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VANOC sends mixed messages on sutainable transportation
The Vancouver Olympic committee seems to be sending mixed messages on transportation. The bid book called for support for cycling infrastructure and public transit. But they are using a fleet of over 4,000... 165 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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229 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Climate Camp in Vancouver
Concerned citizens have set up a camp at the Vancouver Art Gallery to urge action on climate change. Some of them are also fasting. The are vowing to continue the camp and fast until the end of the current climate...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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140 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
324 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
324 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
Pilgrimage to Burns Bog
Over 100 people participated in a pilgrimage to Burns Bog on Sunday. The event organized by a multi-faith coalition had participants walk over the Alex Fraser bridge and then though the Delta Nature...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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192 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
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
214 views | 32 recommendations | 2 comments
214 views | 32 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
213 views | 22 recommendations | 2 comments
213 views | 22 recommendations | 2 comments
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...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
238 views | 43 recommendations | 4 comments
238 views | 43 recommendations | 4 comments
$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. ...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
205 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
205 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
362 views | 34 recommendations | 3 comments
362 views | 34 recommendations | 3 comments
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...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
246 views | 44 recommendations | 3 comments
246 views | 44 recommendations | 3 comments
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...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
212 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
212 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
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
233 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
233 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
562 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
562 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Investors Greeted by Protesters at Goldcorp AGM
Investors faced a spirited protest as
they entered Goldcorp's annual general meeting in Vancouver.
Protesters in masks handed out leaflets detailing Goldcorp's
environmental and human rights...
created by WestCoast TreeHugger | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
871 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
871 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
