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If we believe in the inherent rights of Canada’s original people, how can we be moving ahead with Site C dam? If we are concerned about global warming and its impact on farming, how can we be planning to flood a valley that has the potential to feed one million people ? Are you…
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We’re always amazed what small grassroots community events can achieve and this month we’ve had seen just that. An exciting multimedia project, My Peace River, is up and running spreading the word about Site C and raising money to stop it. This is an artistic collaboration between photographer Jodie Ponto and musician Jody Peck (aka:…
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Calls for a moratorium on Site C construction have been increasing. In addition to the loud rally outside the BC legislature last week, voices demanding a rethink of this project are coming from many corners, including the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, the National Farmers Union, the Greater Vancouver Regional District and the Peace River Regional…
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We had well over ten community or partner events kick off our Week on Saturday, but the highest profile was definitely at Jericho Beach in Vancouver, where many thousand people came out to celebrate our love for our beautiful coast, and our work to keep it safe from fossil fuel infrastructure and climate change. Jane…
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Heritage Canada The National Trust has listed the Peace River Valley of Northeastern British Columbia as one of the top ten most endangered historical sites in Canada. A lot of focus has been put on First Nations rights, loss of farmland and the huge environmental impact that Site C dam will have on the area.…
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The Peace Valley Landowners Association have recently announced that they have reached their $200K goal towards a separate legal challenge to Site C. We are thrilled with this fantastic news! Since PVLA have reached their goal, but know that Treaty 8 Nations have launched their own legal crowdfunder, they are encouraging people who want to oppose the dam…
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Please join us for an evening of discussion, solidarity and action in the fight to stop the Site C dam. The BC and federal government are pushing ahead with the Site C dam, even though the governments’ own review panel found that that Site C would cause severe and unmitigable impacts to Treaty 8 First…
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This Friday May 8, the Federal Government is going to try and throw out Tready 8’s Site C Court Case before it goes to trial in July. All of the legal teams for Treaty 8 and the communities— Doig River, West Moberley, McLeod Lake and Prophet River First Nations— who are involved in the court…
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If you’re in Vancouver for Earth Day, come down to Bandidas Taqueria!! For Earth Day, Bandidas will be donating 25% of the day’s profits to Pull Together. Bring your friends. Eat and drink. Help us raise some funds for this important stand to protect the land and water… our earth.
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The Only Planet Cabaret is a unique collaboration of 5 Salt Spring Island artists sharing a journey through story-telling, poetry, music and theatre. It’s been 44 years since the first Earth Day and the oceans are more acidic than ever, more species have gone extinct more rapidly than ever before, and carbon levels in the…
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