High Road Clothing Company
Buy a beautiful merino wool scarf from High Road Clothing Company and support Raincoast’s Wild Salmon Program…
Raincoast
Raincoast is a team of conservationists and scientists empowered by our research to safeguard the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. Read more about Raincoast.
BC torturing wolves to protect cattle on crown land
Brad Hill, a wildlife photographer and biologist from the Columbia Valley, has discovered that the province has placed wolf neck snares on crown land near his home…
A “Groundswell” of talks for the Great Bear Rainforest
The band and I have been showing a short documentary at all of our shows called Groundswell — it was created by Chris Malloy and Raincoast and is about the Great Bear Rainforest…
Upcoming Film Screenings and Panel Discussions
Groundswell and Reflections film screening and discussions are happening in February and March in Toronto, Calgary, Nanaimo, Powell River and Gabriola Island. Get details here…
Groundswell takes a surfing safari to the Great Bear Rainforest
The Georgia Straight, By Martin Dunphy
When Raincoast put together a coastal expedition to showcase its irreplaceable wilderness, it wanted to present things differently than the usual environmental documentary…Will Northern Gateway promises endure, environmental groups ask expert panel
By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press
The proponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline have made many promises as they seek approval of their multibillion-dollar pipeline, but there is no guarantee those commitments will endure…A Trip South: On the road of wisdom
Juneau Empire
This is an amazing story of a group from Juno Alaska who the Groundswell crew met at our Ventura Film Premiere. This courageous group has embarked on a journey from Alaska to Argentina…Claims over diluted bitumen disputed at Northern Gateway hearings
CTV News
ForestEthics, Raincoast, and Living Oceans, along with the Haisla, Haida and Heiltsuk, have submitted to the panel that diluted bitumen does sink, making it extremely difficult — if not impossible — to clean up…Navy sonar: Canadian environmental groups get legal standing in U.S. court case
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
Canadian environmental groups have received legal standing in a U.S. suit that seeks to halt Navy sonar exercises that would threaten at-risk whales on the West Coast…Can Idle No More Save the Great Bear Rainforest?
Outside Online by Adventure Ethics
While links between Idle No More and Northern Gateway protests are informal, they’re part of a wider reaction to an increasingly conservative government..How would wolves manage humans?
Raincoast reached out to Ken S. Lupus who offered a ‘lupine’ perspective on the province’s wolf kill plan with a take on how humans ought to be managed…
The $273 billion question: Enbridge and the Northern Gateway controversy
Reader’s Digest, By Arno Kopecky
The Harper government wants to supercharge the Canadian economy with oil tankers moving through BC coast. Detractors of Northern Gateway insist a single oil spill is all it would take …
