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The election and reconciling Aboriginal Title
The election on June 28 may have a big impact on First Nations in BC. Except for photo ops on National Aboriginal Day showing all the party leaders drumming ...
BC Sustainable Energy Association launch June 21
New Association Launches a Sustainable Energy Vision for BC Currently when the wind blows in British Columbia, no wind turbines collect its energy. When the sun shines on homes ...
Get the big money out of BC politics
“Get big money out of B.C. politics,” Cowichan Valley resident Matt Price told the Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform. ( link to news story) “We need a change in ...
A community says "Never again"
On June 10, 1999, a gas pipeline in Bellingham’s Whatcom Falls Park exploded, killing three young people. The legacy of that event is shared grief and sense of loss ...
In search of Liberal preservationists
This just in from British Columbia’s highly regarded political commentator, Vaughn Palmer: “The rumour mill suggests … that the Liberals are moving away from their own development-minded supporters toward ...
Communities lose in timber reallocation
(Part 1 of a planned series of updates on community forestry) It has been 14 months since the BC government announced their reforms of BC’s forestry laws. The so-called ...
BCBC: deal closed, public excluded
Sometimes we at Dogwood Initiative feel we could spend our days doing nothing but tracking secret privatization projects. From subtler schemes like the attempt to turn Victoria’s Crystal Garden ...
BC Business recognizes unresolved Aboriginal issues create uncertainty
Ideology and politics aside, corporations care primarily about making money. The recently released Business Council of BC report, The BC Treaty Process: A Roadmap for Further Progress underscores that ...
