From the Georgia Straight
By Travis Lupick
The ongoing scramble to set up independent power projects on British Columbia's rivers is "anarchy", Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told an audience in Whistler yesterday (March 4).
"It is a gold-rush mentality with people rushing, not only to build the projects, but to connect them to the main power grid with long power lines and do tremendous...
COPE 378 congratulates all its members who ran in this year's municipal election.
Elected members include:
Tom Duncan - City Councillor in Duncan
Jonathan Cote - City Councillor in New Westminster
Karen Rockwell - City Councillor in Port Moody
Danny White - School Trustee in Courtenay
Chris Ayling ran for the first time as a City Councillor in Cranbrook and placed very well in the standings...
Join COPE 378, The Western Canada Wilderness Committee, and a number of other labour, environmental, and community partners in a rally to protest private power development, held in conjunction with the Minister of Energy's speech to the BC Power Summit on Tuesday, March 11.
WHAT: Rally Against the BC Government's Development of Private Power
WHEN: Tuesday, March 11
TIME: Meet: 12:30 PM
Rally: 1:...