10/1 Diversity Friday, National Reconciliation Day, Tracy Stone-Manning, BC LNG, Coextinction, cry for help, week in review

 

Aloha National Diversity Friday!
National Diversity Day is "a day to celebrate and embrace who we are, despite our differences, no matter what race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, or disability. A day to reflect on and learn about different cultures and ideologies. A day to vow acceptance and tolerance. A day to consciously address these areas at educational and religious institutions, as well as in the workplace and at home."

Vancouverites come together for National Reconciliation Day
On a day of heavy rain and overcast skies, thousands of orange ribbons in the garden of the Vancouver Art Gallery, each representing a child who died at residential schools across the country, glowed like small, bright flames.The event was one of hundreds held across Canada on a day set aside for the first time this year as a federal statutory holiday. Denise Ryan reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Senate confirms Tracy Stone-Manning as Bureau of Land Management director in party-line vote
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Tracy Stone-Manning to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management in a party-line vote, amid intense opposition from Republicans over her involvement three decades ago with environmental activists who sabotaged an Idaho timber sale. Joshua Partlow reports. (Washington Post)

Coastal GasLink: Two arrested as protests erupt again at B.C. site
An RCMP spokeswoman said two people have been arrested in the past week at the site near Houston, B.C., and Coastal GasLink staff have been unable to work there since Sept. 20. (Canadian Press)

Orcas Are in Trouble. Do Documentaries Help?
VIFF’s ‘Coextinction’ has the courage of its convictions, but it struggles to find hope. Dorothy Woodend reports. (The Tyee)

Opinion: A cry for help


David Horsey writes: "The warming of the seas has raised acidity levels, seriously harmed coral reefs, disrupted the aquatic food chain and made the oceans less hospitable for all the creatures that live in the watery world..." (Seattle Times)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 10/1/21: Model T, whale hunt, Skagit dams, bag ban, low oxygen, chinook recovery, NW Power Plan, Delta LNG, Fairy Cr protest, boatyard toxins, BC electrification, bird protection, Reconciliation Day

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  251 AM PDT Fri Oct 1 2021   
TODAY  NW wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 8 ft  at 11 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 7 ft  at 11 seconds. 
SAT  S wind to 10 kt becoming SE in the afternoon. Wind waves  1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of rain in the  afternoon. 
SAT NIGHT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming W after midnight. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 8 ft at 14 seconds. 
SUN  NW wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 8 ft  at 13 seconds.

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