by dewolfe001 | Jun 10, 2015 | Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban
Photo by Nicky Young “Water is the most sacred, important, beautiful gift of creation”, announced Dawn Morrison, of the Secwepemc Nation, outside the Imperial Metals’ annual general meeting for shareholders in downtown Vancouver. On Wednesday, May 27 around 50...
by dewolfe001 | May 20, 2015 | Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban
Friends of Clayoquot Sound volunteer Robert Zurowski recently wrote a response to an article supporting mining in Clayoquot Sound. The article suggested that because we use mining products we must support and endorse the industry. Here is Roberts eloquent response:...
by dewolfe001 | Mar 5, 2015 | Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, First Nations, FOCS in the Media, General News
Tsilhqot’in, Mining, and Tribal Parks: Implications for the west coast was a rights and title forum hosted by Friends of Clayoquot Sound on February 26th 2015. The range of speakers addressed some of the outstanding questions raised by the supreme court case...
by dewolfe001 | Nov 26, 2014 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, Defend Wild Salmon, General News, Newsletter
FOCS publishes a bi-annual news letter with updates on our campaigns, education about the sound, and some handy ways to take action. This issue includes an advisory about Interfor’s new plans in Clayoquot, some of the mining history in the sound, and some words...
by dewolfe001 | Sep 30, 2014 | Defend Wild Salmon
The following letter (in shorter form) appeared in the 24-Sep-2014 Westerly News. It didn’t make it onto their website yet, so we present it here for linking purposes. Industry has declared this “Aquaculture Awareness Week,” but we at Friends of...
