British Columbia Government Ecocide & Genocide — October 2020

BC Environment & Climate Change

B.C. Cattlemen’s Association dispatches trappers to kill wolves under provincially funded program | The Narwhal

BC NDP candidates quiet as oil and gas subsidies soar

Coquitlam man sues officers who killed bear family for unlawful detainment, assault | Tri-City News

Human-Bear Encounters in Residential Areas: Management by Fear | by Gosia Bryja, PhD | Oct, 2020 | Medium

Tzeporah Berman: You can’t put out a fire with gas: We need a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Vancouver Sun

Tzeporah Berman: You can’t put out a fire with gas: We need a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Vancouver Sun

Where They Stand: The Parties on Climate Change | The Tyee

Fundraiser by Corinne Robson : Justice for Mr. Patrick Swonnell

Skeena sockeye returns jump 50 per cent in three years thanks to Indigenous leadership | The Narwhal

Federal government must reject industry efforts to derail clean fuel standard | rabble.ca

RCMP Fought to Avoid Responsibility after Wet’suwet’en Diesel Spill | The Tyee

https://www.straight.com/news/bc-green-leader-sonia-furstenau-promises-to-listen-to-experts-in-addressing-climate-crisis-and

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/02/BC-Needs-Wartime-Approach-Climate-Emergency/

https://lailayuile.com/2020/10/03/why-is-the-bc-ndp-about-to-divert-the-peace-river-when-they-dont-even-know-if-it-can-be-fixed-or-how-much-it-will-cost/

https://www.peacevalleyland.com/single-post/bc-hydro-premier-horgan-roll-the-dice-again-on-site-c

https://dogwoodbc.ca/news/bc-ndp-candidates-quiet-oil-gas-subsidies/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/losing-sight-at-site-c/

https://www.facebook.com/terrence.daniels.12/posts/4755621177811331

https://thenarwhal.ca/ajax-mine-arsenic-selenium-peterson-creek-kamloops-b-c/

https://thenarwhal.ca/scrapping-bc-site-c-dam-save-116-million-economist/

https://www.focusonvictoria.ca/forests/29//

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/15/Where-They-Stand-Old-Growth/

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-in-failing-nature-governments-fail-us-1.24218893

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-2020-newsletter-logging-forests/

https://thefurbearers.com/blog/bc-selling-roads-caribou-destruction

http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/2020/10/joint-statement-by-secwepemc-gidimten-land-defenders/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-climate-change-challenge/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-2020-northwest-bc-environmental-issues/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/data-gaps-prevent-assessment-of-most-canadian-watersheds-wwf-report/

https://www.facebook.com/WolfAwarenessCanada/photos/a.542786362552657/1799703026860978/?type=3&theater

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/22/BC-LNG-Losing-Bet/

https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/concern-mounts-over-impact-of-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-the-arctic/

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-our-fisheries-are-as-badly-managed-as-our-forests-1.24226843

https://www.straight.com/news/peter-mccartney-fracking-shatters-illusions-of-a-clean-bc

BC Energy, Mines Petroleum Resources

In a world that needs metals, how can we mine more responsibly? | The Narwhal

B.C. stalling on new rules for selenium pollution from coal mines, environmental groups say | The Narwhal

BC NDP criticized for continuing fossil fuel subsidies – NEWS 1130

Losing sight at Site C : Policy Note

(1) I honestly don’t think I can make it any… – Terrence Daniels

Aging Ajax mine leaching arsenic, selenium into creek near Kamloops, B.C. | The Narwhal

Site C – Flooding Prime Agricultural Land Just As It’s Needed Most | Watershed Sentinel

BC Ecosocialist Party – Posts

Airborne radioactivity increases downwind of fracking, study finds | Environment | The Guardian

Top B.C. government officials knew Site C dam was in serious trouble over a year ago: FOI docs | The Narwhal

Furstenau: NDP’s blind pursuit of Site C putting hydro rates at risk – BC Green Party

B.C. voters support mining reforms that protect the environment, make polluter pay: poll | The Narwhal

Opinion: B.C.’s Site C dam project is a disaster in the making – The Globe and Mail

