Article by Celia Brauer in the Georgia Straight. She lists the crowd as “up to 7,000 people.” Read article
Get Out Migration shows people care about saving wild salmon
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Is This Any Way to Finance Clean Energy?
Article by Will McMartin in The Tyee. “[W.A.C.] Bennett well understood two things. First, that the costliest element of electricity-generation is interest on capital expenditures incurred during construction of a power-producing facility. And second, that government-backed borrowings are far cheaper than private-sector loans.” Read article
Salmon protest regarded as largest sit-in at legislature
Aticle by Stefania Seccia in Westerly News. “A report released May 6, by the SOS Marine Conservation Foundation, concluded land-based closed containment is also economically feasible.” Read article
Salmon Migration – Untangling the spin wheel of ‘crowd estimates’
I could not fathom how the Times Colonist daily paper could have seen “nearly 1,000” people at Alexandra Morton’s salmon migration rally in Victoria last Saturday, when I had seen many thousands. I really needed to understand.
So when last Monday, Times Colonist editor Stephanie Coombs kindly responded to my complaint letter about the event’s coverage, I seized the opportunity.
“Reporter Katie DeRosa, who attended the rally,” Coombs had written in her response, “spoke to two different Victoria police officers, as well as two rally helpers, who all estimated about 1,000 people.”
Strange. That same day, I had received a message from Rafe Mair who quoted Global News reporter Holly Adams saying that “I spoke with Police outside the Legislature and they estimated just over 4,000 people, and that was just before 5:00.”
The Globe and Mail had reported 4,000 people as well. So it appeared as if Victoria police officers had been mischievously telling 4,000+ to Global News and the Globe and Mail, and “nearly 1,000” to the Times Colonist.
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Terrible coverage of Salmon Migration Rally in Victoria
A letter to the Victoria Times-Colonist:
I am most disappointed in your coverage of the “Salmon Migration” rally held in Victoria on Saturday afternoon, so disappointed in fact, I am seriously considering canceling my subscription to your paper. The protection of salmon from everything that endangers their survival is of paramount importance, not only for coastal British Columbians but for humanity as a whole. You chose to place the results of a rugby game on the front page with a skimpy, poorly written and inaccurate piece about the rally on page 3, how ridiculous; where are your social priorities?
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Fish Farms Protest
Protesters bring anti-fish-farm message to Victoria
Article by Brennan Clarke in the Globe and Mail. “In one of the largest environmental demonstrations the city has ever seen, close to 4,000 people turned out for the culmination of Ms. Morton’s 500-kilometre ‘Get Out Migration’ walk that began April 23 in Campbell River.” Read article
Damien Gillis on May 8 Salmon Rally in Victoria – Vancouver Co-op Radio
Damien Gillis reports from Duncan, BC on the final leg of the historic “Get Out Migration” walk for wild salmon as it rolls into Victoria for a final rally on May 8. For more details on the rally and Migration go to SalmonAreSacred.org.
Site C is a cataclysmic mistake
Site C is a cataclysmic mistake not only in view of our need for farmland in the coming convergence of climate change and peak oil in the next 10 to 30 years. It is wasteful in every other way—for the usual political reasons of corporate profit.
Energy efficiency is the first solution to our energy needs. Worldwide, we waste more than half of the electricity we generate (details at Rocky Mountain Institute: rmi.com.) A study carried out by a coalition of community organizations in co-operation with BC Hydro in the late 80’s found a conservative estimate of 44% wasted in BC. The thousands of residential and commercial construction projects alone, if built to energy efficiency standards, would save untold amounts of future demand. Converting residential, commercial and industrial operations, including BC Hydro, to energy efficiency will create thousands of new jobs, businesses, and industries, and stimulate a sustainable economy.
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Premier’s power grab is bad news for you and me
Article by Brian Lewis in The Province. “The new Clean Energy Act tells me there has to be a Divine Right of Premiers — at least in B.C.” Read article