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1/30/2012B.C. not ready to tip its hand on Gateway project
JUSTINE HUNTER - The Globe and Mail - Controversy as B.C. Premier Christy Clark's government continues its 'wait and see approach' to Northern gateway pipeline JPR process.
1/26/2012Time Limits Coming for Regulatory Review Hearings: Joe Oliver
REBECCA PENTY - Financial Post - Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver, vows the federal government will mandate strict timelines on regulatory reviews of all industrial projects.
1/18/2012Native Chiefs Overturn Deal with Enbridge on Gateway Pipeline
REUTERS - The Globe and Mail - Deal between Gitxsan First Nation and Enbridge over proposed Northern Gateway pipeline plan collapsed after chiefs rejected the offer.1/12/2012Politicians Demand to be Consulted on Pipeline Plan
JUDITH LAVOIE - Times Colonist - The potential of oil lapping onto areas of Vancouver Island prompts politicians to demand consultation on Northern Gateway pipeline plans and oil supertanker traffic.
1/10/2012Enbridge Reports Leak from U.S. Pipeline as Northern Gateway Hearings Begin
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE - The Globe and Mail - Canadian pipeline builder Enbridge reported a leak from one of its pipelines on the first day of Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel hearings.
1/8/2012Northern Gateway Hearings Start in Kitimat, B.C. on $5.5 Billion Oil Pipeline Proposal
DIRK MEISSNER - Canadian Business - Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline - "a nation-builder, nation-divider and non-starter.
1/7/2012Northern Gateway Pipeline Raising Spill Fears Along B.C. Coast
LARRY PYNN - The Times Colonist - Oil spills, statistics and potential disaster on the north and central coast of B.C. due to Northern Gateway pipeline and resulting supertanker traffic.
1/6/2012Oil spills costly to companies and environment, yet seem inevitable despite technology
LARRY PYNN - The Vancouver Sun - Sixth in a series - The transport of oil is big money. But so is a pipeline spill - something that Enbridge Inc. knows painfully well.
1/4/2012Northern Gateway Backers Step Forward
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE - The Globe and Mail - Corporate backers of the Northern Gateway Pipeline reveal themselves in filings with the National Energy Board.
1/3/2012Environmental Groups Line Up Star Power against Northern Gateway Pipeline
GORDON HOEKSTRA - The Vancouver Sun - Fourth in Series: Opponents run gamut from well-funded U.S. advocates to small-budget local operations.
1/2/2012First Nations Fiercely Opposed to Northern Gateway
GORDON HOEKSTRA - The Vancouver Sun -While bands support projects involving natural gas and mines, oil spill threats raise red flags.
12/31/2011Pipelines Will Fuel Plenty of Talk
DERRICK PENNER - The Vancouver Sun - Final call on proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline expected at the end of 2013, following a multitude of hearings and reviews.
12/13/2011Lax Federal Monitoring Putting Canadians at Risk: Environment Commissioner
JASON FEKETE - The Gazette - Canada's federal commissioner of the environment, Scott Vaughn, says that the Conservative government's environmental enforcement is inadequate and poorly managed.12/7/2011Northern Gateway Pipeline Decision Will Be Delayed until Late 2013: Panel
REBECCA PENTY, DAN HEALING and PETER O'NEIL - Calgary Herald - Joint Review Panel hearings to begin in Kitimat on January 10, 2012. Submissions and final report will take a year longer than expected.
12/6/2011Gitxsan Chiefs' Treaty Office Taken Over in Enbridge Pipeline Protest
GORDON HOEKSTRA - Ottawa Citizen - Gitxsan First Nation opponents of their band's ownership deal have taken over their chiefs' treaty office in the northwest B.C. town of Hazelton.
12/4/2011Uproar in Gitxsan First Nation after Support for Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline Announced
MIKE HAGER and PETER O'NEIL - Times Colonist - Members were "in shock and embarrassed" after Enbridge announced the community had become an equity partner in the Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal.
12/1/2011Natives to Oppose West Coast Oil Pipelines
DAVID LJUNGGREN and JEFFREY JONES - Aboriginal groups in B.C. form a united front to oppose exporting crude oil from the Alberta tar sands through their territories.11/29/2011Northern Pipeline Plan Too Risky, Report Says
MAX PARIS-CBC News-A report, released today by the NRDC titled ' Pipeline and Tanker Trouble' outlines the engineering challenges and the potential for massive environmental damage.
11/29/2011Canadian tar sands project carries huge risks, warn environmental activists
SUZANNE GOLDENBERG - The Guardian UK - Environmentalists say plan to pipe crude across Alberta and load it onto supertankers from the B.C. coast bound for Asia could lead to 'catastrophe'.
11/29/2011B.C. should reject Northern Gateway pipeline, ban oiler tanker traffic:report
MARK HUME-The Globe and Mail-Opposition to Enbridge Inc. proposed Northern Gateway pipeline stiffins. Report released by the NRDC states that bitumen is more dangerous and can't be safely transported.
11/24/2011Obstacles will delay or even kill Northern Gateway pipeline: ex-Senator Carney
PETER O'NEIL - Edmonton Journal - Retired B.C. Conservative Senator states that the $5.5 billion Northern Gateway pipeline won't likely meet its 2017 target to begin shipments.
