Environmentalists’ report critical of Bear Mountain

Bill Cleverley, Times Colonist
Opponents of the Bear Mountain development hope to spur debate with the release of a hefty report chronicling the Bear Mountain resort development in Langford.
“It’s to promote public dialogue,” said Zoe Blunt, spokeswoman for the Vancouver Island Community Forest Action Network, which produced the document.
“We noticed that when we asked people for [...]

walk4justice update July 10-from Rose H

Subject: walk4justice update July 10-from Rose H
I would like to take this time to thank you for your on going support of
the walk4justice 2008 event. I have officially left the group as of July
2, 2008 but would like express the best of the luck and wish to all the
remaining walkers. May the creator bless [...]

Road bulding underway near Jordan River. Rally Thursday!

Trees are falling and rocks are being blasted for road materials, in preperation for Western Forest Products subdivisions, across from Sandcut Beach and a few kms from Jordan River.
Join us at Library Square at Noon this Thursday, July 10, and help save this land while there is still time.
While many of us are enjoying our [...]

Sea Shepherd crew to face trial next spring

-from HalifaxChronicle Herald
SYDNEY — A two-week block of court time has been set aside next spring for the trial of two European men on charges linked to this year’s Canadian seal hunt.
Alexander Cornelissen, 40, of Amsterdam and Peter Hammarstedt, 23, of Sweden were the captain and first officer aboard the anti-sealing vessel Farley Mowat when [...]

Utility Headquarters Overtaken by Earth First! No More Business as Usual

(An Earth First! action that can bring out 100 people? It brings tears to my eyes to know it’s still possible.)
Columbus, OH — At 11:30am Monday morning, about 100 Earth First! activists occupied the headquarters of American Municipal Power, an electric utility that provides statewide service to member communities.
As part of an ongoing series of [...]

Olympia: City Councilman’s Business Shitbombed

-from infoshop news
Dear Jeff Kingsbury and other really bad people,
On the night of June 6th, a bunch of us kids traveled to the port-a-potty behind the Salvation Army. We filled 5 light bulbs with shit, carried them over to Jeff Kingsbury’s Capital Playhouse, and covered his marquee in human feces.
We felt it was appropriate to [...]

Two marchers injured in vehicle collision at Walk4Justice

Pair leave hospital after learning they’d have long wait to see a doctor
Clara Ho, The Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - The Walk4Justice to commemorate murdered or missing women in Alberta was sidelined Thursday evening when the car leading the march was T-boned by a truck pulling a trailer, injuring two people.
About 17 marchers were heading to Edmonton [...]

Man rips head from Hitler wax figure

(Oh hell yeah! The museum wouldn’t listen to public concerns, and the public took direct action. That’s how it works.)
BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin’s Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.
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Just minutes after the museum opened, the 41-year-old [...]

Residents use cars to block Tsawwassen power line work

(Sweet example of regular people using direct action that’s totally LEGAL!)
Vancouver Sun
METRO VANCOUVER - Tsawwassen residents claim to have blocked power-line construction workers from accessing their properties by legally parking cars on an access street.
“The trucks came and tried to get in and we wouldn’t move our cars,” said resident Tina Ryan, of the action [...]

Coal-Fired Powerplant Protesters Face Jail Time

By MICHAEL MARTZ TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
First came the cause.
Now come the consequences.
Twelve political activists could face time in jail for their parts in a protest that blockaded the entrance to Dominion Resources’ corporate headquarters in downtown Richmond on Monday.
However, they may be spared from repaying the city for police, fire and rescue costs in responding [...]