Aug 262018
 

Return to  INDEX, Salish Sea CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF POSTINGS MOST RECENT FIRST SALISH SEA KINDER MORGAN TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE, OIL SPILLS EXPANDED PIPELINE FOR EXPANDED PRODUCTION IN TAR SANDS  (CLIMATE CHANGE) SEWAGE, CHOLERA & NOROVIRUS PLASTICS & MICROFIBRES Special reference to: 2018-02-27   Canada’s largest integrated energy company has filed an application for a massive new […]

May 242018
 
2018-05-16  Water:  Bowser residents protest marine sewage outfall plan,  Parksville Qualicum Beach News,  Michael Briones

This is a local issue, but one that affects everyone. Please see the  “Comments” (from the newspaper)  at the bottom of this posting. Water and/or Oceans people:  please weigh in at URL:      https://www.pqbnews.com/news/bowser-residents-protest-marine-sewage-outfall-plan/ with information. I, too, will add an on-line Comment,  but don’t have time at the moment. Thanks!   Sandra   Michael […]

Apr 232018
 

RE:   Why so few people on Six Nations reserve have clean running water, unlike their neighbours   ( http://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/why-so-few-people-on-six-nations-reserve-have-clean-running-water-unlike-their-neighbours-1.4618968)   EXCERPT from the program: . . .   communities suffering from disease and death thanks to long-neglected water quality. Martin-Hill . . . “I think we all know at some level that the environment has a […]

2018-04-16 Verbal version of Water, Submission to Town Council, Cholera cases, originating French Creek and Qualicum Bay. And April 9th report of norovirus. Human sewage a plausible factor in both.

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Apr 122018
 

TO:   Town Council          FOR:    Council Meeting, April 16th, 2018 (Written version submitted April 11th) SPEAKER:   Sandra Finley, resident SUBJECT:   Cholera cases, originating French Creek and Qualicum Bay.  And April 9th report of norovirus.  Human sewage a plausible factor in both.   Thank-you for the opportunity to share information in support of my request.  I am […]

Apr 102018
 

Please scroll down to heading  With thanks to Dianne (the local resident). NOTE: the Comment from Thomas Gates (bottom of posting) from local group SOS Bowser  http://sosbowser.ca. Both the cholera and norovirus outbreaks are plausibly related to sewage  (#1 and #2 quotes, just below). Not mentioned:   marine vessels as a source of human sewage.   […]

Apr 092018
 

My letter to officials appears below this reply from the Medical Health Officer:   From: Hasselback, Paul Sent: March 26, 2018 7:03 AM To:  Sandra Finley Cc: Waters, Shannon (Dr)  ((Vancouver Island Health Authority) Subject: FW: re Cholera cases from herring eggs, Qualicum Beach area   Ms. Finley:   As the Medical Health Officer for […]

Mar 252018
 

The Vancouver Sun reports: “The harvest (of herring eggs) in the area where the infections took place — a stretch of coastal waters from French Creek to Qualicum Beach . . .”.   I describe my experience in that same water, in  Submission to BC Govt officials, re the proposed Bowser Sewage Treatment Plant   (2017-09-12).   […]

Oct 292017
 

I made a submission to the Government about the Bowser Sewage Treatment Plant (“Opportunity! …). Reply from the Deputy Minister of Environment received (I have some follow-up to do.):   Reference:  311945 October 19, 2017   Dear Ms. Finley:   On behalf of the Honourable George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, thank […]

Sep 172017
 

  Board to hold special meeting to approve DCC’s frontender agreement   by Michael Briones First there were five developers. Now there are only four developers who are set to enter into an agreement with the Regional District of Nanaimo that would require them to fund 85 per cent of the cost of the $10.7 […]