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BC Chamber of Commerce Passes Resolution Calling on the Province to Expand Old-Growth Forest Protections

Sooke PocketNews Posted on June 1, 2016 by Britt SantowskiNovember 8, 2018

–Media release, Ancient Forest Alliance Historic Leap Forward for Old-Growth Forest Conservation – BC Chamber of Commerce Passes Resolution Calling on the Province to Expand Old-Growth Forest Protections The BC Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution at its annual general … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged logging

Group seeks to share information on forestry corruption, collusion

Sooke PocketNews Posted on May 31, 2016 by Britt SantowskiOctober 18, 2018
Sooke Log Watch volunteers counting logging trucks

–Juan de Fuca Forest Watch release JdF Forest Watch Calls out Corruption, Collusion of Interests in BC Forestry The newly formed Juan de Fuca Forest Watch is quickly activating citizens in the region to respond to what they see as … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged logging

Log Watch launches, and starts counting

Sooke PocketNews Posted on March 29, 2016 by Britt SantowskiApril 4, 2016

–Log Watch press release Five Sooke residents gathered this past week for the first meeting of Juan de Fuca Forest Watch. They shared in common concerns regarding the unprecedented rate and volume of deforestation in their backyard forests. Other residents … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged logging

NDP critical of increasing carbon emissions under Clark’s leadership

Sooke PocketNews Posted on March 2, 2016 by Britt SantowskiApril 4, 2016

-from the New Democrat, Official Opposition Christy Clark is a climate failure There is only one true measure of climate leadership: Are your carbon emissions going up, or are they going down? Under Premier Christy Clark they have grown steadily … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Carmanah, logging, NDP, Shawnigan Lake

Local business owner launches website and billboard, calling for a stop to old growth logging

Sooke PocketNews Posted on March 1, 2016 by Britt SantowskiApril 27, 2018

David Evans, owner of Stick in the Mud, has notified Sooke PocketNews of his new website, StopOldGrowthLogging.ca “It is the result of my GoFundMe campaign,” Evans explained in an email. The website was launched on February 29, and the billboard on the … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Carmanah, logging

BC Liberals and NDP agree on the success of the Great Bear Rainforest agreement

Sooke PocketNews Posted on February 2, 2016 by Britt SantowskiSeptember 19, 2016

Following this video, please find press releases from the government and the opposition. Please feel free to leave your comments! And, speaking of saving rainforests, David Evans from the Stick is still raising funds for a Walbran sign on Pat … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged logging, rainforest

Sooke entrepreneur seeks to raise funds for Walbran awareness billboard on Pat Bay Highway

Sooke PocketNews Posted on January 15, 2016 by Britt SantowskiMarch 12, 2018

– Wallbran Billboard GoFundMe Campaign, Created January 8, 2016 by David Evans David Evans owns and operates Stick in the Mud The province of British Columbia owes much to forestry, to mining, to fishing…The province was built on resources and was … Continue reading →

Posted in fundraisers, News | Tagged Carmanah, fundraiser, logging

Supreme court rules in favour of logging company Teal-Jones

Sooke PocketNews Posted on January 5, 2016 by Britt SantowskiJuly 20, 2018

For those following the logging in the Carmanah-Walbran old growth forest, here is a press release from the Wilderness Committee. Environmentalist disappointed with new Walbran Valley injunction Tuesday, January 5, 2016 News Release Wilderness Committee concerned court order terms are … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Carmanah, logging

LETTER: Update on clear-cut logging of old growth at Carmanah/Walbran

Sooke PocketNews Posted on December 28, 2015 by Britt SantowskiOctober 11, 2019
By Photo by TJ Watt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

The following is an open letter sent to all companies and corporations carrying timber products supplied by the Teal-Jones Group, by Darren Alexander of Sooke, a friend of the Carmanah/Walbran. Anyone wishing to follow and support our efforts to stop the logging … Continue reading →

Posted in Letter to the Editor | Tagged Carmanah, logging

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