offer they couldn’t refuse from B.C.: abandon their soon-to-be-flooded villages and cemeteries in two weeks, or go to jail.
Tag Archives: Environment
RCMP crackdown on Elsipogtog anti-fracking blockade spurs over 50 protests in support
A New Brunswick anti-fracking blockade organizer claims an officer punched her in the head so hard her glasses flew off, sparking an escalating confrontation that ended with 40 arrests, six torched police vehicles, and RCMP allegations they found bombs, rifles and bear spray in the camp.
NHL player faces illegal grizzly hunting accusation
B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service is investigating allegations that NHL player Clayton Stoner hunted a grizzly bear illegally.
Coastal First Nations Vow ‘Good Fight’ to Stop Grizzly Hunt
Province, First Nations coalition in jurisdictional battle over controversial trophy hunt.
Tahltan blockaders call on their allies
Blockaders in Tahltan Nation issued an eviction notice to Fortune Minerals on Aug. 14 over the firm’s proposed $10-billion open-pit coal mine in what they say could destroy three northern B.C. rivers vital to their culture and lands.
Imagine, Vancouver’s Exhibition Powered by Mini Doughnuts
This summer, Vancouver’s Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) is unveiling efforts to give itself a sustainable spruce-up.
‘Feast of Fields’: A Toast to BC’s Farm-to-Table Bonds
FarmFolk CityFolk is a celebration of ‘everything agriculture.’
New Gas, Trade and Tech Ministries in Clark’s Cabinet
BC premier promises her team will ‘accelerate’ jobs plan and ‘run a tight ship.’
No public hearings possible on coal terminal expansion, says port authority
Faced with mounting environmental pressure over the proposal to build a four- to eight-million ton coal transfer terminal at Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD), the regional port authority opened its annual meeting to public questions for the first time today.
‘These two parties just don’t understand’: BC Green leader Jane Sterk on democracy and fossil fuels
Where does the Green Party stand on the vote-splitting anxieties — and on the NDP’s promises to rein in oil pipelines and tankers? An interview with leader Jane Sterk.
David P Ball 