Juan de Fuca land-use bylaws constrained

Landowners must abide by regional plan, meeting told
from the Times Colonist
Residents of the sprawling Juan de Fuca electoral area were told Monday night that new land-use bylaws for 132,000 hectares of rural resource lands will not automatically lead to development in the wilderness.
Once the bylaws and official community plan have been accepted by the community [...]

One year later, RCMP investigator questions tree sit raid

by Zoe Blunt, submedia.tv
Complaints to the RCMP have triggered an investigation into a military-style police raid on a small protest camp in Langford last year. In January 2009, former RCMP internal investigator Curt Acheson met with half a dozen community members and promised full disclosure about the February 13, 2008 operation, which involved at least [...]

2010 Elsewhere: India demolishes slum dwellings, pushing residents “to the brink”

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Bulldozers have been levelling some of the slums of New Delhi in preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Officials claim that it is part of a plan to move slum-dwellers to proper housing. An estimated 3 million live in New Delhi’s slums but less than 7,000 new apartments are currently under construction.
Many who live on [...]

Spencer Road blasting riles neighbours

So the annihilation of a mountain sacred to many continues, with pieces of hir raining down on the beings at hir feet, who have lived on the hem of hir slopes, who have loved hir, fought for hir, cried for hir. Now s/je cries on them, with them, pieces of hir sinking into the lake [...]

Investigators waited four years for break in Washtenaw County ELF case

Investigators waited four years for break in Washtenaw County ecoterrorism case
by Associated Press and News staff reports
When arsonists torched two homes under construction in an upscale Washtenaw County subdivision in March 2003, investigators knew they were likely dealing with eco-terrorists.
ELF, the acronym for the Earth Liberation Front, and the phrase “no sprawl” were spray-painted on [...]

Bear Mountain Interchange becomes Bear Mountain Overpass: We Told You So

It’s been six months this week since 60 heavily armed RCMP Emergency Response Team members removed 3 tree-sitters and their ground crew from the site of the Bear Mountain interchange. Clearing of trees began less than an hour after the last protestor was removed. Blasting began soon afterwards and continues to this day.
I recently spent [...]

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 [...]

Bear Mountain Forced to Stop Selling Condo Units

(BWAAHAHAHAHA!!!! Hell yeah!!)
Bear Mountain property owners disciplined under B.C. Real Estate Act
Carla Wilson, Times Colonist
Two Bear Mountain condominium developers have been barred from marketing their properties because they broke a key rule under the province’s Real Estate Act.
A cease marketing order was issued April 28 by the province’s superintendent of real estate, under the Real [...]

The Wreath Underground Declares War on the University of British Columbia

A group calling itself the “Wreath Underground” has declared war on the University of British Columbia. The group who released a communique apparently takes its name from the Weather Underground. The Wreath Underground has been smashing windows and painting walls in protest over on-campus development. Many students, besides the Wreath Underground, at the university oppose [...]

Developer Quits after ALF Threat

Let me say I have no connection to the Animal Liberation Front, and I do not know anyone from the ALF or related groups. I’m more of an eco-warrior than an animal rights activist. But hell yeah, I dont consider what happened illegal. This one is for the animals.
from RADIONETHERLANDS
The park – called Sciencelink – [...]