11/18/2011Enbridge's Janet Holder: Pushing west with muscle
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE - The Globe and Mail - Meet the lady who is responsible for the overall leadership of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project, Janet Holder.11/18/2011Proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline to Kitimat a Magnet for Controversy
PETER O'NEIL - The Vancouver Sun - "They [Federal Government] may be underestimating how strong the resistance is going to be."11/18/2011Northern Gateway Pipeline Is Not A Sure Bet
EMMA GILCHRIST - Troy Media - Opposition to the pipeline stronger in British Columbia than against Keystone XL in Nebraska. More than 70 B.C. First Nations and 80% of British Columbians stand aginst.
11/17/2011Quiet Shift in Feds' Criteria for Approving Northern Gateway
GERALD GRAHAM - The Tyee - 'Need for project' now trumps environment in the fine print of Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline documents.
11/14/2011Opponents of Northern Gateway Brace for a Fight
BRENDA BOUW - The Globe and Mail -The fight for against Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline intensifies after the delay of the Canada-U.S Keystone pipeline.
11/8/2011Public Hearings set for Northern Gateway Pipeline
JOURNAL BUSINESS STAFF - Edmonton Journal - The Joint Review Panel examining Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project between Alberta and Kitimat, B.C. focuses on B.C. communities.
11/3/2011Oil, Cancer & Bicycles: The Unholy Alliance of The B.C. Cancer Foundation and Enbridge
DAMIEN GILLIS - The Common Sense Canadian - The sponsorship of a B.C. cancer research charity event raises serious questions about the ethics of funraising: "Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer".11/2/2011Battle Brewing over Pipeline Plans in B.C.
ROD MICKLEBURGH -The Globe and Mail - Oil pipeline politics in British Columbia heats up as more First Nation opposition to Kinder Morgan plans to expand pipeline in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet.
11/1/2011First Nation to Fight Oil Pipeline Expansion
JEFF NAGEL - B.C. Local News - Tsleil-Waututh First Nation will oppose Kinder Morgan's plan to double its ability to send crude oil by pipeline through the Lower Mainland to Burrard Inlet, Vancouver.
10/29/2011The Stranded Oil Sands: A Worst-Case Scenario
CLAUDIA CATTANEO - Financial Post - As the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline becomes a major political election issue for President Obama, could it mean a stranded oil sands issue for Canada?
10/27/2011Killing Wolves: A Product of Alberta's Big Oil and Gas Boom
ED STRUZIK - Environment 360 - The development of the tar sands in Alberta has carved up Canadian province's boreal forest, threatened caribou herds and introduced large-scale killing of wolves.
10/26/2011Why Rail is Moving More Crude These days
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE - The Globe and Mail - What is cheaper? Moving oil by pipeline or by train?10/18/2011Thousands to Speak on Proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline
THE CANADIAN PRESS - THE GLOBE AND MAIL - More than 4,000 people registered to speak at the proposed Northern Gateway Joint Panel Review to be held in Price George, B.C. inJ anuary 2012.
10/14/2011Human Error Inevitable - So Is Spill
MALCOLM BAXTER - Kitimat Northern Sentinel - Environmental consultant outlines why an oil spill on the B.C. Northern and Central coast is inevitable. "People make mistakes".
10/5/2011Audit Slams Feds on Environment
HEATHER SCHOFFIELD - The Chronicle Herald - Environment commissioner Scott Vaughan states in scathing report, "the federal government's knowledge about oilsands pollution is spotty'.10/4/2011EU Oil Sands Ruling Set to Irk Canada
JOSHUA CHAFFIN - The Financial Times - The European Commission targets Alberta's tar sands. Oil derived from tar sands nearly a quarter more polluting than conventional crude.
10/3/2011VIFF Films Shine Light on Environmental Gems
LARRY PYNN -The Vancouver Sun- On the Line, screening on Oct. 6 and 11th, brings into sharp focus the landscape and communities that would be affected by the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.
9/29/2011The Next Great Pipeline Debate - and U.S. Funding
GARY MASON - The Globe and Mail - "It's going to be a bare knuckle fight". Debate over the building of Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline deepens.9/29/2011Anti-pipeline Lobbyists Rally Supporters
JUDITH LAVOIE - Times Colonist - To have your say on the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, register with the Joint Review Panel by Oct. 6, 2011. Community hearings start January 10, 2012.9/28/2011Feds Recorded 53 Oil Spills Over Past Decade on Canadian Coasts
MIKE DE SOUZA - Postmedia News - 53 out of 169 "pollution incidents" involving oil tankers required cleanup in Canadian waters since 2001.
9/28/2011Eight Nobel Peace Prize Winners Write Harper to Oppose Oilsands Expansion
BOB WEBER-The Canadian Press- Arch. Desmond Tutu one of eight Nobel Peace Prize winners to sign a letter asking to 'halt the expansion of the tarsands to ensure Canada moves to a clean energy future'.
9/23/2011Pipelines Key to Increasing Energy Exports: Natural Resources Minister
SHAWN MCCARTHY - The Globe and Mail - Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver, speaks on upcoming Joint Panel review hearings on Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.9/15/2011Enbridge Pipeline Lacks Support of Public, First Nations
HAROLD GOPAUL - The Vancouver Sun - "Our nations are the walls this pipeline will not break through", Chief Larry Nooski.
