Article by Ian Bailey in the Globe and Mail. Brian Riddell, president and CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, decided that it was more important to be a witness than a member of the Cohen Commission. Read article
Tag Archives: Globe and Mail
Why the Vancouver Mayor makes waves over oil tankers
Article by Frances Bula in the Globe and Mail. “Is [Gregor Robertson’s] public initiative just the natural byproduct of his many connections to green groups in B.C. and in the United States? Or is there something more, such as ambitions to build his résumé for a future in federal politics?” Read article
Shatner casts his voice into river of debate over Pacific salmon farming
Article by Gloria Galloway in the Globe and Mail. “The fauna and the flora of the British Columbia river shores and rivers are nurtured by the salmon. Without the salmon, they die. And when they die, [there is] a huge rent in the tapestry of nature in that area. It is a basic species that must be saved.” Read article
Article on the same subject by John Kurucz in the Royal City Record: Shatner supports fish bill
Lawyer alleges Campbell advised accused to ‘keep mouth shut’
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
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
Calls to save salmon from across the pond
Article by Mark Hume in the March 29, 2010 Globe and Mail about a hard-hitting report issued by the Salmon & Trout Association of the United Kingdom. Read article
‘It’s going to be bigger than Clayoquot Sound’
Article by Mark Hume in the March 27, 2010 Globe and Mail about the Great Bear Rainforest and the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. Read article