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Community Activists Modify Construction Signs

Morning commuters were greeted with new messages along Gateway Program construction routes this morning. The construction announcement signs had been modified to read "Farms not Freeway", "Peatland not...

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Patrick Condon, UBC Prof Blocks Freeway Construction

Gateway Work Shut Down for Four Hours "On Monday December 7th UBC Professor Patrick Condon joined a group of climate activists who occupied a freeway construction site in Vancouver. Work was stopped at the...

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10,000 people (and two polar bears) Petition Premier.

VANCOUVER - The Society Promoting Environmental Conservation and Wilderness Committee delivered petitions with over 10,000 signers to the Premier's office today. The petitions ask that the government to...

created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Banners Hung over 20 Bridges

Saturday saw citizens from West Vancouver to Chilliwack hoist banners on Highway 1 overpasses across the region in a coordinated Day of Action, with slogans such as "Stop the Gateway to Global Warming" and...

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Activists Join Climate Change Day by Blocking Highway Preparation

SURREY, BC - Concerned citizens from both sides of the Fraser River participated in protesting the demolition of a large house in Surrey’s Bridgeview neighbourhood this morning. The non-violent act of civil...

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$3.3 Billion Freeway Bridge called a "Super-Sized Mistake"

Surrey, BC — "Premier Campbell's announcement about replacing the Port Mann Bridge with a $3.3 Billion super bridge is a super-sized mistake," said Wilderness Committee Healthy Communities Campaigner Ben West. ...

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Maquarie's Offices In Lock Down

Maquarie Bank's offices in downtown Vancouver were in lock down mode Thursday as about 60 activists rallied outside against the bank's involvement in the controversial Gateway project.Speakers at the rally...

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Public barred from Gateway Announcement

Residents of Surrey and Vancouver were blocked from entering the site of an announcement regarding the controversial Gateway Program on Monday.The announcement was held on private property behind barbed wire...

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Surrey Residents "Cancel" Gateway

As part of the International Day of Action on the Climate Crisas, residents of Surrey, BC modified a sign advertising the Gateway program. Light duty vehicles are already the largest source of ghg emissions in the...

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Come Clean on Gateway

This message, "cleaned" into the cement, appeared at various spots around Vancouver on Monday. It makes reference to the province's Gateway Program - a green house gas emitting monster project of highway expansion.

created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Hundreds attend rallies to oppose the gateway program.

Hundreds attended two rallies this weekend to support the Livable Region strategy and oppose the gateway program. The first rally on Saturday was a standing room only event at a hall that seated 300 people. The...

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Climate Change Rally In Vancouver

On April 14th residents in Vancouver, BC joined cities acroos North America in urging governments to act on the issue of climate change.

created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Hundreds Rally Against Gateway Project

An overflowing crowd packed the East Delta Community Hall to hear speakers call for a stop to the South Fraser Perimeter Road, Deltaport Expansion and the province's "Gateway Project." Organizers estimated that...

created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Trucks on the Port Mann

The recent Vancouver Sun editorial (“Gateway is important for our future economic well-being” March 22nd) repeated the big lie that Highway One expansion is necessary to accommodate truck traffic volumes. In actual fact only 10% of the traffic on the Port Mann bridge...

created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 6 years ago
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Update on Arrests at Betty Krawczyk's Sentencing

The two supporters of Betty Krawczyk who were arrested following her sentencing were released without a clear explanation of what they were charged with and with no date to appear in court. One of those arrested said he assumed that they would be charged...

created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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