The government’s oil spill plans are a bit too slick
As we have learned from previous oil spills, no response is possible in rough weather, high seas and dangerous conditions…
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Notes, details, updates and miscellaneous thoughts.
As we have learned from previous oil spills, no response is possible in rough weather, high seas and dangerous conditions…
Toronto Star
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffee
Energy Minister Joe Oliver’s announcement, however, does little to diminish the risk or change the nature of shipping oil on the B.C. coast…
Now is your chance to acquire original art pieces by incredible BC artists…
FOCUS Magazine January 2013, By Aaren Madden
Recently, David Goatley contributed two works to the exhibition and book, Art for an Oil-Free Coast. The project involved 50 artists travelling to various regions of the Great Bear Rainforest…
McLeans.ca By The Canadian Press
“They’re not lying” said Raincoast’s Captain Brian Falconer, “They’ve just chosen a way of expressing it that is meaningless in assessing risk”…
FOCUS Magazine By Briony Penn, December 2012
The Canadian Heavy Oil Association hopes a “factspill” will persuade British Columbians to support their pipelines…
Calgary Herald, By The Canadian Press
It was a fairly calm day for storm season in the North Pacific, where Brian Falconer, long-time mariner and marine operations co-ordinator for Raincoast, said waves can swell to 26 metres high…
CHEK TV covers the Victoria opening of the Art for an Oil-Free Coast exhibition tour…
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
The image of mist drifting over steep slopes, where a black bear searches for salmon, instantly evokes the Great Bear Rainforest…
Times Colonist blog by Sherry Kirkvold
In the beginning, some say it was Raven who brought light to the world…
Check out the coverage of the Art for an Oil-Free Coast exhibition grand opening at Performance Works on Granville Island…
Raincoast’s Dr. Chris Darimont and Dr. Paul Paquet are being cross examined by Enbridge on the terrestrial implications of the Northern Gateway..