Electric shock – In-Sights

https://www.straight.com/news/bc-green-leader-sonia-furstenau-promises-to-listen-to-experts-in-addressing-climate-crisis-and

https://www.facebook.com/unistoten/videos/842449682959063/UzpfSTE2MzQwMzEyODAxNDU2Nzc6MjY4NDYzMjkwMTc1MjE3MQ/

https://www.facebook.com/BCGreens/videos/257403488888514/

https://www.facebook.com/BCGreens/videos/369621441063206/

https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/group-of-prominent-people-demand-immediate-halt-to-site-c-over-stability-concerns-1.24211216

https://lailayuile.com/2020/10/03/why-is-the-bc-ndp-about-to-divert-the-peace-river-when-they-dont-even-know-if-it-can-be-fixed-or-how-much-it-will-cost/

https://www.peacevalleyland.com/single-post/bc-hydro-premier-horgan-roll-the-dice-again-on-site-c

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/07/BC-Hydro-Bets-Interest-Rates/

https://dogwoodbc.ca/news/bc-ndp-candidates-quiet-oil-gas-subsidies/

https://www.bclocalnews.com/news/coastal-gaslink-cleaning-up-after-flooding-at-lower-dyke-work-site-in-kitimat/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/losing-sight-at-site-c/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/13/airborne-radioactivity-increases-downwind-of-fracking-study-finds

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/bc-government-endangering-last-pair-spotted-owls-canada

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/15/Where-They-Stand-Climate-Change/

https://thenarwhal.ca/scrapping-bc-site-c-dam-save-116-million-economist/

http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/2020/10/joint-statement-by-secwepemc-gidimten-land-defenders/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-2020-northwest-bc-environmental-issues/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/22/BC-LNG-Losing-Bet/

https://in-sights.ca/2020/10/21/why-were-voting/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/30/RCMP-Avoid-Responsibility-Wetsuweten-Diesel-Spill/

https://www.straight.com/news/peter-mccartney-fracking-shatters-illusions-of-a-clean-bc

BC Forests, Lands & Natural Resources

BC Government Begins Hunt of Moose Calves to Save Caribou | The Tyee

Some of the biggest trees in the world are being cut down in Canada right now

Rolling Justice Bus – Posts

Peachland council grumbles about logging operations in watershed – West Kelowna News – Castanet.net

Red flags in the forest, but there is still time to save B.C.’s giant trees – The Globe and Mail

Changing the Timber Tenure System | BC Forests: The Peoples Convergence – YouTube

Protecting Old-Growth | Wilderness Committee

Endangered Ecosystems Alliance – Posts

B.C. government to auction off old-growth in critical habitat for endangered caribou | The Narwhal

Put old-growth on the ballot this BC election – old-growth-vote.ca

Conservation North claims old growth being logged for pellets – Prince George Daily News

Stop the Spray BC – Posts

“This is an inappropriate use of our last rainforests”; Non-profit fights for protection of old growth forests – My Prince George Now

(2) Stop the Spray BC – Posts

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1327628930905981/?type=3&theater

Canada’s last breeding pair of endangered spotted owls found in valley slated for imminent logging | The Narwhal

B.C. government endangering the last pair of spotted owls in Canada | Wilderness Committee

Rolling Justice Bus – Posts

Add your name: stop old growth logging

The Ministry of Denialism – Forests – Focus on Victoria

(1) Endangered Ecosystems Alliance – Posts

B.C. Selling Roads To Caribou Destruction | The Fur-Bearers – Protecting Canadian Wildlife since 1953

Trevor Hancock: Our forests are more than mere resources | Times Colonist

Police to Stay in Vancouver Schools as Review Delayed | The Tyee

Environmentalists cry foul over logging for biofuel company | Watch News Videos Online

Endangered Ecosystems Alliance – Posts

Data gaps prevent assessment of most Canadian watersheds: WWF report – Goldstream News Gazette

Stop the Spray BC – Posts

Petition · Takaya’s Legacy: Moratorium on Wolf Hunting in BC · Change.org

COVID 19: No excuse to delay reconciliation – RAVEN Trust

Stop the Spray BC – Posts

Sign now: Protect old growth forests from logging

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3373124329441483&set=gm.2768844243384073&type=3&theater

https://www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca/opinion/furstenau-and-the-forests-the-real-deal/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-cattlemens-association-livestock-wolves/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164007693850398&set=a.10153145845110398&type=3&theater