9/13/2011Just a bunch of folks
RUTH LLOYD - Caledonia Courier - Fort St. James citizens want answers, and Enbridge will have to give them.
9/10/2011Federal Government Scraps PNCIMA Funding Agreement, NDP Cries Foul
ALAN S. HALE - The Northern View - Decision to scrap funding to manage environmental and economic needs of the B.C. North Coast undermines a coastal management plan opposed to Enbridge's pipeline.
9/9/2011First Nations Group Rejects Pipeline Ownership Offer
GORDON HOEKSTRA - The Vancouver Sun - A 10 per-cent ownership offer to key first nation groups, whose territory borders on the proposed $5.5 billion Northern Gateway pipeline, has been rejected.9/8/2011Harper Backs Off from Initiative that Threatens Opposition to B.C. Pipeline
PETER O'NEIL - The Vancouver Sun - Fears that Enbridge lobbyists are behind the Federal governments decision to cut $8.3 million PNCIMA funding agreement.
9/7/2011Proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline Threatens Salmon
KELLY IZZARD - The Vancouver Sun - Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is a major threat to the return of the sockeye salmon in B.C. waters.
8/29/2011Wolves are Getting a Bad Rap
STEPHEN HUME - The Vancouver Sun - Predatory wildlife being blamed for livestock deaths, but more die from disease and other factors.8/19/2011New Oil Pipeline Invading Canadian Rainforest
ASHLEY FEATHERMAN - Green Answers - The health of the Great Bear Rainforest gaining more attention by environmental advocates as opposition to Enbridge's proposed Norther Gateway Pipeline grows.
8/19/2011Cohen Inquiry Points to Flawed Response to Oil Spills
MARK HUME - The Globe and Mail - A federal inquiry investigating the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River highlights a serious flaw in oil and chemical spill response plans on the West Coast.8/16/2011Rumours of Pipeline Demise Grow as Speculation Surrounds Enbridge
Damien Gillis - The Common Sense Canadian - With more media and press coverage and speculation of the Northern Gateway Pipeline oil route, political debates deepen.
8/7/2011National Geographic Magazine - August, 2011
The August, 2011 issue of National Geographic Magazine showcases the Great Bear Rainforest in two articles with supplementary articles featuring photography by members of the iLCP.
8/5/2011Northern Gateway Pipeline Not Worth the Risk
Kelly Izzard - The Vancouver Sun - One year after the Enbridge pipeline rupture into the Kalamazoo River, the clean-up continues costing more than half a billion dollars.8/2/2011Column on Resource Projects Draws Ire, Praise
EDITORIAL - The Vancouver Sun - Re: B.C. First Nations Need to Embrace Natural Resource Projects, July 25
7/26/2011National Geographic Turns Lens on Spirit Bears, Pipeline Fears
JUDITH LAVOIE - Times Colonist - National Geographic spotlights the world of the Great Bear Rainforest of B.C., spirit bears, and the potential threats posed by the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline.7/24/2011National Geographic Spotlights Proposed Oilsands Pipeline to B.C.
DAVE COOPER - The Vancouver Sun - Magazine article details opposition to project designed to make Canada 'global player in the petroleum market'.
7/21/2011Dene Chiefs Oppose Northern Gateway Pipeline
Yellowknife - Globe and Mail - "Too environmentally dangerous" say 35 chiefs in the North and Alberta and speak out against Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline.
7/21/2011Alberta Pipeline Spill Releases 1,300 Barrels of Oil
Dina O'Meara - Times Colonist - Another leak causes an oil pipeline to be shut down in Alberta. An estimated 1,300 barrels released into a creek from the underground pipeline.
7/21/2011Industry Sponsors Taint Energy Ministers' Meet
LICIA CORBELLA - The Times Colonist - Alberta hosts the annual federal-provincial government Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference.
7/20/2011B.C. Native Leader's say Minister's Pipeline Support a Symptom of "Deeply Flawed" Process
REUTERS - The Vancouver Sun- Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver's remarks appear to prejudge the regulatory outcome: Native coalition.
7/10/2011Oil Spill Threatens Sensitive Fish Habitat
Tom Meade - Outdoors - ExxonMobil oil spill on the Yellowstone River in Montana may harm fish, including the rare pallid sturgeon.
7/5/2011Enbridge, TransCanada Leaks Dominate Safety Board Cases
MIKE DE SOUZA - The Vancouver Sun - New Keystone pipeline caused 21 incidents over the past 2 years.7/4/2011Montana Oil Spill Fouls Yellowstone River
Associated Press - July 3, 2011 - An oil pipeline break leads to the evacuation of hundreds of people along a 32-kilometre stretch of the Yellowstone River, Montana.7/2/2011Exxon Oil Spill in Montana River Prompts Evacuations
MATTHEW BROWN - The Seattle Times - An ExxonMobil pipeline break spills hundreds of barrels of oil into Montana's Yellowstone River, forcing evcuations.6/28/2011Pressure Builds for Canadian Oil Outlet to Asian Markets
JEREMEY TOROBIN - The Globe and Mail - Demand for Canadian oil slows as production in Alberta's oil sands is forecast to increase.
