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Last week the District of Tofino on Vancouver Island finalized the ban on the sale of all single use plastic bottles one litre and under.
Lilly Woodrow from the Surfrider Foundations tells us about why it took five years and why the change is important.
Also, last week we saw the 5th Anniversary of the report from BC’s Old Growth Strategic Review. The recommendations called for a paradigm shift in forestry and a moratorium on cutting old growth. Eddie Petryshen, a conservation specialists with Wildsight \ talks about the lack of progress on protecting our iconic forests since then.
Mark Carney announced big ‘nation-building’ projects some of them expanding fossil fuel production. Professor Andy Hira from Simon Fraser’s Clean Energy Research Group says that far from being nation building, fossil fuels are a drag for our economy. He unpacks the major costs for us.
COMING EVENTS
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 4pm PT
National Webinar – “Billionaires VS. All of Us”
Quadrupling military spending and secretly sending arms to Israel. Slashing public services in what the Prime Minister himself is calling an “austerity” budget. Pushing pipelines and mines over the objections of Indigenous peoples. Clamping down on migrant rights, ordering striking workers back to the job and cozying up to Trump.
This webinar, featuring anti-poverty organizer John Clarke, peace activist Rachel Small, professor and researcher Shiri Pasternak and labour organizer Mostafa Henaway, will look at how Carney is fast-tracking a billionaires-first agenda that will only make the rich even richer – and how all of us can fight back.
From The Council of Canadians. Canadians.org
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J2eVYcdnQ7KiV8EqfufTCw#/registration
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Thursday September 18th
Loe Karthein from SaveWhatsLeft.ca is presenting to the Regional District of the Central Kootenay Board about forest management planning and industry plans to increase clear cutting. Check with RDCK.ca for Board meeting time.
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Saturday, September 20th
DRAW THE LINE global event on peace, justice and climate
Events in Castlegar and Nelson
Seniors for Climate the West Kootenay Climate Hub, and other groups organizing Nelson and Castlegar events to take part in the Canada-wide and World-wide call for peace, justice and climate sanity..
In Nelson join the Draw The Line event at Noon on Baker St. at Kootenay St.
In Castlegar the Draw the Line event starts in Millenium Park at 11:30 am.
More details on the events page at WestKootenayClimateHub.ca
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Thursday September 25 7 pm
Capitol Theatre Nelson
Fighting Fire With Fire Film and presentation
West Kootenay Watershed Collaborative
A talk from fire ecologist Dr. Kira Hoffmann, a short film screening from Simon Shave, and a public Q&A panel where both presenters will be joined by local forestry experts Dr. Rachel Holt, John Cathro RPF, and Erik Leslie, RPF.
https://www.westkootenaywater.ca/events-1
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Date: Monday, September 29, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Meeting Point: Cottonwood Falls Park parking lot
BC Rivers Day is coming Monday September 29: In Nelson the Kootenay Lake Stewardshipo Society and Living Lakes Canada (LLC) are holding a Cottonwood Creek Cleanup!
For the second year in a row we, in partnership with, are excited to host a community stream cleanup along Cottonwood Creek as part of this years BC Rivers Day celebrations!
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