Sometimes good things require a little perseverance. National parks are one of those things. Right now the Canadian government is finally ready to move forward on establishing a national park in the South Okanagan Similkameen region, but the BC government is standing in the way. The South Okanagan Similkameen is a very special place. This [...] Read more »
NO MORE COAL: OVER 500 PEOPLE SEND CLEAR MESSAGE AT RAVEN COAL PUBLIC MEETING
Chants of ‘No More Coal” filled a packed Courtenay room for the first of three public comment meetings scheduled for the Raven Coal Mine environmental assessment. Over five hundred people crammed into the Filberg Centre for the six hour meeting, to ask questions and express their concerns with the proposed mine. “Throughout the night it [...] Read more »
MEET THE PEACE IN VICTORIA, VANCOUVER, THE SUNSHINE COAST AND WHISTLER
I have just returned from visiting our province’s interior on the first leg of our Meet the Peace BC-wide speaking tour. I had the privilege of presenting about the Peace River and the Site C Dam to four amazing communities. Accompanied by Tribal Chief Liz Logan of the Treaty 8 First Nations , Diane Culling [...] Read more »
CONFIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS REVEAL SHOCKING NEGLECT OF BC PARKS
BC Parks budget – not enough money for toilet paper VANCOUVER, BC – “Hey, buddy, can you spare a dime? And a ranger?” This is a communication from a BC Parks staff person in June 2010, one of scores of documents obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the Wilderness Committee that paints [...] Read more »
BC’S PROVINCIAL PARKS
People come from around the world to visit BC’s Provincial Parks because they offer something in short supply in the rest of the world: a clean, natural and unspoiled environment. This makes BC both a desirable place to visit and a desirable place to live. BC’s parks are an important part of BC’s environmental legacy [...] Read more »
BC’S RIVERS AT RISK
Rainbow, Burnt Bridge, Chipmunk, Tzoonie, Volcano and Statlu are not just colourful names – they are some of the many wild creeks and rivers found throughout British Columbia. They are also just a few of the 600 water bodies that have been staked by private power corporations over the last seven years in BC. The [...] Read more »
MANITOBA’S PROVINCIAL PARKS
Manitoba’s provincial parks are home to remote sparkling lakes, clear rivers, sandy beaches and wild boreal forests. You can hike through natural grasslands in Spruce Woods, relax on the sand at Grand Beach, cross-country ski at Duck Mountain, spot rare orchids in Nopiming, or paddle down world-famous canoeing rivers in Atikaki. But despite their beauty, [...] Read more »
