Tag: Great Bear Sea

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Respect for the power of the sea

It has become increasingly apparent that we can no longer look to our Federal Government agencies for the kind of clear and honest assessment of risk that we as Canadians, and the environment we... Read More
It has become increasingly apparent that we can no longer look to our Federal Government agencies for the kind...
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Our Canada includes the Great Bear Sea

If the government proceeds with their proposed retroactive change to the law, the Joint Review Panel now underway for the Enbridge Northern Gateway twin pipeline and tanker project will be cut short, and silence... Read More
If the government proceeds with their proposed retroactive change to the law, the Joint Review Panel now underway for...
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HADD enough? Keep habitat protection in the Federal Fisheries Act

Earlier this week, the government proposed changes that would significantly weaken the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act; now groups across the country are concerned that the Fisheries Act is next. Read More
Earlier this week, the government proposed changes that would significantly weaken the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act; now groups across...
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Northern communities speak out

Democratically elected leaders from BC have joined the MP, MLAs, and First Nations leaders from the region in saying “this project is bad for the coast, bad for jobs, and bad for our... Read More
Democratically elected leaders from BC have joined the MP, MLAs, and First Nations leaders from the region in...
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In Haida Gwaii, BC, culture evolves with the ocean

Haida Gwaii, on British Columbia’s North Coast, takes pride in its reliance on a healthy ocean for food. When the public hearings on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project come to Masset, residents show... Read More
Haida Gwaii, on British Columbia’s North Coast, takes pride in its reliance on a healthy ocean for food. When...
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Trust. Respect. Compassion. Food. Oh… and the public interest!

A murmur spreads through the room as some 150 people, young and old, express their discontent with being limited to a process that seems designed to separate their personal values from the decisions we... Read More
A murmur spreads through the room as some 150 people, young and old, express their discontent with being limited...
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The Gitga’at Nation says 'No' to the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline

Today, the Gitga’at Nation have organized a rally to demonstrate their firm stance against the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline Project. Upwards of 2,000 people, representing both aboriginal and non-aboriginal voices from up... Read More
Today, the Gitga’at Nation have organized a rally to demonstrate their firm stance against the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline...
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Deciding the future of a Canadian ecological treasure

At the heart of the hearings to decide the future of the Great Bear Sea and Rainforest is whether, and under what conditions, we should permit super tankers and a bitumen pipeline in one... Read More
At the heart of the hearings to decide the future of the Great Bear Sea and Rainforest is whether,...
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Close encounters of the grizzly kind

Linda Nowlan, director, Pacific conservation with WWF-Canada, talks about a magical morning on which she shared the Great Bear Sea with a wild grizzly. Read More
Linda Nowlan, director, Pacific conservation with WWF-Canada, talks about a magical morning on which she shared the Great Bear...
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