Site C Dam threatens BC’s credit rating: Hudson’s Hope Mayor, Council
The following is a July 15 open letter to Premier Christy Clark from the District of Hudson’s Hope – near the location of the proposed Site C reservoir. Dear Premier…
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Site C Dam: Fort St. John businessman isn’t buying economic promises
Longtime Fort St. John businessman Bob Fedderly isn’t buying the economic benefits touted for the proposed Site C Dam. The owner of Fedderly Transportation sat down with The Common Sense…
Fortis, US mull massive Similkameen dam; Where is BC govt?
A popular recreation site, the Similkameen Valley is threatened by dams (Photo: SimilkameenValley.com) By Ken Farquharson The Similkameen River valley provides one of the most popular and scenic travel routes…
Site C dam would hike power bills, drive mills, mines out of business
Read this June 10 column from Judith Lavoie at Demog Canada on the opposition to the proposed Site C Dam from major industrial power users. Major industrial power users in…
Site C Dam: NDP MLA questions govt on First Nations consultation
Doug Donaldson, NDP MLA for the Stikine region, recently called out the BC Liberal government over the proposed Site C Dam and the strong opposition it faces from Treaty 8…
Site C Dam is most expensive power option: new study
Read this May 27 story from the Alaska Highway News (via Business in Vancouver) on a new study by the Helios Centre which pegs the proposed Site C Dam as…
Vaughn Palmer: Site C Dam obsession misses alternatives like geothermal
The multi-billion-dollar proposed Site C Dam (artist’s rendering) Read this May 9 Vancouver Sun column by Vaughn Palmer on the ways in which the obsessive fixation of BC Hydro and…
Site C Dam: “The Benefits are clear”…as mud
A section of the Peace Valley that stands to be flooded for Site C Dam (Photo: Andrea Morison) The Joint Review Panel into the $10 Billion* proposed Site C Dam…
NDP Leader Horgan opposes BC’s proposed Site C Dam
Newly-minted BC NDP Leader John Horgan has come out against the proposed Site C Dam VANCOUVER – B.C. New Democratic Party Leader John Horgan is raising concerns about the proposed…
California rejects green label for BC’s private “run of river”
Construction of a private power project on the Ashlu River (Photo: Range Life) Read this January 21st story by Megan Hooker in on the California Energy Commission’s rejection of BC’s…
Environmental hearing process not working for public
The 3-member panel reviewing Site C Dam has complained about the volume of documents from BC Hydro Read this Jan. 27 letter to the editor in the Vancouver Sun by…
BC’s private run-of-river power projects a ‘horror show’, documents reveal
A map of private power projects – proposed, under construction and in operation around BC (ippwatch.info) Read this Jan. 29 Province story on the appalling government mismanagement of private river…
Site C Dam story changes again – now it’s about powering California
The $10 Billion proposed Site C Dam could provide power for export to California, BC Hydro representatives told the Joint Review Panel examining the project on the final day of…
Site C review panel changes mind, asks for ALC’s input on farmland
The Peace River Valley is home to some of BC’s best farmland (Damien Gillis) Read this Jan. 23 Globe and Mail story by Mark Hume on the Joint Review Panel…
Peace Valley’s “extraordinary” farmland could feed a million people, agrologists tell Site C Dam review
The Peace River Valley is one of Canada’s most fertile regions (Damien Gillis) A pair of highly-respected agricultural experts made a compelling case this week for sparing some of BC’s…
Audio: Why Site C Dam is a bad deal for taxpayers, environment
The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis discusses the economic and environmental drawbacks of the $10 Billion proposed Site C Dam on Vancouver Co-op Radio – January 8, 2014. Public hearings…
Site C Dam: Federal panel seeks input from spurned energy watchdog
Location of proposed Site C Dam (photo: Damien Gillis) Read this Jan. 7 story from Justine Hunter in the Globe and Mail on the concerns of the federal panel reviewing…
$10 Billion Site C Dam: You pay, no say
If you live in BC, it will cost you, conservatively, $10 Billion – paid through skyrocketing power bills and taxes. It will flood tens of thousands of acres of excellent…
Alberta questions downstream impacts of BC’s Site C Dam proposal
BC Hydro’s proposed Site C Dam (artist’s rendering) by Dene Moore, Canadian Press FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The province of Alberta is concerned that a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam proposed…