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Blog (page 3)

Mar 26 2017 3:27 pm

FraserFEST Sponsor Profile: Jan Voss, owner of CTS Ltd.

By Richelle GibersonIn Blog, FraserFEST

Our FraserFEST adventures have been successful in large part because of the support of our sponsors. One of our amazing sponsors is Jan Voss, owner of CTS (Creative Transportation Solutions Ltd.). We asked Jan some questions to see why he…

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Mar 04 2017 4:31 pm

Win a Day on the Fraser River!

By Richelle GibersonIn Blog, Featured Story

Here’s your chance to join us on the river free of charge! Help us promote the Sustainable Living Leadership Program (SLLP), by telling people about the program and/or sharing information, images and links with your network. There are two ways…

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Feb 07 2017 4:32 pm

Mark Angelo and others call for the protection and preservation of all rivers to be on the political radar in the run-up to the next provincial election

By Richelle GibersonIn Blog

In light of the great interest in the 2016 BC Endangered Rivers List, and with the next provincial election on the horizon, a group of BC’s largest conservation and recreation groups have come together to ask all provincial political parties…

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Jan 19 2017 3:36 pm

Opportunity for Young Social Innovators

By Richelle GibersonIn Blog

Active Citizens Social Enterprise   In celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial, the United Nations Association in Canada in partnership with the British Council Canada is proud to launch Active Citizens Social Enterprise (ACSE) in communities across the country. ACSE is a…

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Dec 05 2016 1:09 pm

Wanted: Letters requesting Mount Polley Mine be required to meet water quality guidelines

By Richelle GibersonIn Blog

First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining (FNWARM) is requesting help in changing the long-term operational plans for Mount Polley Mine. In June 2016, less than two years after the catastrophic tailings dam fail in August 2014, and despite numerous ongoing…

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Dec 03 2016 5:29 pm

URGENT: Your support is needed to #SaveWildSalmon before Tues., Dec. 6th

By Richelle GibersonIn Blog, Featured Story

Bill C-228 is being voted on in the House of Commons this Tuesday. If passed, the bill will see government take action to transition harmful open-pen salmon farms—which have put BC’s wild salmon at risk—to safe closed containment. Your help…

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Nov 29 2016 10:05 am

Our submissions for the review of the Fisheries Act and the Navigation Protection Act

By Richelle GibersonIn Blog

On Monday, November 28th, the Rivershed Society of BC submitted our comments on the review of the Fisheries Act directly to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, as well as our comments on the Navigation Protection Act to the…

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Oct 05 2016 5:02 pm

FraserFEST 2016 Brings Focus to the Protection of our Watersheds

By Richelle GibersonIn Blog, Featured Story, FraserFEST

The Rivershed Society of BC (RSBC) hosted another successful FraserFEST over the summer, with festivals taking place in Xatśūll on July 24; Williams Lake on July 25; Lillooet on July 30; Yale on  August 1; Coquitlam on August 4; Vancouver…

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Sep 26 2016 4:03 pm

A Journey Down the Mighty Fraser

By Megan RempelIn Blog, Featured Story, Project News

I embarked on a month long journey down the Fraser River that re-connected me with nature – where I come from. This connection is more than staring out at the scenery and feeling the beauty of it, but instead feeling…

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Aug 06 2016 4:36 pm

Final Journey

By Jacquie LanthierIn Blog

How can I describe in words the magic of existing for twenty-five days in a small community living along the banks of a river? Life-changing, affirming, rewarding beyond measure. At the Culps’ farm in Dunster Look at all the saskatoons!…

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