The virtual injunction hearing, for three fish farms in the Discovery Islands, began yesterday.
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Horgan’s criticism of federal decision ironic, says Chief Chris Roberts
Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Reporter
B.C. Premier John Horgan’s criticism of the federal government’s handling the Discovery Islands fish farm consultation is ironic, says Chris Roberts, chief of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation.
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Seeking Judicial review for aquaculture on unceded territory
In what at least one First Nation leader describes as a challenge to Aboriginal rights, Mowi Canada West and Cermaq Canada are seeking a judicial review to overturn the DFO’s decision to phase out fish farms in the Discovery Islands.
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An industry considers prospects for survival
In the third of a series of articles about the need for a transition plan, John Paul Fraser, President of the BC Salmon Farmers Association, considers the industry’s prospects for survival.
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Open Bay Society wants to save 7,000 acres of Quadra’s forest
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A new research conservancy proposal aims to save an enormous section of Quadra Island’s emerald heart and multiple pristine lakes from logging now and into the future.
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