In small Canadian town democracy wins, tar sands lose
Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams
In a vote cheered as a victory for democracy, one community in BC has given a flat rejection to a proposed tar sands pipeline…
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Original Joe’s backs Raincoast
Media release / Victoria, B.C.
CHEERS !!! Original Joe’s Restaurant and Bar gives Raincoast over $2300 from its community pint program… -
Join us in Sidney for Earth Day
Join Raincoast and the Sierra Club of BC to learn the facts around the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion and much more…
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British Columbia’s controversial spring grizzly bear hunt now open
Dene Moore CP / The Globe and Mail
British Columbia’s controversial spring grizzly bear hunt opened Tuesday, with one of the highest number of hunting authorizations issued in decades… -
It’s in the cards; spread of possible oil spill tracked by ‘drift card’ study
Staff Report / San Juan Journal
Conservation groups from Washington and British Columbia commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill by launching 650 ‘drift cards’ along Salish Sea oil tanker routes… -
When Science-Based Management Isn’t
Raincoast & SFU scientists just published a letter in the international journal SCIENCE. It calls out the BC gov’t for making politically motivated decisions and calling them ‘scientific’…
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Grizzly hunt fails test of science, experts say
Stephen Hume / Vancouver Sun
BC’s management of the trophy hunt fails the most basic scientific standards, says a letter from four scientists to the international journal Science… -
What the Exxon Valdez anniversary has to do with Canada’s wild salmon
Misty MacDuffee & Chris Genovali / Huff Post
March 24 marks the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill… -
Canadian grizzly bears face expanded hunt
Nicola Jones / Nature
As BC prepares to open its annual grizzly hunt, scientists are protesting the provincial government’s decision to increase the kills… -
Where’s the science?
Paul Paquet & Bob Ferris / S.J. Mercury News
Sadly, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recently shown contempt for both when it comes to the recovery of gray wolves… -
Protecting the Great Bears: Don’t miss it
Raincoast presents two fantastic evenings in Victoria and Vancouver, March 28 and 29, to discuss ending the trophy hunt of BC’s magnificent coastal grizzlies…
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Art for an Oil-Free Coast carvings and works displayed in Sidney
During the spring and summer of 2014, the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, displayed some incredible art works that are available for purchase as part of our Art for an Oil-Free Coast campaign…
