GoldenKey Investment Group is drilling test wells on Fisher Road. Investment group plans to build water bottling facility in Golden GoldenKey Investments Group has purchased a 20-acre parcel of land on Fisher Road, and has begun steps toward building a water bottling facility. The company focuses on investments, specializing in natural resources like coal, iron, […]
British Columbia Uchucklesaht Tribe launches luxury brand of bottled water drawn from Vancouver Island spring Megan Thomas – CBC News The water is drawn from the T’iitsk’in spring located in Uchucklesaht territory. (Thunderbird Spirit Water) A small First Nation in B.C. is hoping to make a big splash in the bottled water business. The Uchucklesaht Tribe […]
Background info: 2019-01-28 Intro to the “Strathcona Resolution” re Water Export, with list of related postings From: Bruce & Nicole Sent: April 15, 2019 Subject: Strathcona Regional District resolution Importance: High Hi. I thought you might enjoy some good news, since you are fighting the same issues. For those of you who have been […]
Lengthy with good information, set in the international context of water shortages. == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Just 90 minutes from Toronto, residents of a First Nations community try to improve the water situation as the beverage company extracts from their land Alexandra Shimo […]
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In all the press coverage of the “the SNC-Lavalin affair,” not enough attention has been paid to the company’s involvement in Site C – the contentious $11 billion dam being constructed in B.C.’s Peace River valley. The Liberals say that any pressure they put on Jody Wilson-Raybould to rubber-stamp a “deferred prosecution agreement” for SNC-Lavalin […]
With thanks to Linda. Gary Mason National affairs columnist VANCOUVER Published July 10, 2015 Updated May 15, 2018 As events in the Western United States have proven in the past few years, fresh water is an increasingly precious natural resource. That reality has been driven home here in British Columbia this summer, with strict watering […]
Return to INDEX “there is nothing untoward about the City, who is a seller, setting a purchase price for its commodity.” – – BC Supreme Court Judge Barbara Young Ouch! Maybe the Judge is timely – – at a time when we’re gearing up over Agri-Food Canada – International Trade’s program to fund and support […]
Return to INDEX TOPICS: First In Time, First In Right (FITFIR), Water licenses, Cash-for-water-rights, CrossIron Mills, Nestle, Okotoks, Sheep River, Bob Sandford, UN Water for Life Decade, Cdn Myth of limitless abundant water, Water market, Irrigation Districts, some History, over-allocation – – – – – – – EXCERPT: “Our current system entrusts a public wealth […]
Return to INDEX David writes: Below is an email I just sent to Lois Eaton on a recently published poll in the US. I thought the poll results relate directly to her presentations (on climate change) at our local councils. I think the implications for blocking water export are clear. People–even those on the right side […]