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How valuable is farmland? Site C, a proposal by BC Hydro to build a third dam on the Peace River will flood over 8000 acres of prime farm land with capabilities found nowhere else in Canada. This unique valley has a micro climate that could provide food security for this region and beyond. Canada is losing farm acres every year. According to ...

BC Women’s Institute is opposed to the construction of any further hydro-electric dams such as the proposed Site C on the Peace River.  Even though the resolution regarding Site C was adopted by the membership in 2008, it is still an on-going concern for the following reasons: human health, environmental impact and loss of valuable farm land. Power should be produced ...

  How to Look at Minimizing Our Impact on the Environment In a Different Way     RE-PURPOSING - Can re-purposing  become a habit? Here are some ways you may want to try: fabric softener sheets - use them to gently clean the lint from the dryer screen, remove pet hairs from upholstery & clothing, sew to fabric applique pieces and turn to hide all the raw edges, ...

                  On November 4, 2011 British Columbia Women's Institute submitted the following comments to Brian Murphy, Project Assessment Director, BC Environment Assessment Office, and to Linda Jones, Manager, Canadian Environmental Assessment Office. RE: Site C Clean Energy Project 11-05-63919 The British Columbia Women's Institute submits its concerns regarding the construction of the mega project "Site C Clean Energy Project 11-05-63919".  You Public Comment ...

The Scents of Summer My garden was recently in our local library’s yearly Garden Tour and  one of the plants I have in my garden that I thought would get the most attention, did.  It is a very unusual plant but it’s most appealing habit is its scent.  Summer always evokes in me the memories of scents, newly cut grass, the sweet smell ...