by webmaster | Jul 3, 2013 | General News
Remember Clayoquot Summer 1993? Were you here? It was a heady time, and it changed the world. This year is the 20th anniversary, and we’re planning a party! Twenty years ago thousands rushed to join Friends of Clayoquot Sound to peacefully protest and blockade...
by webmaster | Jun 10, 2013 | General News, Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now on newsstands and has gone out in the mail, with updates on mining and salmon farms tsunami debris and this year’s 20th anniversary celebration of Clayoquot Summer 1993 Click here or on the cover image to download your PDF copy....
by webmaster | May 29, 2013 | Clayoquot Mining Ban, General News
A vigorous rally outside Imperial Metals’ AGM on 29 May brought the message loud and clear to the company’s shareholders: People do not want a mine in Clayoquot Sound. With speakers from Ahousat First Nation, Neskonlith Secwepmce First Nation, Wilderness...
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...
