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Early AM, Activists Return to Kinder Morgan Drill Site

dgSolidarity — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:40:51 +0000

February 26, 2015

A small group of activists return at the very start of drilling work, later joined by several others.

The Truth Unfolds_Part-2 Mount Polley Mining Disaster

KeepEmStraight — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:33:35 +0000

Sub Titled: "The Big Picture".

Filmed at a recent community meeting in Vancouver BC / Part-2 contains an even more "Explosive" report on the outrageous background of neglect and questionable behavior by Imperial Mines which lead up to the gigantic tailing pond spill at their Mount Polley BC mining location.&nbs

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The Truth Unfolds_Part-1 Mount Polley Mining Disaster

KeepEmStraight — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:16:15 +0000

Filmed at a community meeting in Vancouver:

Event sponsored by: Streams of Justice, Rising Tide Coast Salish Territories and No One Is Illegal - Coast Salish Territories.

Best viewed direct from the Vimeo home location as there are markers in the text descriptive field which allow viewers to advance to any of the three speakers.
Just click on the bold&nbsp

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Confronting Canada Day - Dan Wallace, Audrey Siegl

dgSolidarity — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 23:10:57 +0000

Confronting Canada Day - Audrey Siegl http://youtu.be/16OPGfglFhM

From the organizers:

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VANCOUVER MINING COMPANY PLANS WORLD'S LARGEST GOLD MINE ON ALASKA NATIVE LAND

jtree — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:08:56 +0000

Living off the land, Alaska Natives defend the world's largest salmon runs against the impacts of the world's largest gold mine, the proposed Pebble Mine.

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We Can't Eat Gold: An Alaskan Documentary at Vancouver, BC's Just Film Festival

jtree — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:33:43 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Living off the land, Alaska Natives defend the world's largest salmon runs against the impacts of the world's largest gold mine, the proposed Pebble Mine.

Sa Mar 1

ville:

Vancouver, BC

Lieu:

Langara College of Higher Learning: Theater 5,

Adresse:

100 49th Ave W, Vancouver, BC.

Coût:

$7.50 (e-mail wecanteatgold@gmail.com if you need a free ticket)

le contact de l'organisatrice:

wecanteatgold@gmail.com

Space Accessibiity:

accessible

Lien de carte:

https://goo.gl/maps/hmtwV

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Lien:

https://www.facebook.com/events/593375430756857/

Film Screening followed by Q&A with We Can't Eat Gold: An Alaskan Documentary Director Joshua Tucker, hosted by the Just Film Festival. WATCH THE OFFICIAL TRAILER

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Feds strip lab of OIE status to protect salmon farmers

Kerry Coast — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 21:12:50 +0000

Dr. Fred Kibenge’s lab at the Atlantic Veterinary College has been under attack from the CFIA since finding Infectious Salmon Anemia in samples of Pacific sockeye.

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They Speak: Voices from the Wild Salmon Stronghold

SandraCuffe — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:38:29 +0000

Sa Avr 20

ville:

Harrison Mills

Lieu:

Harrison Mills Hall

Adresse:

1995 School Road

Lien:

https://www.facebook.com/events/115256568670016/

Come to the Wild Salmon Stronghold to listen and learn from this star-studded line-up of some of the best local experts on the Fraser Valley's salmon and their habitats.Dr. Marvin Rosenau (BCIT). Eddie Gardner (Sto:lo - Skwah). Wendy Bales (Area C). Dr. Tracey Lyster (CAUSS). Celebrate Earth Day in style.

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Workshop: How to Test Salmon for Disease

isaac — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:50:13 +0000

Given by Alexandra Morton and Alissa Reed on Cheam territory.

Salmon Testing in Cheam

isaac — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:59:47 +0000

On 8 and 9 June 2012, Cheam band members and allies headed to the Fraser River to test local wild salmon for viruses known to have been spread from salmon farms on the coast.

Watch the presentation on salmon diseases by Alexandra Morton here.

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Aquaculture issues fill the courtroom

Editor — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:12:45 +0000

This blog post was written for the VMC by Elena Edwards.

On September 7, all 130 seats in Room 801 of the Federal Courthouse were filled for the second time since the Cohen Commission’s federal Inquiry into the Decline of the Fraser River Sockeye Salmon commenced last October 25th, 2010.

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Wild Salmon Warrior Rally

Zig Zag — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:23:56 +0000

200 Gather to Protect Wild Salmon in Vancouver

Over 200 people rallied at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, to raise awareness about the threats faced by wild salmon populations. These include industrial logging and commercial fishing, pollution, and the proliferation of fish farms on the BC coast. But at this single-issue style rally/media event, fish farms were the main target.

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Justice For Wild Salmon

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:30:41 +0000

Lu Août 22

ville:

Vancouver BC

Lieu:

BC Court

Adresse:

701 West Georgia St.

le contact de l'organisatrice:

http://coheninquirynotes.blogspot.com/

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Lien:

http://coheninquirynotes.blogspot.com/

Anyone who supports the survival of wild salmon knows that wild salmon are part of a cycle so beautiful, so mesmerizing, so life giving as to break one's heart to imagine this world without them.  

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History 'Up the Creek'

SandraCuffe — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:56:25 +0000

South Fraser Protection Camp speaks out for local sites, including historical co-operative cannery buildings

The rain subsided long enough for a few rays of sunshine to greet those chatting by the campfire Tuesday morning, the fifth day of the South Fraser Protection Camp established in Delta to obstruct the construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road.

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Corky Evans on Social Democracy

Common Sense Canadian — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:53:37 +0000

Must-see speech by retired Kootenay MLA Corky Evans at the Common Sense Canadian's "Take Back Our BC" townhall tour event in Nelson, BC. The inimitable Evans discusses globalization, the loss of our social democracy, and the need for citizens to become engaged in the political process to reclaim their environment and public resources.

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