When: Thursday, August 19 at 1:00 p.m. PDT

What: A webinar hosted by the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform.  CAAR has analyzed the draft regulations and is preparing formal comment. CAAR members Catherine Stewart and David Lane, along with lawyer Karen Wristen, will walk through the draft, highlighting CAAR’s concerns and recommendations. To be followed by a Q and A and discussion period where we can learn from each other and share insights, analysis and ideas.

To register for this webinar, please reply to david@salmonsupporters.org and login details will be sent to you.

The Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River is planning a series of public forums in communities along the Fraser River and the sockeye’s migratory route, where members of the public can make brief presentations to the Commissioner. The commission will begin evidentiary hearings on October 25, 2010, and has requested and been granted an extension from the Governor General in Council to submit its interim report, now due by October 29, 2010.

Public Forums

The commission will hold a series of public forums to provide an opportunity for community members to share information with the commission they believe to be relevant to the mandate of the commission. Members of the public wishing to present at a public forum must apply through the commission’s website at www.cohencommission.ca.

Forums are scheduled for:

• Lillooet (August 18)
• Campbell River (August 25)
• Steveston/Richmond (September 13)
• Victoria (September 16)
• New Westminster (September 20)
• Prince George (September 23)
• Chilliwack (September 29)
• Kamloops (October 21)

Evidentiary Hearings

Evidentiary hearings will begin Monday, October 25 through mid- December. Hearings may continue in the new year if required. These hearings are open to the public and will be held at the Federal Court at 701 West Georgia Street, 8th floor.

For more information see the Cohen Commission's website www.cohencommission.ca.

Alexandra Morton and Salmon Are Sacred are organizing an epic coastal walk and rally. Bringing communities together in a spring migration to remember.

Folks will be walking in from the coast and the interior of BC to merge as one in Victoria!

See the website www.salmonaresacred.org for more details.

Note that the following itinerary is subject to change. See the above website for the latest information.

• 22nd April - Broughton Archipelago/Alert Bay/Sointula
• 23rd April - Port Hardy/Port McNeill
• 24th April - Nimpkish Lake
• 25th April - Zeballos Junction
• 26th April - Woss
• 27th April - Sayward
• 28th April - Quadra Island
• 29th April - Campbell River/Courtenay/Comox
• 30th April - Big Qualicum River/Parksville
• 1st May - Port Alberni
• 2nd May - Nanaimo
• 3rd May - Ladysmith/Saltspring Island
• 4th May - Saltspring Island
• 5th May - Duncan
• 6th May - Bamberton
• 7th May - Sidney/Saanich
• 8th May - Victoria
• 9th May - Victoria

Rivers at Risk: Saving Bute Inlet from General Electric. Find out what you can do to save Bute Inlet and hundreds of BC's rivers from poorly planned, environmentally destructive power projects and why we need to produce clean power the right way.

• Victoria, March 30, 2010, 7:00-9:00pm, Social Sciences & Math Building, Room A120, UVIC
• Vancouver, April 6, 2010, 7:00-9:00pm, Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street

For more information, see the event poster links above. These meetings are sponsored by Wilderness Committee, Sierra Club BC, Watershed Watch, BC Creek Protection Society, and Friends of Bute Inlet.

Everyone is invited to an evening of music, poetry, dance and speakers to honour wild salmon and to raise awareness about wild salmon. Salmon Talks Lillooet and the St'at'imc Unity Riders present: Wild Salmon Cafe.

• Saturday, March 20, 2010
• Lillooet Friendship Centre, 357 Main Street, Lillooet, BC
• 5:30pm Wild Salmon & Indian Tacos dinner by donation
• 7:00-11:00pm Entertainers and presenters
• See the link above for more information