Tar Sands Oil Shipments Threaten Canada’s West Coast and Beyond On the west coast of Canada, we live in one of the most naturally beautiful regions on Earth, blessed with a productive marine environment, rich forests, and citizens who have fought for generations to preserve our coastal beauty and abundance. All this is now at [...] Read more »
KEEP THE PEACE: SAY NO TO THE SITE C DAM
The majestic Peace River is one of BC’s richest natural wonders. The Upper Peace River no longer flows freely, and its remaining channel is controlled by the operation of BC Hydro’s WAC Bennett and Peace Canyon dams. In 1968, productive land was flooded to create the Williston Reservoir, which is now the largest body of [...] Read more »
CLAYOQUOT SOUND MEARES ISLAND TRIBAL PARK
Rising up from the ocean, the emerald green ancient forests of Meares Island form the backdrop of the tourist and fishing town of Tofino, BC, Canada. Situated in the heart of Clayoquot (pronounced “Klak-wot”) Sound, Tofino is on the west coast of Vancouver Island and is where the Trans Canada Highway hits the wideopen Pacific [...] Read more »
PROTECTING CANADA’S ENDANGERED WILDLIFE
What do blue whales, meadowlarks and Vancouver Island marmots have in common? Sadly, they are just a handful of the 602 species that we are at risk of losing in Canada; a number that grows every year. Canada is internationally renowned for its wild places, and unique and varied wildlife. However, many of the species [...] Read more »
ANCIENT FORESTS FOREVER!
Two-thirds of BC’s land base – 60 million hectares – is covered in trees. Only about 22 million hectares of this vast forest was ever suitable for logging, and much of this has already been logged. These logged forests once harboured the biggest trees and the best wild life habitat in BC. Now big stumps [...] Read more »
COAL: BC’S DIRTY SECRET
BC has a dirty secret: coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel of all and BC is North America’s biggest coal exporter. What’s worse, while our government touts its supposed ‘green’ credentials, it wants us to build more coal mines, rip up more wild places and ship out more climate-destroying coal. British Columbia is home to [...] Read more »
THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Climate change is already having a profound impact on our environment, our economy, and our society, and the impact is growing. It’s time to end our dependence on fossil fuels and build a climate-friendly world. Together, we can grow the movement that makes better transportation, food supply and energy solutions a reality. The UN Intergovernmental [...] Read more »
COAL: CANADA AND CLIMATE CHANGE
It ’s time to kick Canada’s coal habit Thirty years ago, the people around Hat Creek Valley in BC fought off a major proposed coal mine and coal-fired power plant. The proposal to develop one of the largest coal deposits in the world was stopped in its tracks by local people who were concerned about [...] Read more »
CATFACE MINE PROPOSED MINE MAP
The Wilderness Committee released a comprehensive report on the controversial proposed Catface copper mine in Clayoquot Sound, near the townsite of Tofino. Mine exploration permits could result in drilling activity being approved within months. If the mine is approved by the BC government, the environmental, social, and economic consequences to Clayoquot Sound could be severe. [...] Read more »
SAVING BC’S WILD SALMON
Wild Pacific salmon – sockeye, coho, chum, chinook and pink – have always been at the heart of life and culture on the coast of British Columbia. But now, as wild salmon numbers decline steeply, the very existence of our once mighty salmon runs is at stake. Though Canada’s wild Pacific salmon spend most of [...] Read more »