6/28/2011Logging Threatening Great Bear Rainforest
JUSTINE HUNTER - The Globe and Mail - Great Bear Rainforest threatened by logging practices.
6/27/2011Kinder Morgan Pipeline is Slipping in the Back Door
KAREN CAMPBELL - The Vancouver Sun - Could there be four times as many oil supertankers in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet?6/14/2011Enbridge Gateway Pipelines Review Process Input Sought
STUART THOMSON - The Whitecort Star - More public input sought at Enbridge joint review panel information sessions.6/13/2011First Nations Speak for Themselves on Pipelines
Written By - Chief Larry Nooski, Nadleh Whut'en; Chief Fred Sam, Nak'azdli; Chief Dolly Abraham, Takla Lake: Chief Karen Ogden, Wet'suwet'en; Chief Jackie Thomas and Saik'uz - The Vancouver Sun6/13/2011Anti-Enbridge Group Forms On-island
Adrienne Fitzpatrick - qciobserver.com - CoAST (Coalition against supertankers) group reforms in Haida Gwaii to protest against supertankers in the Great Bear Rainforest.
6/10/2011Enbridge Still Short on Pipeline Support
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE - The Globe and Mail - Enbridge Inc. struggling to win First Nations support for proposed $5.5 billion Northern Gateway Pipeline, despite financial promises.
6/7/2011Enbridge Oil Spill in N.W.T. Could Top 1,500 Barrels
DINA O'MEARA - Calgary Herald - An oil leak in a remote area of the Northwest Territories could reach up to 1,500 barrels. Enbridge Inc. originally reported only four barrels.
6/6/2011Oil Sands Project in Canada Will Go On if Pipeline is Blocked
IAN AUSTIN - The New York Times - "The Canadian oil sands will continue to be developed irrespective of whether the pipeline goes ahead" said Russell K. Girling of TransCanada. Could this be true?
6/2/2011Kinder Morgan's Grand Plan to Pipe Oil Sands Crude
June 2,2011 - MITCHELL ANDERSON - The Tyee. Tankers in Vancouver harbour to steeply increase. Second pipeline to Kitimat could eclipse proposed Enbridge project.
6/1/2011Alexander to Oppose Pipeline
June 1,2011- KEVIN MA - St. Albert Gazette. Alexander First Nation announces they will oppose Northern Gateway Pipeline passing through Sturgeon County and the band's lands due to environmental risks.
5/27/2011No Real Need for Pipeline Between Oilsands and B.C.'s West Coast, Senior Bureaucrats Say
May 27, 2011 - MIKE DE SOUZA - The Vancouver Sun.Bureaucrats tell government that Northern Gateway pipeline offers export capacity that Canadian industry does not need as public opposition rises.
5/24/2011Enbridge Review Information Dates - Northwest Sessions in June
May 24, 2011- CFTK TV TERRACE, B.C. - Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project has set dates for public information sessions in June for some Northern B.C. locations. More locations to be announced.5/17/2011We Won't Allow Oil Pipelines and Tankers to Devastate Bear Rainforest
May 17, 2011 - CAITLYN VERNON - The Georgia Straight. "We can't eat oil". Opposition to the proposed Enbridge pipeline and tankers in the Great Bear Rainforest has not, and will not, go away.
5/16/2011Pipeline Dispute Latest Chapter in a Long Saga of Injustice
May 16, 2011 - CRYSTAL FRASER - Edmonton Journal. Battles over land rights and resources at the crux of colonialism in Canada. The question remains; What are we willing to live with or without?5/16/2011Standing up to Enbridge in an Undemocratic Canada
May 15, 2011 - RAFE MAIR - The Common Sense Canadian. Why we cannot rely upon democratic processes to save our environment as government debates Enbridge pipeline.5/14/2011First Nations Dig in Against Enbridge Pipeline
May 14, 2011 - CARRIE TAIT and NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE - The Globe and Mail. First Nations' drummers have constitutional clout to put up obstacles against building the Northern Gateway Pipeline.5/14/2011Rally against Enbridge Northern Gateway Project draws Hundreds in Prince Rupert
May 13, 2011 - Monica Lamb-Yorski - The Northern View. People of all ages, walks of life, and ethnicity say "NO" to Enbridge Oil at a rally in Prince Rupert this week.
5/13/2011B.C. Man Charged for Baiting Grizzly Bears
May 12, 2011 - LARRY PYNN - The Vancouver Sun. Man pleaded guilty and fined $2,500 in Prince George for bear bating in a remote B.C. park.
5/11/2011First Nations Stand Ground
May 11, 2011 - CLAUDIA CATTANEO - The Financial Post. B.C. First Nations are in Calgary this week sending a strong message to Enbridge; The Northern Gateway pipeline is not going forward.5/10/2011Renewed Opposition Conspires Against the Oil Sands
May 5th, 2011 - BARBARA YAFFE -The Vancouver Sun. On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, a delegation of 100 First Nations representatives arrive in Calgary to object to the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.5/7/2011JRP Issues Hearing Order for Northern Gateway Project
May 6,2011-CHRIS ARMSTRONG, Muskeg News-The Joint Review Panel for Enbridge's Northern Gateway project issues a public hearing order to begin in January 2012 at various locations along pipeline route.
