Posts by Emma Gilchrist - Page 2
The power of the domino effect
Just six months ago, the battle to protect B.C.’s coast and rivers from oil spills wasn’t really on the radar of Victoria entrepreneur Dave Secco. But that changed in ...
B.C. opposition to oil supertankers outweighs support 3:1
In the same week the federal government announced it intends to chop the review of Enbridge’s pipeline and supertanker proposal, new polling showed opposition to oil supertankers in B.C.’s ...
Your questions answered
Wow, we were blown away by your response to our call for questions in last month’s edition of e-news. You asked so many great questions that we’ve had to ...
Med student donates scholarship money
This note from Kathryn Wills caught our attention early this year and really inspired us: Apparently, I am a radical. I am a Canadian, a proud B.C. resident and ...
In your words: Say thank you to Joe Oliver
January is normally the slowest month of the year for donations, but this year was a different story. We saw such a surge in gifts that the national media ...
5 reasons shipping oil to Asia is not in the national interest
One of the more startling takeaways from Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver’s open letter is how the government has confused “corporate interests” as being one and the same as ...
A Wild Start to 2012
January 2012 is set to go down in the history books as a turning point in the battle to keep oil supertankers out of B.C.’s inside coastal waters. It ...
Hope for the new year
Anger. Frustration. Despair. These are the feelings many of us have when we read the news these days. If it’s not our prime minister vowing to send oil to ...
In your words: standing up for right to speak at Enbridge hearings
A column in the Calgary Herald last week got Dogwood supporters so hot under the collar that they flooded the newspaper with more than 100 letters to the editor. ...