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WHAT IS GATEWAY?

The Gateway Project is the most environmentally threatening highway mega-project in British Columbia's history. It WILL affect our region's air quality and hasten global climate change. And it WON'T reduce traffic congestion.

Check out the MAP of the proposed Highway Expansion, and find out more about Gateway HERE.

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There ARE solutions

Smart cities are now recognizing errors of the past, cancelling highway-building plans, and simply tearing freeways down...These include Milwaukee, Seoul, Toronto, Bogata, Chenzhen, and even Los Angeles.

The Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives' report Transportation Transformation shows how shifting investment from freeways to transit, electric rail and other efficient modes could rapidly reduce carbon emissions and make our communities more livable.

A few must-read articles

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Mother Earth Day events and actions

As news breaks of plans to industrialize 600 acres of farmland in Delta for Gateway, here is a rundown of Mother Earth Day events and actions on Sunday April 22:

11 am: Earth Day Parade on Commercial Drive
Starts at Broadway Skytrain Station
http://earthdayparade.ca/

2 pm: Pilgrimage to Burns Bog
Starts at Planet Ice - 10388 Nordel Court, Delta
http://pilgrimage2burnsbog.org/

5 pm - 9 pm: Stop Pacific Trails Pipeline Dinner and Presentation
706 Clark (at E Georgia), cost: $5-$50 sliding scale
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/events/10429

7:30 pm: Climate Crimes OR Real Solutions?
Vancouver Public Library Downtown - 350 West Georgia Street
http://occupyvancouver.com/hot_topics.php#24

UPDATED:
...and on Tuesday May 1, Camp Christy: Say No to Tankers! will stage an All Night-Early Morning May Day Dance Party to ramp up the pressure on our spineless sell-out government. People all across BC say No to oil tankers and pipelines - No to oil slicks and blowouts. YES to wild salmon and whales! Join us at the BC Legislature at **1 am** Tuesday May 1 (Monday night) for live dancing, chanting, and drumming until dawn! THEN the second shift starts at 7 am with a full-on decentralized NOISE PARTY just in time to greet the MLAs, staff, and press as they arrive for work.
http://www.facebook.com/events/205319869580230/

Liberate Earth Day! System Change Not Climate Change!

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Tuesday March 13: SFPR in Court!

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1. SFPR in Court: The Burns Bog Conservation Society is taking the Federal government of Canada to court over the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR)'s harmful effects to Burns Bog. From their website: "Join us 9:30 am Tuesday, March 13, 701 West Georgia, Vancouver BC, Federal Court House. We are taking the Federal government of Canada to court on the grounds that they have broken the Conservation Covenant which states that no harm should come to the protected areas of Burns Bog. Find out what teeth the Burns Bog Covenant really has in protecting Burns Bog." More info: http://www.burnsbog.org/

2. Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism: Join the Delta/Richmond chapter of The Council of Canadians for an afternoon with Yves Engler, author of "Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism" and Eric Doherty transportation consultant and activist for better transit. When: Sun. Mar. 25, 2-4 pm. Where: Ladner Pioneer Library, 4683 51 Street, Delta. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/350466581661376/

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1. No Jet Fuel on the Fraser! VAPOR (Vancouver Airport Pipeline Opposition for Richmond) is holding a rally outside the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation's "open house" promoting the "Vancouver Airport Fuel Delivery Project", a proposal to build a jet fuel pipeline, tanker terminal, and tank farm in Richmond. Sat. Jan. 28, 10am-2pm, East Richmond Community Hall, 12360 Cambie Road, Richmond. More info @ http://www.vaporbc.com

2. Stop Vancouver Airport Expansion - Trains not Planes! Well, here we go again? Another Gateway megaproject, $1.8 billion for airport expansion. This is about the same cost as the South Fraser Perimeter Road, and is even more of a climate crime. More info @ http://www.livableregion.ca/blog/blogs/index.php/2012/01/26/stop_vancouv...

3. Transit delays and fare hikes drive tar sands expansion: On Wednesday, BC transportation minister Blair Lekstrom once again announced the Evergreen SkyTrain line to Coquitlam and the Tri-Cities area. The numerous delays to the Evergreen Line stand in marked contrast to the rapidly progressing work on the massive new Cape Horn freeway interchange connecting to the Tri-Cities. Effectively, the B.C. government has spent $3.1 billion to convince people to drive instead of riding the $1.4 billion Evergreen Line. More info @ http://www.straight.com/article-593651/vancouver/eric-doherty-transit-de...

4. Stop Signs: Cars & Capitalism: Join the Delta/Richmond Council of Canadians for an afternoon with Yves Engler, author of "Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism: On the road to economic, social and ecological decay". Sun. Mar. 25, 2-5pm, Ladner Library, 4683 51 Street, Delta. Learn more about the book @ http://stopsigns.fairtrademedia.com/

5. International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Pelter: International support has been requested for wrongfully convicted Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has been imprisoned since 1976. The rally is on Feb. 4 at 12 noon outside the US Consulate, 1095 West Pender, Vancouver (meet at Portal Park, corner of Thurlow and W. Hastings) *changed from original location of Vancouver Art Gallery* More info @ http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/04FebSolidarity.htm

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WHAT IS GATEWAY?

There ARE solutions

A few must-read articles

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Mother Earth Day events and actions

Tuesday March 13: SFPR in Court!

Upcoming events

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