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Updates from Camp
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- Published on Thursday, 15 July 2021 12:00
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BC needs a new approach to the North
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:59
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BILL JONES CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY; WATERFALL STANDS; JOHN HORGAN TAKES HIS MLAS FOR A WALK
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:40
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July 9th's Action up Beyond Waterfall Camp
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:40
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Watch nowDay 51 of Police EnforcementDay 334 of Direct Action Protecting Vancouver Island's Ancient Temperate Rainforests on Ancestral Pacheedaht and Ditidaht Territories7 total arrests today389 arrests to date and counting.
Systemic racism is alive and well in Chilliwack
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- Published on Monday, 12 July 2021 22:47
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Dip shit security asked us to leave the shaded area by the totem and go to the inside lounge. Wants me to wake 15 sleeping indigenous, keeping vigil over a fallen Warrior.
[evoz] Obituary: Bev Wood
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- Published on Thursday, 08 July 2021 19:59
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Longtime CASC activist and volunteer Bev Wood passed away on Sunday, July 4, 2021, just 2 weeks after her 91st birthday. Bev's family asked we share news of her death with CASC friends and supporters. Thanks to John Hillian for this tribute to Bev Wood.
BEV WOOD
Bev was very prominent in the early history of CASC, consistently and faithfully attending regular meetings and special events organized in response to the terrible events of the day. She was excited by, and became good friends and promoters of the Guatemalan folk group Kin Lalat when they visited in the 80's. To deepen her understanding, Bev spent a month in Nicaragua in 1985 with the Witness for Justice and Peace program sponsored by the Christian Task Force on Central America. Motivated by her strong Christian faith, she was an active member of St. Saviour's Anglican church in Esquimalt, she relayed the news of events in Central America and the local work of CASC to the congregation. Once Cafe Simpatico started, Bev took on the role of organizing the volunteers to run the coffee house. It was a position she capably held for many years, and, as Tim says, "always with a...
Fossil fuels are killing us
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 July 2021 17:03
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Watch “Fairy Creek // The Last Stand” on Vimeo
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 July 2021 12:50
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Open Letter to the Editor CBC
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 July 2021 08:00
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ELDER BILL JONES RESPONSE TO THE PACHEEDAHT FIRST
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- Published on Monday, 05 July 2021 10:22
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Thank you, Chief Jeff Jones, for your request asking the Rainforest Flying Squad to vacate the area during fire season. We share your concerns during this time of extreme temperatures and the prolonged drought. We want to ensure both the forest and our people are fully protected.Please be assured that once we receive notice that Teal Jones has stood down from active logging and road building for the fire season and that the RCMP are refraining from enforcement procedures in the area, we too, will reduce our presence in Pacheedaht unceded territory. We are now strategizing to streamline our camps and reduce our ground crews to a minimal presence, enough to keep watch on both the forest and the camps. We will maintain this minimal presence until Teal Jones returns once again to the forests to clear-cut them at the earliest opportunity. We will take every precaution with regard to fire prevention. We are developing a Wildfire Protocol, which will ban all campfires, reduce the opportunity for sparks and ensure we have the appropriate fire fighting equipment at hand. We are also consulting with the local fire chief to gain his advice and...
Read more: ELDER BILL JONES RESPONSE TO THE PACHEEDAHT FIRST
What's happening at camp?
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- Published on Saturday, 03 July 2021 14:37
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State of BC Health - June 2021
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- Published on Friday, 02 July 2021 08:56
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Your monthly update from the BC Health Coalition
UPDATE The attack on our public health care in the Cambie case
In September 2020, the BC Supreme Court dealt a strong blow to the efforts of Dr. Brian Day and others to undermine Canada’s public health care system.
Despite our win, we have been dragged back into the courts by Dr. Day and his supporters as they appeal the previous decision. Earlier this month, we listened to the BC Court of Appeal’s hearing for the Cambie case.
