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 […]
Return to INDEX, Salish Sea Note from Howard: I deliberately covered a lot of ground in the Blue Book because I wanted people to see the ‘big picture’ on our inland sea and connections between issues that are often considered in isolation from one another, even though the problems never can be solved in isolation. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]