Landscape of cover of Canada's Raincoast at Risk: Art for an Oil-Free Coast
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Earth Day event for the love of coastlines

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Peninsula News Review
April 20, 2012

By Arnold Lim

After 35 years, Brian Falconer still loves navigating B.C.’s coastlines. Unfortunately he finds himself navigating the political landscape, as often as the geological one, and wishes for a day that is no longer the case…

The bear necessities of the salmon fishery

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Vancouver Sun

As Earth Day approaches on Sunday our thoughts turn to two of the most iconic species in BC, wild salmon and grizzly bears, as well as their intertwined relationship and how the choices we make are inextricably linked to their fates…

More salmon for grizzlies benefits all in the long term

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Researchers at Raincoast and UC-Santa Cruz investigate how letting more salmon past the nets of fishermen to reach spawning streams can benefit bears, the ecosystem and in several cases, long‐term fishery catches…

Sidney Northern Gateway Slideshow

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Saturday April 21 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, BC with Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May and Emcee Arthur Black…

Pender Islands Northern Gateway slideshow

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Friday April 20 7:00- 9:00 pm Pender Island, at Pender Island Community Hall…

Exxon Valdez anniversary casts shadow over Earth Day

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Victoria News

The recent anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster casts a long shadow over impending Earth Day events in BC, as two controversial pipeline projects propose to deliver “the world’s dirtiest oil” to the Pacific coast…

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  • Artists for an oil-free coast

    Artists for an oil-free coast

    Artists for an oil-free coast Fifty artists - some of Canada’s most celebrated and many who are First Nations - will take up paintbrushes and carving tools to portray Canada’s fragile raincoast - one they feel is threatened by the Northern Gateway project proposed by Enbridge and their international partners. Their goal ...

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  • Top Canadian surfer Peter Devries rides the waves of the Great Bear Rainforest to bring attention to the damage that an oil spill could bring to the ecosystem.  Photo credit Dean Azim

    Groundswell: the wave of opposition to Northern Gateway

      Set sail with Raincoast, Patagonia and Woodshed Films  (in collaboration with Jeremy Koreski  and Dean Azim) for an exploratory surf trip along British Columbia’s unspoiled west coast.  While searching for waves, the crew documents what would be threatened if the Northern Gateway tar sands oil pipeline is built. Check out the trailer ...

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