Appellate courts look at potential errors in how the law was applied in the trial judge’s verdict. The appellants [led by Cambie Surgeries Corporation], however, attempted to re-try some of their arguments by presenting just a small cherry-picked selection of the evidence heard at trial. Read the full summary of what we heard at the trial Read more: State of BC Health - June 2021
Caribou critical habitat on the chopping block
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 June 2021 19:59
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Canadas climate law has passed in th
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 June 2021 16:00
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[evoz] wbainar coming up
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 June 2021 09:59
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Hello CASC supporters,
CASC is not having any CAFES in July and August, when we usually take a break. We had 8 successful ZOOM Cfes during this time of Covid. We invite you to view this special event on July 13.
We have endorsed this inspiring film – which CASC is familiar with. Some of our members were in El Salvador meeting grassroots activists and CASC hosted speakers about stopping mining and protecting water there. It was an amazing, successful campaign as we see in this film so we are fortunate to be able to tune unto this inspiring webinar.
Were losing big trees every day
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- Published on Friday, 25 June 2021 12:40
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We are honoured to do this work as guests on traditional territory of the Pacheedaht and Ditidaht First Nations. We work with utmost respect for the land and all its relations, human and nonhuman.Please help us by forwarding this newsletter to any friends or family you feel would like to be involved or learn more. They can join our list here. Active logging continues in the Caycuse, Camper Creek, and up Road 2000
Despite public expectations that ancient forests have been saved, old-growth logging continues in the intact, adjacent forests surrounding Fairy Creek. While a temporary reprieve is in place for the Fairy Creek watershed itself, huge trees are still being cut down every day in the connected, surrounding forests on Pacheedaht ancestral territory.
We need more support to defend these last ancient stands.
Despite aggressive RCMP enforcement, blockades remain at most locations including Waterfall camp, Ridge camp, Walbran Camp, Sassin Camp and Helicopter Camp. Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones has asked supporters to hold the camps until all of the old-growth is clearly protected. Until that happens, the Rainforest Flying Squad will remain in place.
Blockading BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
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- Published on Friday, 25 June 2021 12:02
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Battle for Fairy Creek Video
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- Published on Friday, 25 June 2021 08:00
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The Last Stand. We must protect the remaining old growth, it's just important to lose. We need your help. Do whatever you can to stop this ecocide.
GROUP: Juan de Fuca Forest Watchhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/688088801293691/permalink/3396641337105077/
More than 100 celebrities, prominent Canadians ask B.C. premier to preserve remaining old-growth forest
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- Published on Friday, 25 June 2021 08:00
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Yvette Brend · CBC News · Posted: Jun 18, 2021 4:05 PM PT | Last Updated: June 18
Australian-born Vancouverite Nicole Rycroft is the founder and executive director of Canopy. The non-profit aims to change the forestry industry worldwide. (Climate Breakthrough Project/Canopy)
More than 100 prominent Canadians — and a few international celebrities — have signed an open letter to British Columbia Premier John Horgan demanding he preserve the province's remaining old-growth forests.
Campaign organizers are demanding an immediate stop to logging of the remaining old growth, saying B.C. used to be a place where trees swayed at 76 metres tall and now only 2.7 per cent of the large-tree old-growth forests remain.
The signatories span a range of professions, from politicians to musicians to athletes and activists, including former prime minister Brian Mulroney, musicians Bryan Adams and Neil Young, poet and author Michael Ondaatje, former Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, and global climate change activist Greta Thunberg.
Campaign organizer Nicole Rycroft is the founder and CEO of Canopy, an environmental non-profit that describes itself as a Canadian-based organization dedicated to advancing ecologically based forest solutions worldwide. Canopy has launched several previous campaigns in the fashion, packaging and publishing industries to protect...
More Articles...
- Heartfelt Message from June 9th (event has passed)
- Wednesday Vigil Every Week at Legislature
- Blockade Video Update June 16, 2021
- BC Old Growth Video (watch and share)
- Cambie appeal roundup
- Were losing big trees every day
- [evoz] Cafe on Youtube
- Working together to help Boundary Bay
- Shared responsibilities for a more just future
