Photo by Mark Connor.
Bear fishing in the Taku
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Taku Waterfall
Photo by David Nunuk, July, 2009.
Taku Reflection
Photo by David Nunuk, July, 2009.
Dead Tree
Photo by David Nunuk, July, 2009.
Audio: Damien Gillis with John Werring on Turning Fish Lake Into Toxic Tailing Pond
Listen to full 23 min discussion – including turning Fish Lake into a dump for a proposed mine, and larger issues of water quality and aquatic policy in Canada. John Werring is the head salmon biologist for the David Suzuki Foundation.
Listen to 6 min highlight clip.
Story by Rafe Mair: Fish Lake: A battle worth fighting
B.C. bands seek class-action status to sue over fish-farm regulation
Tthe Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nations hope to convince the courts that government has so badly mismanaged the fish-farming industry that native rights have been violated. By Mark Hume in the April 14, 2010 Globe and Mail. Read article
AUDIO: Alex Morton Speaks to Damien Gillis About Walk for Wild Salmon
Damien Gillis guest hosted Vancouver Co-op Radio this morning and discussed with Alexandra Morton her upcoming “Get Out Migration.” The biologist and long-time critic of open net salmon farms and their impacts on BC’s wild salmon kicks off her historic march down Vancouver Island next week on Earth Day. Morton discussed the growing public movement to save wild salmon – and growing list of events planned along the migration.
Trade drives provincial policies, but is Gordon Campbell looking in rear-view mirror by ignoring peak oil?
Agricultural land is being sacrificed for pavement and to create space for containers coming from China. By Charlie Smith in the Georgia Straight. Read article
Fighting a Good Fight, Against the Odds
Vander Zalm and colleagues should be proud of taking the fight against the HST into the public sphere. By Rafe Mair in The Tyee. Read article
Plutonic Tops List of Power Firms Donating to Libs
Of the 14 successful firms in BC Hydro’s latest call for power, 10 have made contributions to the Liberals totaling nearly $385,000. By Will McMartin in The Tyee. Read article