Paddlers
Last night, at the first in RAVEN’s ‘Festival Afloat” concert series on Victoria’s Gorge waterway, we heard the Songhees story of Camossung and how the rocks in the the tidal inlet at the narrows were formed by Hayls, the creator, and how camas came to be the staple food of the Songhees people from knowledge…
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Grab a paddle and join Talaysay Tours and the Shishalh Nation for a paddle, rally & picnic to raise funds for the First Nations legal challenges against the Site C Dam. On July 9th, join thousands of people across the province who are grabbing a paddle and supporting the First Nations to stop Site-C in…
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Every year, the Peace Valley Environment Association and West Moberly First Nation host a Paddle for the Peace that brings hundreds of people to the Peace River to protest Site-C. So what if we helped them amplify the Paddle for the Peace with a groundswell of grassroots fundraising events that together raised big money for First Nations to stop Site-C…
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{ This is a guest post by WCEL’s Anna Johnston } The 10th annual Paddle for the Peace was the most emotional I’ve witnessed since joining the annual solidarity float down northeast BC’s majestic Peace River in protest of the proposed Site C dam. Recently dethroned Agricultural Land Commission Chair Richard Bullock wrestled with tears…
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Says David Williams, “I was the founding president of RAVEN until last year, when I resigned. Pat and I are the co-founders of Friends of Nemiah Valley where I was the executive director and she the secretary.” His reasons for joining July 11th Paddle for the Peace are simple yet profound. “The Site C project is…
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Says Reg about why he’s heading up to the Paddle for the Peace this July 11th: “Having made my home and living as as a watershed steward for over 30 years in the Peace River basin, I feel deeply connected and committed to its protecty- its a unique and special place in my heart, body…
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“I’m a brand new grandmother,” says paddler Lyn Chapman. Here’s why she is paddling for the Peace: “What a joy! What a responsibility. What motivates me is my desire to leave places of beauty, rich biodiversity and life sustaining capability for his and everyone’s future. The Peace River Valley is one such place. It’s unique…
Read MoreKate Shippam is heading up to the Peace River this July 11th to Paddle for the Peace. Here’s why: “What Treaty 8 is standing up for is in line with what I want this country to look like and the direction that I want us to go in. Yet— they’re in court defending the environment…
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“I guess growing food is in my blood,” says Ana Simeon. “One of my earliest memories is being chased by an enormous mama goose on my grandma’s farm when I was three or four. Despite these rocky beginnings I learned to weed beds and pluck chickens at an early age … and am still growing…
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