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A Message from Scott Niedermayer – Canadian for the Great Bear
Dear Fellow Canadian for the Great Bear, I’m writing to thank you for standing alongside me and so many others in saying the Great Bear is no place for pipelines and tankers. Not here. Not ever. And...
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The bad, the ugly… and the good
You may have seen a recent article pointing to a rather glaring deficiency in the oil spill response plan proposed for the Northern Gateway pipeline / tanker project through the Great Bear. The...
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Welcome to our newest Canadian for the Great Bear: Jeff Rubin!
Check out why one of the nation’s most well-known and influential economists has joined our campaign as a new Canadian for the Great Bear. If you missed it in yesterday’s Globe and Mail, take a read...
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Protect my home, the Great Bear Rainforest
My grandmother told me that when my grandfather was still alive, he loved to fish and he loved going out on the boat with his brother. She told me that one time my mother and my grandfather went...
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Rainforest Notations – The Great Bear, a natural wonder
By Liam Ogle, a guide and naturalist in the Great Bear Rainforest. Forgotten and wild, in the land where time stands still. Silence echoes loud amongst the sleeping giants. A ghostly mist rolls in...
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The Great Bear, a national treasure
By Emma Gillies, WWF-Canada Communications Intern In my life I have been lucky enough to be able to travel. I have experienced the grandiosity of Milford Sound in New Zealand. The Massai Mara in Kenya...
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The Northern Gateway Pipeline: What now?
That is the number of letters of comment sent by Canadians to the three members of the Joint Review Panel charged with recommending whether or not the proposed Northern Gateway Project poses an...
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Reflections after a visit to Canada’s Great Bear region
By Jonelle Warren, Executive Assistant and Office Coordinator, Vancouver Office, WWF-Canada I was born in a very small northern interior community. Our home did not have the luxuries of running water...
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Want to help WWF Canada protect the Great Bear Sea?
The Great Bear region of British Columbia’s north coast is one of Canada’s ecological treasures. Here one of the world’s last intact temperate rainforest meets some of the planet’s last large wild...
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Lessons from horror movies
You know the scene. It’s a horror movie standby: the hero, having apparently won the day, breathes a sigh of relief and turns to go – only to have a fresh terror burst in, to much screaming and...
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Breaking: Our new campaign
Our Facebook page might feel a bit different these days. Our newest campaign isn’t just a video (sorry Norman) or call to donate, it’s an entire news channel chronicling what could – and likely would...
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From Quarry Rock to the Great Bear: My experience with WWF-Canada
By Quy Le, Communications Support Volunteer , WWF-Canada My story begins on a surprisingly warm January day back in 2010. Sitting atop Quarry Rock in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, I basked in the warm...
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Close call: Ship runs aground near Prince Rupert
The vessel’s draft – that’s the vertical distance of the ship below the water line – is about 13 meters, which approximately half the draft of a typical large oil tanker, such as the kind being...
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Janie Wray and Hermann Meuter: Tuning in to the underwater world
One of the great profiles from our 2012 Annual Report. For more on this and other great conservation stories, visit wwf.ca/annualreport. Amid the soaring cedar forests and rocky shorelines overlooking...
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Long term, sustainable jobs at risk
A new study released by the University of British Columbia shows that a major oil spill could jeopardize the jobs and livelihoods of B.C.’s north coast region. WWF commissioned the study by UBC’s...
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Early Christmas present
The Sacred Headwaters of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine have been protected from future fracking activities based on an agreement between the province of BC, Shell Canada and the Tahltan Central...
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Captain Canada takes a stand for the Great Bear
Scott Niedermayer has had success at every level of his hockey career, racking up four Stanley Cups and two Olympic gold medals. Now, he brings that same spirit and winning record to his role as...
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Ten minutes to say your piece
From January 14 – 18, more hearings will take place in Vancouver. These are public comment periods, meant to open up the floor for people to share their values, knowledge and aspirations for the...
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WWF says no to Northern Gateway at public hearings in Vancouver
My statement is based on our comprehensive submission to the JRP that includes two expert reports we commissioned: one from UBC’s Fisheries Centre on ocean-based economic activities and the impacts of...
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It’s my Panda-versary! My first year as the social media coordinator at...
Hi friends, If we haven’t ‘met’ yet on WWF-Canada’s Facebook or Twitter pages, hello for the first time! I am the Online Content and Community Coordinator at WWF-Canada, and this week I’m celebrating...
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