News Articles

The following links contain an archive of the numerous articles, letters, and press releases that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, and listserves. Please browse through them to learn more about the issues that surround Cathedral Grove.

October 29, 2004. Steven Heywood, Parksville Qualicum News. Barisoff vows change in the Grove by 2005.

July 24, 2004. Jennifer Maloney, Parksville Qualicum News. Protester falls from tree.

July 24, 2004. Sandra McCulloch, Times Colonist. Sky-high protest stalls Cathedral Grove plans for parking.

July 16, 2004. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island Press Release. Minister Barisoff Visits Cathedral Grove.

July 15, 2004. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island Press Release. WCWC and Minister Meet to Discuss Safety and Future of Cathedral Grove.

July 12, 2004. Richard Boyce. Briefing the Minister.

June 18, 2004. Steven Heywood, Parksville Qualicum News. Grove on meeting agenda in Victoria.

June 8, 2004. Steven Heywood, Parksville Qualicum News. Cathedral Grove peace shaky as protestors wait for government's next move.

June 2, 2004. Times Colonist Editorial. Park the legal bulldozer.

June 1, 2004. Parksville-Qualicum News. Grove protestors welcome.

May 31, 2004. Friends of Cathedral Grove. Judge rules in favour of the public of British Columbia. Denies Province request for injunction.

April 1, 2004. Richard Dean letter to the Times Colonist. Cathedral Grove turns will be dangerous.

March 30, 2004. Parksville Qualicum News by Steven Heywood. Premier twice ducks protesters.


March 25, 2004. Letter to the Editor by John Bower of Bellingham, Washington.

March 24, 2004. Carmanah Forestry Society Press Release. Second Local Government Supports Open Disclosure of Cathedral Grove Plan to their Community.

March 24, 2004. Parksville Qualicum News. Ready to join B.C. boycott.

March 16, 2004. Parksville Qualicum News by Peter Rothermel. Dismantling of parks isn't going to stop.

March 15, 2004. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island Press Release. Nanaimo Supreme Court Adjourns Cathedral Grove Injunction Application until Thursday.

March 8, 2004. Carmanh Forestry Society. MLA's letters on Grove questioned.

March 4, 2004. Richard Boyce. Latest News from the Grove.

March 4, 2004. WCWC Mid Island Press Release. BC Government Sends Regrets & BC Parks Bails from Cathedral Grove Public Meeting.

February 27, 2004. Angelika Hanko. Letter to the Editor.

February 18, 2004. Carmanah Forestry Society. 10 days...no logging...no injunction.

February 17, 2004. Carmanah Forestry Society. Press Release- Information Picket at the Legislative Buildings in Victoria.

February 16, 2004. Carmanah Forestry Society. Press Release….Rebuttle to Trumper’s facts on Cathedral Grove. **Trumper's press release is linked below.

February 16, 2004. Gillian Trumper, MLA - Alberni-Qualicum. Press Release - accusing enviro's of "selling out" for foreign money.

February 16, 2004. Syd Haskell, CFS. Cathedral Grove faces chainsaws and bulldozers...arrests almost certain.

February 13, 2004. Judith Lavoie- Times Colonist. Cathedral Grove activists threatened with injunction for blocking loggers.

February 12, 2004. Judith Lavoie - Times Colonist. Minister insists parking lot will be built.

February 11, 2004. CH News. Protests underway at Catherdral Grove.

February 11, 2004. Phil Carson. Cathedral Grove Protection Action.

February 10, 2004. CBC Online News. Cathedral Grove fight heating up.

February1, 2004. Angelika Hanko (Germany). Personal letter to Bill Barisoff, Minister of WLAP.

January 28, 2004. Syd Haskell, President of the Carmanah Forestry Society. Letter to the editor in response to Gillian Trumper.

January 26, 2004. Syd Haskell. Forest Minister DeJong incites hatred? Published by Smithers Interior News

January 23, 2004. Brooke Watson, Victoria. Killing our power to heal.

January 23, 2004. C. A. O'Leary, Parksville. Gov't needs to stay the course.

January 23, 2004. Gillian Trumper, MLA Alberni-Qualicum. One million visitors to the Grove need to park somewhere.

January 21, 2004. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island Chapter. Open letter sent to Bill Zinovich Recreation Officer (Project Manager for proposed Cathedral Grove parking lot), Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection. Revised Plans for Cathedral Grove Parking Lot Proposal.

January 21, 2004. Gillian Trumper, Alberni-Qualicum MLA Report. Parking lot a local safety issue.

January 20, 2004. Parksville-Qualicum News. Close the Grove, spend the money elsewhere.

January 20, 2004. Richard Boyce, Errington BC. Parksville-Qualicum News.Will new parking lot be safe for anyone?

January 20, 2004. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island Chapter. Cathedral Grove Tour Results in calls for a Public Review.

January 12, 2004. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island Chapter. Cathedral Grove Parking lot Tour Sunday, 1:00 pm.

January 2, 2004. Karen Wonders, Victoria. Forestry - where our history is clearcut.

2004 (?). Wild Isle Online Magazine. World Famous Cathedral Grove Trees Threatened by Proposed Location of Parking Lot.

December 8, 2003. Mark Hume. Globe and Mail, Page A3. Battle lines drawn over traffic-stopping trees; At Cathedral Grove, B.C. tries to balance safety for tourists against what's best for ancient stand of firs and cedars.

December (?), 2003. Steven Heywood. Parksville Qualicum News. If you build it, they will complain.

November/December 3002 Issue. Read an article on the BC Westcoast on-line Magazine website regarding Cathedral Grove.

October, 2003. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island Chapter. Letter sent to The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection. Re: Cathedral Grove and Weyerhaeuser.

2003. Alice Antonelli, Bowser. Parksville Qualicum News. Grove's old growth survives tourism.

December 18, 200l. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island. Qualicum Beach Press Release. 12 Giant Oldgrowth Trees Blown Down in Cathedral Grove Already This Fall - While Damage From this Week’s Winter Storm Awaits Assessment When Weather Conditions Permit.

October 31, 2001. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Mid-Island. Expansion of World-Famous MacMillan Park in Cathedral Grove Gaining Support from International, National and Local Communities.

 




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