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/13/airborne-radioactivity-increases-downwind-of-fracking-study-finds

https://www.focusonvictoria.ca/forests/29//

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-2020-newsletter-logging-forests/

https://the-pigeon.ca/2020/10/19/vancouver-island-old-growth/

https://www.facebook.com/WolfAwarenessCanada/photos/a.542786362552657/1799703026860978/?type=3&theater

BC Indigenous Relations

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Meet with Coastal GasLink President

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1734375103378675&set=a.103125263170342&type=3&theater

Wet’suwet’en women lead ceremony on pipeline’s path and are threatened by RCMP

Protect the Headwaters

Gidimt’en Reoccupy Wedzin Kwa RiverWatch – Discover

Coalition on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls in B.C. demands action plan from provincial leaders | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Indigenous Peoples Want Action, Not More Talk from Politicians | The Tyee

Hunting Interrupted

Joint Statement by Secwepemc & Gidimt’en Land Defenders – TINY HOUSE WARRIORS

Gidimt’en Call Out

Media Attacked The Wet’suwet’en But Ignore White Fisher Violence

As Aaron Young Knows Too Well, ‘Racism Is Alive and Well’ in Northern Hospitals | The Tyee

Vancouver Island First Nation blocks highway access to logging trucks in Gold River – Goldstream News Gazette

https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/videos/841735473030484/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/metis-nation-demands-recognition-by-b-c/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/14/BC-Police-Act-Election-Halted/

http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/2020/10/joint-statement-by-secwepemc-gidimten-land-defenders/

https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-ndp-leader-disappointed-in-high-profile-candidate-as-chiefs-call-for-removal-710782/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-2020-northwest-bc-environmental-issues/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-wetsuweten-pipeline-policing-costs-1.5769555

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-leaders-reaction-1.5777509?cmp=rss

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/30/RCMP-Avoid-Responsibility-Wetsuweten-Diesel-Spill/

British Columbia & Premier

B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau promises to listen to experts in addressing climate crisis and overdose deaths | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Meet with Coastal GasLink President

BC Needs a ‘Wartime Approach’ to the Climate Emergency. And Now | The Tyee

Fracked Gas is dangerous for British Columbia

Metis Nation demands recognition by B.C. – Goldstream News Gazette

New phone system launched as Island Health ends online and text callback services for COVID-19 test

Group of prominent people demand immediate halt to Site C over stability concerns | Alaska Highway News

Why is the bc NDP about to DIVERT the peace river for site c…when they DON’T even know if it can be fixed or how much it will cost? – Laila Yuile on politics & life in B.C.

BC Hydro & Premier Horgan Roll the Dice again on Site C

Furstenau and the forests: the real deal – Chemainus Valley Courier

BC Hydro Bets on Interest Rates — and Loses $1 Billion | The Tyee

BC NDP candidates quiet as oil and gas subsidies soar

Coastal GasLink cleaning up after flooding at Lower Dyke work site in Kitimat – BC Local News

Losing sight at Site C | Corporate Mapping Project

LETTER: Site C dilemma prompts election call – Goldstream News Gazette

Wendy Holm: Like the dinosaurs of old, the Site C white elephant is mired in prehistoric mud | The Province

Only when Horgan is safely in office will we get Site C straight goods | Vancouver Sun

BC’s Police Act Needs Urgent Reform, but the Election Halted It | The Tyee

Scrapping B.C.’s Site C dam could lead to $116 million in savings every year: energy economist | The Narwhal

Where They Stand: The Parties on Climate Change | The Tyee

Trevor Hancock: In failing nature, governments fail us | Times Colonist

Only when Horgan is safely in office will we get Site C straight goods | Vancouver Sun

Owls, caribou and B.C. forests on the chopping block | The Narwhal

https://www.straight.com/news/david-suzuki-to-save-wild-salmon-discovery-islands-fish-farms-must-go

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157558008951027&set=a.54002506026&type=3&theater

NDP follow the money – Cullen, Bachrach and Horgan – Viewpoint from the North

This month’s election could decide the fate of Vancouver Island’s old-growth forests – The Pigeon

Indigenous chiefs call on BC NDP to remove candidate after insensitive remarks

Democracy Watch filing lawsuit against B.C. Premier’s election call – Democracy Watch

Watchdog wants court to declare B.C.’s snap election illegal | CTV News

B.C. NDP leader ‘disappointed’ in high profile candidate as chiefs call for removal

