North Crumpit is currently going through a Neighbourhood Planning Process, and the deadline for public input is TOMORROW, Friday 25th February. The survey is intended to inform the creation of the neighbourhood plan options, which is step 5 and 6 in the Neighbourhood Planning Process.

North Crumpit is a new development proposal by Diamond Head Land Company to develop up to 255 acres (103 hectares) in Crumpit Woods, located north of the Valleycliffe Neighbourhood in Squamish. Our vision is to protect these precious forested wetlands as a legacy for future generations.

A quick reminder before we celebrate the New Year... ***** … Last chance to double your donation! Our goal is to raise $1,500 in monthly donations, but we're still short with only $574.89 in new monthly donations so far. Can you chip in?

The magic of Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound … For the last 17 years, I've been witness to little miracles as Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound recovers. Watching the herring return, and the web of life that follows. To see the whales return after nearly a century without them.

This is one of my favourite places in the world: the Stawamus River. Right now the coho are spawning, and there are salmon-coloured eggs buried in the river bed, American dippers hunting for them, and dead salmon frozen on the banks—if the eagles and bears haven't gotten to them first.

It's a façade of slow progress... It took nearly a year for Woodfibre LNG to announce a new president, Christine Kennedy, previously the Deputy Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness; and before that the Associate Deputy Minister in BC's Office of the Premier.

Thanks to massive public pressure, the BC NDP have launched a Royalty Review to evaluate subsidies for fracking companies. This is a critical opportunity to end Deep Well Royalty Credits—one of BC's biggest fossil fuel subsidies.

Earlier this month my daughters were trapped in Hope for three days by the unprecedented landslides that shut down highways. Thankfully everyone was okay, and they were able to help those more in need. The climate emergency is affecting all of us, right now.

My heart is feeling very heavy. BC has declared a State of Emergency for the third time in 2021. Our hearts are with everyone affected by the extreme weather events of the past week:

Last week CleanBC released its Roadmap to 2030. Our take: it's a highway to hell. BC’s climate action plan falls far short of the bold and transformative changes that we need to keep warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. There is nothing in the plan to phase-out fracking or LNG exports.