Feb 18

H2Oil A documentary about the Alberta tarsands

Victoria PremiereHost: OPEN CINEMAType: Music/Arts – OpeningDate: Wednesday, February 24, 2010Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Victoria Event CentreStreet: 1415 Broad Street Upstairs (elevator access) Doors at 5.30pmCity/Town: Victoria, BC Is water more important than oil? H2Oil follows a voyage of discovery, heartbreak and politicization in the stories of those attempting to defend water in Alberta against […]

Feb 17

Next Monthly Board Meeting

Board Meeting: Wed. Feb. 17, 2010, 7-9 pm BCGEU Building, 2994 Douglas St. All members of the Council of Canadians are welcome. If you are not a board member, and you wish to attend, and/or if you have items you would like to have added to the agenda, please contact us at least a week […]

Feb 04

Documentary Film: Tapped

Tapped – a documentary about bottled waterVictoria PremiereHost:OPEN CINEMADate:Wednesday, March 10, 2010Time:7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation:Victoria Event CentreStreet:1415 Broad Street Upstairs (elevator access) Doors at 5.30pmCity/Town:Victoria, BCFrom the producers of ‘Who Killed the Electric Car’, this timely documentary reveals the unregulated world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought […]

Jan 30

CRD Public Meeting on Victoria Sewage Treatment

There will be a PUBLIC meeting re sewage treatment in the CRD on Thursday February 25 from 4:00 – 6:45 pm at 625 Fisgard (CRD Headquarters – 6th floor). You will need to pre-register to speak at this meeting. (Once the details on registering become available we will let you know.) Please plan on attending […]

Jan 29

CRD Sewage Treatment Open House #2

Thursday, 11 Feb, 3p-8pCRD OPEN HOUSE – Public or P3 or hybrid?Attend an open house for info, discussion & questions about “procurement” of CRD sewage treatment. (public, P3 or hybrid?) Tell them that you want sewage treatment to be managed & operated on a “not-for-profit” basis, and that sewage treatment should be delivered as a […]

CRD Sewage Treatment Open House

Wednesday, 10 Feb, 3p-8pCRD OPEN HOUSE – Public or P3 or hybrid?Attend an open house for info, discussion & questions about “procurement” of CRD sewage treatment. (public, P3 or hybrid?) Tell them that you want sewage treatment to be managed & operated on a “not-for-profit” basis, and that sewage treatment should be delivered as a […]

CRD Sewage Treatment Open House

Wednesday, 10 Feb, 3p-8pCRD OPEN HOUSE – Public or P3 or hybrid?Attend an open house for info, discussion & questions about “procurement” of CRD sewage treatment. (public, P3 or hybrid?) Tell them that you want sewage treatment to be managed & operated on a “not-for-profit” basis, and that sewage treatment should be delivered as a […]

Victoria Sewage Treatment Brainstorming Session

We need your ideas! At the CoC Brainstorming Session on Jan. 27 it was decided to focus on the public option for regional sewage treatment. This means that we will urge the CRD to vote for sewage treatment to be built, financed and operated as a public utility.The CRD will vote on March 10. If […]

Jan 12

Water Watch Speaker: Tony Clarke on tar sands

Monday, February 1, 2010, 7 – 9 pmTony Clarke, Author and CoC activist“Tar Sands Showdown: Canada and the New Politics of Oil in the Age of Climate Change”First Metropolitan Church, 932 Balmoral Rd.Cost: $10.00 Registration: earthliteracies@shaw.ca with paypal access, phone 250-220-4601 or 250-380-9786 http://www.livinglanguageinstitute.org/Make cheques payable to Living Language Institute Foundation, PO Box 224, Saanichton, […]