5/6/2011Alberta Pipeline Spill Could Take Years to Clean Up - Major Wetland Contamination Feared
May 6, 2011 - ELISE STOLTE - The Edmonton Journal. 28,000 barrels of oil spilled from the Rainbow pipeline in Alberta will take years to clean up. Don't let this happen on the B.C. coast.4/25/2011Oil Rises to the Surface as an Election Issue in B.C.
Oil Rises to the Surface as an Election Issue in B.C.- MARK HUME, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, April 25, 2011- An oil spill, polluting a salmon stream outside of Victoria B.C, heightens tanker ban issue.
4/20/2011Tories Need to Listen to B.C. on Tankers
Tories Need to Listen to B.C. on Tankers- EDITORIAL, THE PROVINCE - April 20, 2011. If elected, Stephen Harper's Conservative government will not ban oil-tanker traffic on B.C.'s coast.4/19/2011First Nations Protest Tar Sands Investment at Royal Bank of Scotland AGM
First Nations Protest Tar Sands Investment at Royal Bank of Scotland AGM -April 19, 2011- PRESS RELEASE, WORLD DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENT. Representatives demand the R.B.S. stop financing Enbridge projects.
4/12/2011Film Highlights Threat to Wildlife from Oil Supertankers
BY JUDITH LAVOIE, TIMES COLONIST- April 12, 2011 - New animation, Cetaceans of the Great Bear Rainforest, about to become a weapon in the federal election campaign
4/8/2011Canada Has More To Offer the World Than Oil
By Emily Gilchrist and Eric Swanson - The Vancouver Sun, April 8, 2011- Stand Up Canada and vote to ban oil tankers on B.C.'s coast.
4/1/2011Scientists urge B.C. to set up Grizzly Parks
BY JUDITH LAVOIE, TIMES COLONIST APRIL 1, 2011 Scientists with the David Suzuki Foundation say a province-wide network of grizzly bear parks is needed to stop annual slaughter of the grizzly bears.
3/29/2011Election holds high stakes for Enbridge pipeline
March 29, 2011 BY SHAWN MCCARTHY, Globe and Mail - Enbridge faces an uphill fight to get approval for the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline as political resistance grows in election campaign.
3/25/2011Protest song falls on deaf ears at Enbridge
MARCH 25, 2011 - VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST - 10 year old Ta'Kaiya, who wanted to sing a song of protest, Shallow Waters, to Enbridge officials, was stopped by security guards in Vancouver.3/22/2011Foes of Northern Gateway Pipeline target potential financial backers
BY TERRI THEODORE, Globe and Mail- Concerns rise over the Bank of Montreal's potential backing of the Northern Gateway Pipeline project. . .
3/7/2011Enbridge to Face Criminal Charges
WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT-The former chief of the US Dept. of Justice’s environmental crimes section said Friday that Enbridge will likely face criminal charges over its 2010 Michigan pipeline rupture.
3/4/2011Oil Pipelines and Spirit Bears
BY BARBARA YAFFE, Vancouver Sun- The rare bear stands as a potent symbol of the undisturbed natural bounty that stands to be disrupted by the pipeline project. . .
2/24/2011Premiers Pumping for Petroleum Sales in Asia
BY BARBARA YAFFE, Vancouver Sun- - -As time goes by, it appears more certain that Canada will find some means of moving petroleum from the oilsands to the coast of B.C.
2/14/2011Enbridge sales pitch a hard sell
By DERRICK PENNER-Vancouver Sun-Enbridge pitch to aboriginal communities along its proposed Northern Gateway pipeline route is that they could earn almost $1 billion from the project. . .2/11/2011Vancouver filmmaker Damien Gillis takes aim at Enbridge pipeline
BY MATTHEW BURROWS-Georgia Straight- When local filmmaker Damien Gillis took his equipment up the BC coast and witnessed firsthand humpback whales swimming freely, he almost got a lump in his throat.
1/26/2011CN, CP eye shipping oil to West Coast
By NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE, Globe and Mail---The race to deliver Canadian crude to Asian shores has become a four-way battle, as transportation companies work to sign agreements with Chinese companies
1/18/2011Sinopec teams up with Enbridge for Northern Gateway pipeline
BY CARRIE TAIT, Financial Post- Sinopec is the world’s second-largest refining company, Enbridge hopes to have approval in less than a year and a half and have oil flowing by 2016.
1/14/2011UVic Study: Oil spill would hit taxpayers hard
By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun- - -Environmental Law Centre says compensation on civil liability for damage tops out at $1.3B
12/17/2010B.C. Indian bands give thumbs-down to Enbridge pipeline
BY SHAWN McCARTHY, Globe & Mail- Several chiefs publicly rejected Enbridge’s offer of a financial stake in the Gateway development, and instead delivered a declaration opposing the pipeline.12/16/2010West Coast barge spill narrowly averted
CBC News-A potentially disastrous spill on BC's West Coast was narrowly averted when a barge loaded with a solid petroleum product lost its towline in rough seas and drifted toward a rocky shoreline.
12/15/2010Enbridge CEO confident for Gateway approval despite opposition
By Shaun Polczer, Calgary Herald- - Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel predicted the National Energy Board will let it move forward because it's in Canada's strategic interest to diversify markets. . .
