Fraser Riverkeeper celebrates World Water Day
Join Fraser Riverkeeper and H2O Plus in celebrating World Water Day, by launching FRK’s first Reading Series with author Jordan Scott. Read more…
Press Release: False Creek Contains Dangerous Chemical Contamination Near Olympic Village
Sediment Tests Positive for Highly Elevated Levels of PCBs, PAHs, Heavy Metals: Fraser Riverkeeper calls on Vancouver Authorities to Take Steps to Protect the Public
Vancouver, BC – February 10, 2010 – False Creek, a part of the Fraser River watershed, which runs through the Vancouver Olympic Village, has sediments that contain dangerous chemical contamination – including elevated levels of PCBs, PAHs, copper, lead, and other heavy metals – it was announced today by local and international water conservation groups. The groups, led by the local Fraser Riverkeeper – which commissioned tests near the Olympic Village and notified the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) last month of the toxicity – now call on Vancouver to take immediate steps to educate and protect the public…Read more
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Fraser Riverkeeper President Mark Mattson Running Olympic Torch in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay
Mary, Alison, Torch Runner Mark, Lauren, and Eden
Mark ran with the flame on Wednesday, February 10th in North Vancouver, at 12:38pm. He started along Mountain Highway from house 2032 and ran to 24th Street on Mountain Highway.
Updated news: See Cohen Commission. The closing date for applications has been changed to 4:00PM, March 10, 2010.
On November 5, 2009, the Governor in Council issued an Order in Council setting out the Terms of Reference for the Cohen Commission, formally named the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. The Honourable Bruce Cohen, a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, has been appointed Commissioner under Part 1 of the Inquiries Act.
The inquiry will be conducted in two phases. During the first phase, the Commissioner will review and assess any previous examinations, investigations or reports that he deems relevant to the inquiry and the Government’s responses to those examinations, investigations and reports.
Phase two will investigate and make independent findings.
After months of silence and highly conflicting and confusing information coming from DFO the Prime Minister has taken a very significant step by announcing this Inquiry. The 2009 Fraser sockeye salmon collapse pattern is remarkably specific with some stocks failing by over 90% and others returning at 4 times what was predicted.
More links:
- Tories names Justice Bruce Cohen as Fraser River sockeye inquiry head
- Canada launches probe into missing salmon stocks
- Inquiry into missing salmon
- Terms of reference for the Commission of Inquiry into decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River
- The dawn of a new era in fisheries management in Canada
- Adopt a small fry, save BC’s wild salmon
- Farmed salmon exposed
- Is climate change to blame for BC sockeye collapse?
Propsed Enbridge pipeline is a threat to northern B.C. fish streams
The non-profit Pembina Institute reported that the proposed $4.5-billion pipeline across northern B.C. would be a threat to local salmon and other fish communities.
Pipeline construction, ruptures and leaks all pose serious risks to salmon, making the Enbridge oilsands pipelines a toxic proposal for salmon and the communities that depend on them,” the institute said in releasing a report on the proposed project.