Vaughn Palmer: Furstenau beats Horgan hard with early-election stick | Vancouver Sun

In B.C., climate is the challenge of our time. Our politicians aren’t up to the fight | The Narwhal

The 4 environmental issues in northwest B.C. every voter should know about | The Narwhal

Gary Mason: Site C is a disaster in the making – Stop Site C

Horgan Could Be a Leader on Old Growth — but Time Is Running Out | The Tyee

RCMP spent more than $13M on policing Coastal GasLink conflict on Wet’suwet’en territory | CBC News

LNG in BC Is a ‘Losing’ Bet, Report Finds | The Tyee

Why we’re voting – In-Sights

British Columbians want more parks, even if it means less mining and logging: survey – Revelstoke Review

Who Watches the Watchmen? It is time to rethink animal law enforcement in B.C. – Animal Protection Party Of Canada

It’s time for the B.C. NDP to get serious about UNDRIP, Indigenous leaders say | CBC News

Indifferent to existential threats – In-Sights

When did BC Hydro really know about Site C dam stability issues? Utilities watchdog wants to know | The Narwhal

New Zealand Greens accept Ardern’s offer of ‘cooperation agreement’ | New Zealand election 2020 | The Guardian

Woodfibre LNG and climate played a role in swinging this B.C. riding Green | The Narwhal

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/02/BC-Government-Begins-Hunt-Moose-Calves/

https://www.freshdaily.ca/news/2020/10/fairy-creek-blockade-vancouver-island/

https://www.facebook.com/alexandra.morton.1671/posts/2896844703877405

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1734375103378675&set=a.103125263170342&type=3&theater

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-cattlemens-association-livestock-wolves/

https://www.tricitynews.com/news/coquitlam-man-sues-officers-who-killed-bear-family-for-unlawful-detainment-assault-1.24217066

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-logging-endangered-caribou-habitat/

https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-stalling-rules-selenium-pollution-coal-mines/

https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/10/08/bc-ndp-fossil-fuel-subsidies-climate/

https://www.policynote.ca/troubled-site-c/

https://old-growth-vote.ca/

https://pgdailynews.ca/index.php/2020/10/08/conservation-north-claims-old-being-logged-for-pellets/

https://medium.com/@gbryja/human-bear-encounters-in-residential-areas-management-by-fear-55a1d292782f

https://www.facebook.com/terrence.daniels.12/posts/4755621177811331

https://thenarwhal.ca/ajax-mine-arsenic-selenium-peterson-creek-kamloops-b-c/

https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/site-c-would-flood-prime-agricultural-land-just-as-its-needed-most/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/13/airborne-radioactivity-increases-downwind-of-fracking-study-finds

https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2020/10/save-wild-salmon-discovery-islands-fish-farms-must-go

https://thenarwhal.ca/canadas-last-breeding-endangered-spotted-owls-in-bc-valley-logging/

https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/posts/2694442057437922

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/15/Where-They-Stand-Climate-Change/

https://www.focusonvictoria.ca/forests/29//

https://www.facebook.com/EndangeredEcosystemsAlliance/posts/687284708573926?__tn__=K-R

https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-mr-patrick-swonnell

https://thefurbearers.com/blog/bc-selling-roads-caribou-destruction

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/16/Indigenous-Peoples-Want-Action-Not-Talk/

http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/2020/10/joint-statement-by-secwepemc-gidimten-land-defenders/

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-our-forests-are-more-than-mere-resources-1.24222562

https://www.facebook.com/groups/273003457081424/permalink/283555796026190/

https://globalnews.ca/video/7402923/environmentalists-cry-foul-over-logging-for-biofuel-company

https://www.facebook.com/EndangeredEcosystemsAlliance/posts/690861348216262

https://www.ecowatch.com/indigenous-women-financial-ceos-tar-sands-2648409004.html

https://www.facebook.com/wildernesscommittee/photos/a.148544532992/10157760572207993/?type=3&theater

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/data-gaps-prevent-assessment-of-most-canadian-watersheds-wwf-report/

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-our-fisheries-are-as-badly-managed-as-our-forests-1.24226843

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/posts/1343751365960404

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/30/RCMP-Avoid-Responsibility-Wetsuweten-Diesel-Spill/

https://in-sights.ca/2020/10/30/__trashed/

https://www.straight.com/news/peter-mccartney-fracking-shatters-illusions-of-a-clean-bc