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November 5 telephone town hall
On Nov. 5 2013, Dogwood Initiative hosted a telephone town hall offering people the opportunity to hear updates from campaign directors as well as ask questions in a radio ...
Coal exports from U.S. sent via B.C. shorten lives in China
A tired and offensive argument regularly used by the coal industry inspired me to write this piece. It goes something like this: selling coal to China is helping alleviate ...
What’s it going to be? Effective or "world-leading"?
Marven Robinson, a Councillor with the Gitga’at Nation and renowned guide, told me of a group of Europeans he recently guided into the Great Bear Rainforest. After much walking ...
The real story behind Gwaii Haanas
A few weeks ago, television news and newspaper columns headlined stories about a new totem pole being erected on southern Haida Gwaii. While the coverage was widespread and pictures ...
Six things you should know about B.C.’s position on heavy oil proposals
New documents from B.C.’s Environment ministry — briefing incoming Minister Mary Polak — reveal B.C. is woefully unprepared to respond to even a moderate oil spill. The sorry state ...
Controversial Burns Lake billboard will stay up
The anti-Enbridge billboard in Burns Lake that spawned a bylaw infraction notice after complaints of it being “offensive” will stay put after the Village Council voted Tuesday night (Aug. ...
Your coal export questions answered
1) B.C. doesn’t currently have any coal-burning power plants. Why should I be worried about coal? Many parts of the world, including B.C., have stopped burning coal to create ...
The woman behind the Burns Lake billboard
When Gwyndolyn Nicholas replaced a billboard on the side of her Burns Lake health foods store with a new one earlier this month, she never imagined the fuss it ...
Coal campaign heats up: a month in the life of Dogwood’s new coal campaigner
For more than two years now Dogwood Initiative has been quietly gearing up to take on another fossil fuel threat to our air, land and water: coal. While our ...