Our province is full of beautiful places, but there are few places with both the spectacular beauty and the ecological importance to match the Peace River Valley. Nestled in the northeast corner of British Columbia, the Peace River flows from the Rocky Mountains towards the Arctic Ocean. The valley is home to Treaty 8 First [...] Read more »
WILDERNESS COMMITTEE APPLAUDS REMOVAL OF PARKING METERS FROM BC’S PARKS
Bigger investment needed to restore BC Parks after decade of decay VANCOUVER – BC Premier Christy Clark announced today that her government will remove unpopular parking meters from BC parks and provide $500,000 for a one-time Community Legacy Fund, to be disbursed by environmental organizations working on parks. “While we’re happy at long last to [...] Read more »
BRITISH COLUMBIA’S SPECIAL PLACES
Time to Double BC’s Park System This year is the 100th anniversary of BC’s wildly spectacular provincial park system. When Premier Richard McBride created BC’s first provincial park, Strathcona, on Vancouver Island back in 1911, I wonder if he could have foreseen the rising tide of citizen activism that would persist and grow stronger with [...] Read more »
EARTH DAY, CLIMATE ACTION AND THE PILGRIMAGE TO BURNS BOG
Thanks so much for your help making last week’s Earth Day Parade a big success! It was inspiring to see so many young people taking the lead in calling for real action on climate change. For pictures and video from the Earth Day event, check out this page on our website. The event was colourful [...] Read more »
RECYCLING THE 2 FINGERS PEACE SIGN FOR THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT
Climate scientists tell us that an increase of 2 degrees Celsius in annual global temperature above pre-industrial levels is the tipping point where nothing we do can slow down climate change. We need to kick our addiction to fossil fuels within our lifetimes if we are going to accomplish this. Right now we are using [...] Read more »
GLOBAL WARMING: MADE IN CANADA?
Fixing Our Tarnished Reputation We Canadians pride ourselves on being good neighbours. Our national identity is based on the idea that you can travel anywhere in the world with a maple leaf on your backpack and be treated like a friend. What many of us in Canada don’t know is that our international reputation is [...] Read more »
KEEP OUR RIVERS WILD
People Power: Saving BC’s Wild Rivers As a child growing up in the Okanagan I often traveled the back country with my dad. My father was a fan of adventure and a lover of history so many trips consisted of arrowhead hunting, gold panning and searching for old coins while exploring historicBC ghost towns like [...] Read more »
COAL MINING IN BC
Most Canadians are not aware that coal mining is rapidly expanding in Canada. This extremely problematic industry can and must be stopped. Coal has been known as a dirty fuel for generations. Burning coal contributes significantly to poor air quality, and can have serious health impacts in the communities next to coal mines or coal [...] Read more »
THE EXPORT QUESTION: DESIGNING POLICY FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRICITY TRADE
When it brought in its Clean Energy Act in 2010, the Government of British Columbia (BC) included as a provincial energy policy objective the promotion of electricity exports from clean or renewable sources. The government sees electricity exports as being both a significant means of economic development for BC and an opportunity to reduce greenhouse [...] Read more »
SHUT DOWN SALMON FARMS
A clear crisp river winds through tall trees. Its turbulent waters are full of crimson salmon jumping and fighting against the currents searching for their ancestral spawning grounds. Eagles circle overhead, bears feast on the dead fish and drag their carcasses into the deep woods. This is a scene that should be repeated year after [...] Read more »