12/14/2010Indigenous leaders applaud federal politicians for support of tanker ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: First Nations are pleased that Canada’s elected representatives are taking action to protect the Pacific North Coast from the threat of oil tankers.
12/9/2010Bluster over Bitumen
BY GLORIA GALLOWAY, Globe and Mail-From more than one vantage point, the motion passed in the House of Commons to ban oil tankers in the waters off BC’s north coast seems much ado about nothing.
12/7/2010Ban on oil tanker traffic off B.C.'s coast gets opposition push
Vancouver Sun-Motion passes to introduce legislation on oil tanker ban on BC's north coast
12/1/2010MPs, natives press for oil tanker ban
BY SHAWN McCARTHY, Globe and Mail- - -Liberal and New Democratic MPs have joined with West Coast native groups in an attempt to block an export pipeline carrying oil-sands crude11/25/2010Canadian Spirit Bears Are Brought Out of Hiding
ABC News, A mysterious breed of bears in Canadian forests is revealed by David Wright of ABC News.
11/4/2010Heiltsuk Nation Rejects Enbridge Northern Gateway Proposal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-- Oil tankers will never be allowed on B.C. North Coast, community tells Enbridge representatives -
10/27/2010Motherless grizzly cubs wll be moved to rehab centre
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun- - -Three grizzly cubs caught in a trap in Bella Coola were given a stay of execution Tuesday after the province rescinded a kill order on the bears.
10/26/2010Overnight Drive Underway to Save 3 Bella Coola Cubs
By Damian Inwood, The Province- - -A Smithers wildlife rescue organizer has set off on a 15-hour drive to Bella Coola, to make sure a stay of execution for three orphaned grizzly cubs isn’t reversed.10/22/2010Wildlife Photographer to Speak in North Vancouver
By Benjamin Alldritt, North Shore News - - Acclaimed wildlife photographer will be at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre Oct. 23, to present 2 new books and share some stunning, brand-new images
10/21/2010The Hunt for Rare Spirit Bears
ABC News-Nightline with David Wright - - -Searching for spirit bears, a rare white bear species revered by locals.
10/5/2010Pipeline Plan Slams into $120 Million Coastal Eco-Pact
By Geoff Dembicki, TheTyee.ca- - BC's Great Bear Rainforest deal was a landmark mix of public and private investment. Oil tankers, say backers, weren't part of the bargain.
9/29/2010Two Books Explore Wildlife of BC Rainforest
BY NICHOLAS READ, Vancouver Courier- - -Urban dwellers have equal say over fate of wilderness.
9/28/2010For Immediate Release: Oil in Eden
Watch this new documentary - produced by Damien Gillis for Pacific Wild on the battle to stop the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and the oil tankers that would threaten BC's coast.9/16/2010CTV Investigates-Part 3 of 3 of the series "Pipe Dreams"
Environment Vs. Economy in Kitimat- - -Jim Beatty reports on Kitimat, BC, a town divided.
9/15/2010Global TV- A picture is worth. . . .
Top photographers train their lenses on one of B.C's most pristine environments, hoping to protect it from the pressure of development. Linda Aylesworth reports on the News Hour
9/14/2010Photos: Great Bear Rainforest in BC faces oil pipeline proposal
Straight.com- - -A group of activist photographers from around the world has released a selection of stunning images captured in the Great Bear Rainforest. . .
9/13/2010At Ground Zero for Next Huge Enviro War-- Hartley Bay
BY GEOFF DEMBICKI_ The Tyee.ca- - -BC First Nations and green groups vow to stop pipeline connecting tar sands crude with Asia-bound tankers.
8/31/2010Enemies of Enbridge
BY GORDON HOEKSTRA, PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN- - -Opposition forces to intensify campaign against energy firm’s pipeline project
8/31/2010Hundreds Protest Enbridge Northern Gateway in Kitimat
Hundreds of people gathered outside of Riverlodge in Kitimat today to protest plans for the Enbridge Northern Gateway while a hearing hosted by the Joint Review Panel took place inside...
8/31/2010Northern Gateway panel hears harsh criticism from B.C. First Nations
BY LAUREN KRUGEL--- Aboriginal leaders in British Columbia questioned the legitimacy of a review into a controversial Enbridge pipeline proposal that aims to connect oilsands crude to Asian markets...
8/25/2010Wolf and McGowan put it all On The Line
BY DAN MESEC, SMITHERS INTERIOR NEWS - - -Adventurers Frank Wolf and Todd McGowan passed through Smithers last week as they continued their journey across the wilderness of Alberta and B.C...8/20/2010North Vancouver Men Stage 1300 km protest
BY JENNIFER LUTHER, NORTH SHORE NEWS- - -Hikers travel length of Enbridge pipeline to underscore risks. . .read more8/13/2010A Grassroots' Perspective On The Pipeline
BY MICHELLE CYR-WHITING, opinion250.com - -As pre-hearings begin into Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline Project, a B.C. filmmaker is doing his own labour-intensive survey of grassroots' sentiment on the proposal.
