Author: Damien Gillis

Watch David Suzuki’s powerhouse speech at the 7th annual Paddle for the Peace, inspiring hundreds of people from the Peace Valley and around the province who turned out to voice their opposition to the proposed Site C Dam. Said Suzuki, “The dam at Site C is being driven by the

It was a record turnout and perfect conditions for the seventh annual Paddle for the Peace on July 14, 2012. Hundreds of boats and close to a thousand people in total joined in the event – co-hosted by Treaty 8 First Nations and the Peace Valley Environment Association – to

The first in a series of new public service announcement videos from Tanker Free BC – a Vancouver-based organization taking on US energy giant Kinder Morgan’s proposal to twin the Trans Mountain Pipeline to Burnaby – is being launched today. The one-minute video, titled “Some Risks Are Not Worth Taking”,

The argument we hear most frequently from the Harper Government as it attempts to bulldoze through the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines is the major job benefits the project would carry for Canadians. But recent talk of importing foreign workers from The United Sates and China make a mockery of

Watch this new 6 min video from the Swedish Society of Nature Conservation, exposing in graphic detail the unsustainable methods of producing fish meal for both the Thai tiger prawn industry and Norwegian farmed salmon industry. Thai farms, which supply the majority of the world’s commercially available prawns, are fed

Province newspaper cartoonist Dan Murphy went public on CBC yesterday to confirm suspicions that his publication had pulled a spoof he created last Friday, under pressure from Enbridge Inc…The fallout over Enbridge’s alleged actions is indicative of the clash of old and new media. Clearly the company believes it is

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency announced earlier this week that it is terminating the environmental assessment of the massive proposed Bute Inlet private river diversion project. “Given that the proponent (currently Alterra Power Corp.) has indicated that it does not plan to proceed with the environmental assessment process in the

A story in yesterday’s Edmonton Journal on the latest pipeline spill in Alberta was more full of crap than Alberta’s farms and rivers are full of oil these days. This spill, from Enbridge’s 541-kilometre Athabasca Pipeline – which officials are pegging at 230,000 litres of diluted bitumen – comes on

Jon Steinman, host for five years of the popular “Deconstructing Dinner” radio program, launches a crowd-funding campaign to support his forthcoming video program by the same name. Steinman and his partner on the new series, award-winning TV producer Declan O’Driscoll, are seeking $60,000 in public donations to make their project

With a recent amendment to the boundaries of the Great Bear Rainforest, the BC Liberal Government reopened the door to a massive private river diversion project on the Klinaklini River, breaking a 2010 pledge it made in the Legislature. The Liberals excuse their actions by citing a lawsuit from proponent

Federal opposition parties, along with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, are ratcheting up their campaign against Stephen Harper’s Bill C-38 omnibus budget bill. They say they’ll use any available tools at their disposal to push the Prime Minister to abandon a number of non budget-related items included in the 400-plus

LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics and environmental organization the Dogwood Initiative have teamed up to produce a video spoofing pipeline builder Enbridge’s recently-launched ad campaign. The embattled company is seeking to sway public opinion in BC in favour of its highly controversial proposed twin pipelines linking the Alberta Tar Sands with

At a recent forum on mining in Tofino, BC, a First Nations father and daughter from Clayoquot Sound expressed their opposition to a pair of mines proposed by Imperial Metals for their traditional territories – also the location of a world-renowned UNESCO biosphere reserve. John Rampanen, of both the local

I was privileged to attend and film a forum in Tofino several months ago, organized by the Friends of Clayoquot Sound to discuss two major proposals by Imperial Metals for mines in the heart of the world-renowned UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island. To many, this

Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist-turned Peak Oil spokesperson Jeff Rubin will be discussing his latest book, The End of Growth, at Capilano University this Thursday evening, starting at 7:30. After building a successful career out of accurately predicting the rise and fall of oil prices for his clients, Rubin