Letters to the editor
Protecting the Sacred
Vicki Marston, Victoria
Volume 28 Issue 7, 8 & 9 | Posted: September 18, 2014
The Editor:
I have some wonderful news: people of Victoria joined First Nations and the keepers of the Athabasca Tar-Sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray. In solidarity, we met at the water’s edge in front of the Delta Ocean Pointe Hotel for our walk through Victoria’s downtown on June 28th.
There was two stops during the walk: 1) at the front steps of the Legislature and Thunderbird Park, next to the Royal B.C. Museum (Luke and John carved with other native artists in the longhouse); and 2) at the First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Street (off Quadra St.) at 3:30 pm.
We heard guest speakers talk about the tar-sands impact on First Nations, climate change, and resource development in B.C.
The Editor:
I have some wonderful news: people of Victoria joined First Nations and the keepers of the Athabasca Tar-Sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray. In solidarity, we met at the water’s edge in front of the Delta Ocean Pointe Hotel for our walk through Victoria’s downtown on June 28th.
There was two stops during the walk: 1) at the front steps of the Legislature and Thunderbird Park, next to the Royal B.C. Museum (Luke and John carved with other native artists in the longhouse); and 2) at the First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Street (off Quadra St.) at 3:30 pm.
We heard guest speakers talk about the tar-sands impact on First Nations, climate change, and resource development in B.C.
Did you know that the tar-sands cover an area of land the size of England, divided up and leased to the world’s biggest oil companies. The surface area that must be destroyed to get at the bitumen is called “overburden” by industry, but we call it the Boreal Forest.
Vicki Marston, Victoria