A Huge Thank You to Pacific Wild! I am extremely grateful to the organizations that are stepping up trying to protect sensitive ecosystems and fisheries of this area. Listen to Pacific Wild's marine scientist who spoke on the situation. No Images? CLICK HEREPacificWild.orgRallying for Environmental Protection in Baynes Sound Baynes Sound is internationally recognized as... Continue Reading →
MP Gord Johns interview with Al Ferraby – Union Bay Ship Breaking
Photo credit to Norm Prince. Gord Johns is on fire! We have a politician fighting for us. Couldn't embed the audio so recorded it and uploaded to youtube. Here's the link to the original https://www.iheartradio.ca/cfax-1070/podcasts/union-bay-residents-gather-to-protest-ship-breaking-operations-1.19602316?mode=Article&fbclid=IwAR3hupuyaV3K8l8HDAjp9c3Y9N-UmYs6RK7i-nxFKB5LgQPckF6O-0HSyEs https://youtu.be/4Apb-yZNAwo
NGO Shipbreaking Platform Press Release – Local residents rally against shipbreaking operation in Union Bay, British Columbia
https://shipbreakingplatform.org/strike-union-bay/ Published in May 02nd, 2023 Local residents marched last Sunday at Union Bay, traditional unceded territory of First Nations within Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada, to protest against the dirty and dangerous scrapping operations carried out in the area by Deep Water Recovery Ltd (DWR). More than a hundred of people, including actress and... Continue Reading →
Videos and News of Rally against ship breaking in Baynes Sound Apr. 30, 2023.
https://youtu.be/8JlVyifIlys From Check news https://www.cheknews.ca/live-news-british-columbia/ https://youtu.be/KGAOqeMG-RA https://youtu.be/epWoemKkXZw More from Kathy! https://twitter.com/globeandmail/status/1652837258964377601?t=gnkGXuVcH4xSVMSlSOuXgQ&s=03 Globe and Mail Rally decries lack of federal regulation targetting shipbreaking operations https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-rally-decries-lack-of-federal-regulation-targetting-shipbreaking/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter CHUCK CHIANG THE CANADIAN PRESS PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO A Vancouver Island community is sounding the alarm about the lack of federal and provincial regulations targetting boat-dismantling operations that may leak... Continue Reading →
Rally against Ship Breaking in Union Bay today from 11 a.m. to 3 pm.
Will be livestreamed at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1261951238092751 agenda-for-open-house-and-rallyDownload
Shipbreaking Persists in Baynes Sound
https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/shipbreaking-oil-and-water/ After two years, a widely-opposed shipbreaking operation in Union Bay, BC continues and legal action appears stalled. What gives? Jen Groundwater April 27, 2023 Deep Water Recovery Ltd.'s shipbreaking site in Baynes Sound | Photo: Jen Groundwater After two years of conflict with its neighbours, the regional district, and the Province, Deep Water Recovery... Continue Reading →
Global BC News on Deep Water Recovery Ship Breaking
From the 6 pm news. https://youtu.be/SB1dEZJiT8A Look at this amazing ad for Sunday's rally: https://fb.watch/kdtcwosMr_/?mibextid=tejx2t I couldn't find a way to embed the video of the ad so I recorded it. Hope that's okay with Pacific Wild. https://youtube.com/shorts/ji4dpYpkiGA?feature=share
Another Deep Water Recovery Ship Breaking thug employee Andras Balla
I created the video below with text and arrows showing where I was yesterday when DWR employee Andras Balla confronted me about flying my drone and tried to intimidate me. The green arrows show the path and the point where the thug stopped following me and got in a white pickup with another man at... Continue Reading →
Hours Extended for Rally Against Ship Breaking in Union Bay – 11 am to 3 pm.
Looks like there will be a lot of information available. Please plan on attending if you are concerned about the threat to the environment in the place we all call home. first-april302023mediarelease-draft1.docxDownload
MP Gord Johns on Ship Breaking in Union Bay, again.
Gord Johns will be speaking on Sunday Apr. 30, 2023 at the Union Bay Community Hall. https://youtu.be/icSC3DwOfoM
Rally at Union Bay Sunday for those opposed to shipbreaking in Baynes Sound
Our Member of Parliament Gord Johns and our Area A Director Daniel Arbour will be speaking. https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/rally-at-union-bay-sunday-for-those-opposed-to-shipbreaking-in-baynes-sound/ BLACK PRESS SUBMITTED Apr. 27, 2023 5:00 a.m. NEWS On Sunday, April 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the public is invited to a rally at the Union Bay Community Hall at 5401 S. Island Highway where... Continue Reading →
I LIVE HERE- SAVE THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, ENVIRONMENT and BAYNES SOUND!
Received this email from a landowner today. Also, CCOBS have been working on their website and have added a lot of new information. Check it out. https://concernedcitizensofbaynessoundorg.wordpress.com/ I LIVE HERE- SAVE THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, ENVIRONMENT and BAYNES SOUND! Good Day, Several vessels have been dragged ashore and dismantled on this site. BC Environment has issued... Continue Reading →