Saturday, Jan. 21st, Buckley Bay
What you should know about the Raven Underground mine proposal
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Dawn - To encourage a place for people to hang between the rally and the
Todd Butler concert, Zocalo's Cafe is going to donate 10 percent of all
dinner sales to CV Water Watch!
Please spread the word!
Judy
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On behalf of the Comox Valley Water Watch. Hope to
see you at the concert. Please send to all your friends, neighbours
and contacts.
This benefit is to help pay for another Water Watch tabloid about Protecting our Water.
Delores
Todd Butler in Concert at Cumberland United Church January 21
There are a whole lot of musicians who try to be funny, but not many comedians who can play guitar or sing like Todd Butler. A
veteran of over twenty years of live performing as a guitarist/vocalist
and comedian, Todd`s skills are honed to an exquisite point. He swings
easily from lambasting politicians in hilarious parodies to
interpreting the latest news stories with a twist, guaranteed to
entertain you with a stunning combination of musical parody, whimsical
wit, outstanding musicianship, and outrageous satire. He has also
written moving songs which can bring tears to the eye.
If
you`ve ever listened to CBC Radio or watched CBC TV, you`ve probably
heard him. He has been the guest host of, and a regular performer on,
the show `Madly Off in All Directions``. He has performed at jazz, folk
and comedy festivals in Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver and
Vancouver Island. He has released numerous albums, including the 2003
release `Dobro and Guitar` with Doug Cox, and the self-produced 2006
album ``Ìdle Canadian``, which earned CD of the Year, Song of the Year,
and Songwriter of the Year honours at the Vancouver Island Music Awards.
Todd
will be performing Saturday January 21 at a concert to benefit the
Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition. This organization has produced the
Comox Valley Drinking Water Reference Guide, the 3D Watershed Map of the
Valley and a newspaper insert Where Does Your Drinking Water Come
From. It has also sponsored a variety of informational public events to
fulfill its mandate of increasing public awareness of the status of
drinking water in the Valley.
Tickets
for the concert will be available at Laughing Oyster Bookstore in
Courtenay, Blue Heron Bookstore in Comox, and Polka Dot Pants in
Cumberland. Tickets are $20 in
advance, $25 at the door. Doors will open at 7:30 pm and the music and
fun will begin at 8 pm. Cumberland United Church is located at 2788
Penrith, on the corner of Penrith and First Street.
Delores Broten
Editor, Watershed Sentinel
PO Box 1270, Comox BC V9M 7Z8
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Press Release January 17th, 2012
Speakers to Convene with Dragon at Solidarity Demo
Islanders
opposed to Compliance Energy Corporation's proposed underground Raven
Coal mine on Vancouver Island will unite in a festive outdoor rally on
Saturday, January 21st in Buckley Bay. "Solidarity -Not Compliance!"
will feature a variety of speakers drawing attention to the connection
between local and international concerns surrounding coal.
The event gets underway at 1:00 pm with
the arrival of a Chinese New Year's Dragon, representing solidarity
with the tens of thousands of Chinese who recently protested in the
streets of Haimen against the expansion of coal-powered plants there.
Ken
Wu, Executive Director of BC's Ancient Forest Alliance, and Majority
for a Sustainable Society (MASS) will speak in Buckley Bay about coal as
a global issue. "Climate change trumps all other
environmental
issues," says Wu. "Wild salmon, old growth trees, everything will be
lost if we don't solve climate change. It's the number-one issue facing
our planet."
Tria
Donaldson, Pacific Coast Campaigner for the Wilderness Committee and a
former youth delegate to the UN climate talks, will also address the
rally. "It's no wonder that communities all over Vancouver Island are
standing up to a proposed coal mine right in their backyards. On top of
the health impacts, it is also the worst fossil fuel in terms of carbon
emissions. Coal mining is a dirty industry that has no place in a
climate friendly Vancouver Island."
On
behalf of Comox Valley WaterWatch, Linda Safford will share information
about risks to drinking water quality, and a petition to oppose the
proposed Raven Coal mines in Baynes Sound. Oyster-grower Elizabeth
(Bunny) Shannon, will speak to the fact that the economic livelihoods of
more than five hundred residents involved in the region's aquaculture
industry depend on an uncontaminated environment.
Denman
Islander Des Kennedy has been active for many years in environmental
and social justice issues, including co-organizing the civil
disobedience campaign in Strathcona Provincial Park in 1988 and getting
arrested at Clayoquot Sound in 1993. The award-winning author and
journalist will lend his own unique support to the No Coal! demo on
Saturday.
Press Release- Jan. 4th, 2012
From
the Pacific Northwest and throughout the US, to Asia and beyond, a
global uprising is underway. From town to town, folks are reaching out
to one another in solidarity through shared resistance to the mining,
transport, and burning of coal.
Thousands
of Vancouver Island residents and others have expressed their concerns
about the threat to water, air, and economic livelihood from the
proposed Raven and Bear coal mines above Fanny Bay and Cumberland, owned
by Compliance Coal Corporation.
Massive
demonstrations against the expansion of coal-powered plants in China
have recently taken place, in the face of violent repression.
Regardless
of where coal mined in BC ends up being burned, global warming, water
contamination and other risks to human and environmental health know no
borders", says Denman Islander Michael Nestor, a member of the Water
Dragon Alliance. As one protestor in Haimen, China explained the
situation there, "We are fighting for our right to breathe", Nestor
adds. "Vancouver Islanders and others know we are all in this together."
Compliance
Energy Corp, together with Itochu Corp of Japan and LG International
Corp of Korea, own 31,000 hectares of underground coal rights from Fanny
Bay to Campbell River, says Dawn Christian on behalf of the Water
Dragon Alliance. These rights are owned fee simple, meaning the company
will not be paying any mineral taxes to the province on the extracted
coal, Christian adds.
"Solidarity
-Not Compliance!", is intended to provide a peaceful opportunity for
declaring our shared concerns with those protesting coal in China (and
elsewhere) as well as opposition to coal mines in the Comox Valley, says
Denman Island activist, Fireweed, for the Water Dragon Alliance.
"As
we embark on a brand new year of resistance to the threat of coal
pollution", adds Fireweed, "our January 21st event begins with the
arrival of a festive Chinese dragon! 2012 is the year of the Water
Dragon which, according to Chinese mythology, symbolizes boldness,
perseverance, and the overcoming of obstacles".
The
demo concludes with a special photo assembly, so participants are
encouraged to dress for the weather, but to be creative and colourful
with costumes, signs and banners.
Buckley
Bay is best known as the departure point for BC ferries to Denman and
Hornby Islands, and the rally will take place nearby. For further
information, contact the Water Dragon Alliance at 250-335-1209.
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