8/10/2010Great Bear Rainforest R.A.V.E.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Conservation Photographers Coming To Canada's Great Bear Rainforest. Proposed Pacific coast oil pipeline cited as lead factor for international group. . .8/2/2010Intimate look at proposed pipeline route
BY CONAL PIERSE, Edmonton Journal- - - Vancouver filmmaker walking, biking from Bruderheim to Kitimat
7/27/2010Recount of B.C. wolf hunt
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun. The use of bait and high-powered snowmobiles to target a wolf pack during a guided trophy hunt in BC this spring raises questions about "fair chase". . .7/26/2010North Vancouver men walk Enbridge pipeline route
By LARRY PYNN, Vancouver Sun- Vancouver duo on a 1,150-km journey to raise awareness of the environmental impacts of the proposed Enbridge pipeline find support even in Canada's oil-and-gas heartland.6/14/2010Connecting with Nature via Technology
By Ryan Nadel, The Mark- - -A live, interactive video feed can help bridge the disconnect between students and their natural surroundings.
6/11/2010Oil Spill Moves North
by Giles Slade, The Huffington Post- - -an interview with Ian McAllister on the Enbridge Inc. brochures recently sent to BC coastal communities. . .
5/19/2010STANDUP4GREATBEAR Expedition 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 385 km stand up paddleboard expedition completed successfully in Bella Bella.4/22/2010Coastal waters are no place for oil tankers
Special to the Vancouver Sun- - - Federal studies have repeatedly concluded that oil tankers must be prohibited in some sensitive marine areas because of the severe risks.
4/13/2010Ban the Trophy Hunt in the Great Bear Rainforest
BY IAN McALLISTER, COMMON GROUND, EARTH DAY 2010 EDITION- - - -On April 1, the BC government opened the trophy hunt of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest.4/10/2010Great Bear Rainforest Threatened by Power Project
BY SCOTT SIMPSON, THE VANCOUVER SUN- - -Environmentalists are alarmed that BC Hydro may be considering a $2.5-billion hydroelectric dam project that would extend almost six kilometres into a nature conservancy in the Great Bear rainforest.
3/27/2010When Bears Go Fishing in the Rainforest
Vancouver Sun- Read an excerpt from the newly released book THE SALMON BEARS by Nicholas Read and Ian McAllister3/27/2010It's going to be bigger than Clayoquot Sound
BY MARK HUME, the Globe and Mail- - - The looming fight over the Great Bear Rainforest will once again put B.C. at ground zero of the global environment movement.
3/24/2010Enbridge Pipeline Project Dead
BY SUZANNE FOURNIER-VANCOUVER PROVINCE---An unprecedented alliance of First Nations, environmentalists, unions, businesses and Olympic athletes unite to oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline.
2/26/2010B.C. parks and protected areas? Or a cemetery for grizzlies?
BY LARRY PYNN, Vancouver Sun- - - Conservation groups are calling for greater protection for the iconic white spirit bear, or kermode, of the northwest coast.
2/24/2010Impending Spring Hunt Imperils Iconic Spirit Bear
BY MARK HUME, Globe and Mail---Bear-viewing guide believes that there are no more than 200 white bears on the B.C. coast.
2/24/2010Hands Off Our Spirit Bear
BY BARBARA YAFFE, Vancouver Sun- - -The lucre of the trophy hunt must be weighed against the morality of wiping out a life. . .
2/22/2010One Sport That Doesn't Deserve a Trophy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - BC trophy hunt puts Olympic Games symbol and iconic spirit bear at risk.
2/18/2010Two groups at odds in determining the fate of the bears
BY GEORGE T. BAKER, Prince Rupert Daily News, A notice placed by the BC Wildlife Federation may break what little potential there was for an agreement between BC's Coastal First Nations and the BCWF.2/16/2010Dazzling Images, with Irony to Match
By STEPHEN HUME, Vancouver Sun-Friday's Winter Games opening ceremony paid homage to the spirit bear, salmon runs and old-growth forests, but gov't policies do little to preserve these gems of nature.
2/15/2010The Sport That Should Be Banned
For Immediate Release: Growing international network calls on B.C. to end the "Sport" that government does not want people to know about -- the trophy hunt of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest.
2/3/2010No Pipeline is a Good Pipeline
BY DAN MESEC, Smithers Interior News. Around these parts Enbridge and their pipeline proposal is a hot topic. . . .2/3/2010Organizations and community groups condemn Enbridge review process
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19 organizations have written to the CEAA regarding the terms of reference. . .READ ON.
12/31/2009Pacific Wild Winter Newsletter-2009/10
Learn about Pacific Wild's current and upcoming projects. . .
12/18/2009The Big Push-Winner Announced
The MDM Program is pleased to announce that Pacific Wild is the winner of The Big Push: MDM's Social Change Initiative.12/3/2009Enbridge project's potential hazards making opponents edgy
By Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun---Environmental activists try to turn off the oilsands taps by targeting pipeline carrying oil from Alberta to Pacific for transit to Asia.
11/4/2009Call to cancel spring grizzly-bear hunt as numbers fall
Parks Canada estimates that up to 20,000 grizzly bears remain in western Alberta, the Yukon and Northwest Territories and British Columbia. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada lists the grizzly bear as a "Special Concern".
11/3/2009Media Release-BC Government Confirms Grizzly Bears Missing on BC North Coast
Die-off attributed to salmon collapse and long, cold winter. With this alarming evidence clearly at hand, the Province should have acted to manage our coastal bears . . .10/24/2009Grizzly Numbers Drop on B.C.'s Central Coast
CTV-BC NEWS REPORT WITH LEAH HENDRY. On average, 38 bears are spotted during the province's annual survey on B.C.'s central coast. This year, there were 20.
