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National Geographic: BC’s Great Bear Rainforest One of World’s Top Destinations

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Read this story from the Canadian Press on National Geographic’s  inclusion of BC’s Great Bear Rainforest in its recent list of the world’s top places to see. (Dec. 5, 2012)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – National Geographic Traveler magazine has named British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest and Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island as being among the world’s “must-see places” of 2013.

The rainforest is “an untamed strip of land” stretching 400 kilometres along the B.C. coast, but its tranquillity has “recently been rocked” by the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project to send oilsands crude from Alberta to a terminal at Kitimat, the magazine says.

An environmental review panel examining the controversial plan will release its report by the end of 2013.

On Canada’s East Coast, Cape Breton lures visitors with its “abundant wildlife, natural beauty and assembly of French, Micmac and Celtic cultures.”

The island’s 300-kilometre Cabot Trail is often ranked among the world’s most spectacular drives.

National Geographic’s list includes four U.S. destinations: Hudson Valley, N.Y.; Missouri River Breaks, Mont.; Memphis, Tenn.; and St. Augustine, Fla.

International locales include Thessaloniki, Greece; Bodo, Norway; Marseille, France; Ravenna, Italy; Jarash, Jordan; Crimea, Ukraine; Malawai; Uganda; Bagan, Myanmar; Raja Ampat, Indonesia; Kyoto, Japan; Valparaiso, Chile; Quito, Ecuador; Grenada.

Read more: http://www.globaltvbc.com/bcs+great+bear+rainforest+among+worlds+must-see+places+of+2013+according+to+national+geographic/6442766657/story.html

 

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Enter the Great Bear Rainforest

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Starring grizzlies, eagles, humpback whales, and the legendary spirit
bear.
This
magical place is threatened by Enbridge’s proposal to bring an oil
pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands and supertankers to BC’s North and
Central coast – Gillis was filming for his recently released short
documentary, “Oil in Eden.” This 4 min film captures the highlights of
that experience – featuring breathtaking, never-before-seen footage of
the Great Bear Rainforest!

We highly recommend you try watching this video in 720p or 1080p HD in full screen mode (both buttons located in the bottom right corner of the youtube video player window).

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Tanker Ban: The Vote to Protect BC’s Fragile North Coast

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Nathan Cullen is the member of Parliament for the riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley

 

Last week the House of Commons spent some hours debating an issue uniquely West Coast but also critical to Canada: whether or not we need a legislated ban on supertanker traffic plying the waters of BC’s north and central coast. The vote will be cast Tuesday.

It’s not often that Canada’s Parliament looks across the Rockies to cast an opinion on a debate that is familiar and passionate to those of us fortunate to live in this stunningly beautiful province.

New Democrats have long suggested that the vagueness of the Federal government’s policy towards tankers on the coast creates an environment of damaging uncertainty not just for business but more importantly for the people of the coast.

Read full op-ed by Nathan Cullen in the Vancouver Sun here

 
 Last week the House of Commons spent some hours debating an issue uniquely West Coast but alcritical to Canada: whether or not we need a legislated ban on supertanker traffic plying the waters of BC’s north and central coast. The vote will be cast TuesdayIt’s not often that Canada’s Parliament looks across the 

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Enbridge Pipeline – ILCP Focus on Great Bear Rainforest

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Five minute highlight video on the recent Vancouver events held to showcase the work of the International League of Conservation photographers in the Great Bear Rainforest. Some of the world’s top nature photographers journeyed this month to the north an and central coast of Canada to capture its incomparable yet fragile beauty – now threatened by a proposal from Enbridge to bring an oil pipeline from the Tar Sands and supertankers to BC’s wild coast.

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