by webmaster | May 27, 2013 | Clayoquot Mining Ban, General News
Imperial Metals is planning two mining projects in Clayoquot Sound. Catface Mountain copper-molybdenum mine is a mountain-top removal scheme that must be stopped before it is submitted to the environmental review process. Fandora, a potential gold mine, would be at...
by webmaster | Apr 13, 2013 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, FOCS in the Media, General News
Twenty years ago today, about 30 residents of Tofino were driving up and down the highway by Long Beach, communicating via handheld radios, tracking a helicopter carrying B.C.’s premier of the day and select media. A local guy listening in on emergency, aviation and...
by webmaster | Mar 26, 2013 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Controversial new feedlot starts up Plover Point stocks Atlantic salmon 26 March 2013 — Tofino BC — Mainstream Canada, a subsidiary of Norwegian-owned Cermaq, has begun farming Atlantic salmon at its controversial new feedlot in Clayoquot Sound. The Plover Point open...
by webmaster | Feb 25, 2013 | Campaigns, General News, Jobs
>>NOTE: This job posting is now closed. FOCS is looking for a new Campaigner — a motivated, creative, resourceful strategic thinker to help us build public education and advocacy campaigns to protect Clayoquot Sound from industrial activities. The...
by webmaster | Feb 20, 2013 | Clayoquot Mining Ban, General News
MiningWatch Canada, Friends of Clayoquot Sound, David Suzuki Foundation and Rivers Without Borders have released a list of Top 40 Mining Reforms urgently needed in BC in order to limit the destructiveness of mining on the environment and communities, and to reduce...