9/20/2009Grizzly bear decline alarms conservationists in Canada
BY TRACY McVEIGH- - -U.K. OBSERVER Demand for halt to hunting after decline in salmon stocks is blamed for bears starving to death,
9/19/2009An Ecosystem in Turmoil Puts Its Predators at Risk
BY MARK HUME- - - GLOBE AND MAIL With salmon stocks collapsing at alarming rates, some environmentalists fear the bears which are dependant on fish for food could be the next to go
9/10/2009Media Release-BC Government Opens Controversial Trophy Hunt Season
Coastal grizzly and black bears targeted despite reports of missing bears.
9/9/2009B.C. grizzly bear population may be declining with salmon stocks
BY SUZANNE FOURNIER, The Province---- Grizzly bear hunting will start Thursday in B.C., despite dire warnings by frontline observers that the mighty bears are disappearing. . . .9/9/2009Global TV-News Hour with Tony Parsons
Alarming new evidence that grizzlies are disappearing. . . .Watch Global's most recent news report.. . .9/9/2009Grizzly Bears Vanishing From Canada's Great Bear Rainforest
ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE Conservationists and bear viewing guides are blaming the disappearance of the bears on the overfishing of salmon, their main food source.9/8/2009Grizzlies Starve as Salmon Disappear
BY MARK HUME, GLOBE AND MAIL---- As salmon numbers drop, bears are also few and far between along B.C.'s wild central coast – signalling what conservationists say is an unfolding ecological disaster...
9/8/2009Grizzly Bear Die-Off Reported in the Great Bear Rainforest
North coast conservationists and bear viewing operators are urging both the Federal and Provincial governments to take immediate action as alarming evidence emerges on B.C.’s salmon creeks and rivers that north coast grizzlies, including females and cubs, have died off in significant numbers.
7/30/2009Howl in the Mist
by Andrew Findley, Westworld Magazine showcases Pacific Wild's work and all that B.C. stands to lose if the oil tanker moratorium is lifted.
7/9/2009Global TV - Focus on the North
Trophy hunting continues in one of the most pristine wilderness areas of B.C. . . .7/7/2009Expanded ban on grizzly, black bear hunting in B.C. met with skepticism
By Dakshana Bascaramurty, Globe and Mail- - -They're the hefty beasts that troll the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia for fresh salmon in the fall. . .
6/17/2009Games will be used to spotlight 300 dead bears
by Ethan Baron, The Province- - -Chance to halt damnation closing rapidly, ecologists say. . .
6/15/2009Why are we still killing for sport?
By D. Simon Jackson, special to CBC NewsIn this rainforest, there are, in fact, two Great Bears.6/13/2009Investigation underway after bear-baiter found
BY LAURA STONE, Vancouver Province- - -Fish heads and guts were among the bait that conservationists claim was used to lure Grizzly bears to be shot. . .6/12/2009Trophy hunters in the line of fire
BY LARRY PYNN, Vancouver Sun---Gary Shelton has shot his share of grizzlies over the years. . .6/12/2009Illegal Grizzly Bear Poaching Discovered in Great Bear Rainforest Park
Press Advisory-A grizzly bear trophy hunter was found illegally baiting bears Thursday night in the Giltoyees River Conservancy Area on the B.C. north coast. . .6/3/2009Tar sands and the BC coast....
Kitimat Sentinal: Oil sands and the risk to BC’s coastline was the topic for two-authors at the end of a five-day tour of BC’s northwest.6/2/2009A Story with Two Ends. . .Our Story
Burns Lake District News. Here is a story that concerns both you and me. It is the story of our future. And it goes like this. . .
5/16/20095/14/2009Trophy Hunting of Rare Breed Continues Despite B.C. Government's Protection of Great Bear Rainforest
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2/23/2009Grizzlies Starving on the B.C. Coast
Vancouver Sun-Grizzlies wake early from winter slumber. Climate change and declining salmon stocks to blame.2/5/2009Pipeline would bring tankers into B.C. inlets by Andrew Findlay
Critics claim that B.C.’s coastline will face new risks if Enbridge Inc. builds twin pipelines to Kitimat.
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Companies' Push for Supertanker Unpopular with B.C. Residents
Companies' push for supertankers unpopular with British Columbian's Poll shows seven in ten residents support a ban on oil tankers
6/26/2008Hunting for Grizzly Bears
More and more foreigners are paying top dollar for the opportunity to see a magnificent grizzly in the wild. British Columbia, though, still permits the sport killing of an animal that is highly evocative of what remains of our wilderness.
6/10/2008
Majority in B.C. Want Grizzly Hunt Banned: Poll
Grizzly hunting should be banned in B.C., more than seven in 10 British Columbians say. The new province-wide opinion poll was conducted by McAllister Opinion Research for the B.C.-based conservation group Pacific Wild.
6/10/2008
Opposition to Killing Grizzlies for Sport on the Rise
Seven years after the British Columbia government lifted a moratorium on the sport hunting of grizzly bears, a growing number of people want to see the practice banned again.
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