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Environment Blog

Enbridge’s Northern Gateway proposal involves building a $5.5 billion dollar, 1,170 km dual pipeline to carry 525, 000 barrels of crude oil a day from Alberta to the West Coast of BC, as well as 193, 000 barrels of condensate from BC to Alberta. Included in the proposal is the construction of a terminal with two tanker berths, one for Very Large Crude Carriers and the other for Suezmax-type condensate tankers, in Kitimat, BC. Such a project would introduce, for the first time, crude oil supertankers to the temperamental coastal waters of Northern BC. Each year, more than 250 of these ships would be required to navigate 90 degree turns and narrow channels in Douglas Channel and along the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, a coastline that is well known to kayakers for its prevalence of wildlife and spectacular wilderness. 

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lblog_ake_winnipegThis is a bit of sad news without a clear solution......   

"We need to be honest with ourselves. What we have created is the largest inland freshwater dead zone in the world. At 15,000 square kilometres in area, algal blooms in Lake Winnipeg are now larger than the record 8,500-square-mile area of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. We need to admit that we are nowhere near to solving the Lake Winnipeg problem. Nor are we as a nation taking the problem as seriously as we should."

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Posted on December 5, 2011
Written by Bob Sandford
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NASA's data says Canada's lakes are getting warmer, fast. What does that mean for their ecosystems?  Water Canada - The Complete Water Magazine just posted an article on this topic written by Craig Saunders. 

"Canadian lakes, like those in other northern regions, are warming up faster than lakes further south, according to satellite data from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. That could have serious implications for fisheries and water systems"

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blog_enviro_transcaneaudaTrans CanEAUda is a cross Canada canoe expedition and project being undertaken by 8 friends throughout the spring, summer, and fall months of 2011. They will depart from Ottawa, ON, during the first week of May 2011, and paddle and portage some 7000 kilometers to the Beaufort Sea.  Why are they doing this you ask, all in one season too?  One of the groups common reasons focuses on the concern of our world’s degrading natural environments, particularly water environments.  Their expedition and website promotes and encourages donations to two non-profit organizations which work towards cleaner and healthier watersheds:


The Canadian and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and The Ottawa Riverkeeper


Read more about all of this their detailed itinerary at www.transcaneauda.ca

environment_suzuki_birthdayIn all of Canada's history there are perhaps just two individuals that have so captured the public imagination as iconic defenders of the of the natural world. In the 1920's a young Englishman named Archie Belaney, learning from the Anishinabe people of northern Ontario, transformed himself into Grey Owl and became a passionate spokesperson for the First Nations value of living in harmony with the land, the waters and the animals that sustain us all. Despite having written best sellers and lectured to thousands, our memory of this man of mystery has largely been lost except by a few dedicated canoe trippers and conservationists.

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