NHL player’s trophy kill under investigation
Vancouver Sun
Raincoast calls for investigation into NHL’s Clayton Stoner’s killing of a grizzly bear using a BC resident issued license…
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Saving Great Bear Rainforest is Island man’s mission
Times Colonist
Raincoast’s Brian Falconer discusses our call to investigate Clayton Stoner, the Minnesota Wild’s NHL player who killed a grizzly bear using a ” BC resident” grizzly hunt tag…Vancouver Sun editorial: BC should ban trophy bear hunting
Vancouver Sun
It is past time to put an end to the provincially condoned slaughter of bears in wilderness areas along B.C.’s coast…It’s not real hunting, but a revolting sport
Vancouver Sun columnist Stephen Hume says B.C. needs to end disreputable practice and promote the more lucrative ecotourism industry that leaves these magnificent beasts alone…
Bear Witness
Coastal First Nations have released their excellent film on the coastal grizzly hunt. It’s a must watch…
CBC interviews: The ethics of trophy hunting
CBC interviews William Housty from the Heiltsuk Nation and Raincoast’s Paul Paquet as they discuss the ethics of killing grizzly bears for “sport”…
Reflections: Art for an oil-free coast
Watch the full documentary on the artists expedition to the heart of the tanker route that is being proposed by Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project…
Wrong to ignore Climate Change in Northern Gateway review
By Paul Paquet, Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee,
The StarPhoenix
As formal interveners in the Northern Gateway federal review process, we were disconcerted that climate change was not considered in the Enbridge ESA…Open letter goes to Jimmy Pattison to solve his fleet’s fishery problems
Raincoast, Watershed Watch and SkeenaWild write an open letter to Jimmy Pattison to resolve salmon conservation issues in BC fisheries…
Expert panel and films: Tar sands oil to and from our coast
Join Raincoast, Georgia Strait Alliance, Forest Ethics and the Burke Mtn Naturalists Sept 22 in Coquitlam for an expert panel, films and discussion on tar sands oil…
NGOs clash with Canada authorities over video
SeafoodSource.com
Nonprofit conservation groups are angry with the Canadian government over its reaction to a video the groups produced that they claim shows fishermen violating the law…Officials looking into Fisheries Act violations in salmon video
Mark Hume, Globe & Mail
A video that shows fishermen kicking salmon apparently lifeless overboard has triggered a federal investigation, but groups want changes to practices, not charges…
