To The Editor: Restoring the Estuary is an Option

(This letter was sent to the AVNews on July 25, 2021) Dear Editor, There is a lot of talk of what might come of the WFP lands if they are expropriated. What if they went back to their original purpose? There are amazing photos (courtesy Alberni Valley Museum) of the harbour just after the E&N …

Distracting a Pre-Occupied Mind. COVID-19 Edition

As any long time reader of this blog will know, I like spreadsheets. We’re in a pandemic, which if it wasn’t all so darned apocalyptic, is like super exciting for number nerds. So I’ve got a thread going on Twitter over the past week and it’s been fun. And again, by fun I mean, a …

Yup, First Nations should have a veto.

There has to be a ‘Get to No’. Addendum: A day later I read this piece in Maclean’s. I highly recommended reading it…. before or after you read my opinion, of course. 🙂 https://twitter.com/chrisalecanada/status/1228703780776005634?s=21 As the protests and blockades in support of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs opposed to the TC Energy Coastal Gas Link pipeline …