Yearly Archives: 2016

Activists Tell The Empress, Fur Needs To Go

National Anti-Fur Day 2016

Every year, activists across Canada hold demonstrations in communities from Haliax and Montreal to Vancouver and Victoria for National Anti-Fur Day, a day dedicated to opposing the violence and exploitation of animals in trapped in the wild and who are farmed for their fur. National Anti-Fur day has been taking …

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Vancouver Aquarium Uncovered Stirs Controversy, Screens Tonight at UVic

vancouver aquarium uncovered

When Gary Charbonneau went to the 2014 Vancouver Park Board Public Hearing on Whales in Captivity, something didn’t sit right with him.  “I was concerned with the lack of information the aquarium presented, including questionable statements so I decided to investigate.” This became the impetus for Charbonneau’s second film, Vancouver …

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Oak Bay Council and Staff Divided, Confused by Deer Management Strategy

Oak Bay Deer Cull

The exchanges between council and staff during the Monday Jan 25th, Oak Bay council meeting surrounding what to do with the deer in the municipality were divided, communicated confusion at end goals, and disinterest with wading into another un-researched project to kill more deer residents. Prior to conversation on the …

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