MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2008

BC groups to report on “learning tour” of the Alberta tar sands

Edmonton – A group of activists from British Columbia concerned with Gordon Campbell’s proposal for an energy corridor carrying tar sands oil to West Coast ports have just completed a “learning tour” of the Alberta tar sands. Representatives from the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Council of Canadians, Greenpeace, Check Your Head, the Institute for Citizen Journalism and the Western Canada Wilderness Committee learned about the environmental impacts of tar sand expansion by hearing the firsthand experiences of communities living around the tar sands.

The groups will be reporting on their tour at a press conference on March 20.

WHO:

Charlie Latimer is the Volunteer Coordinator for Greenpeace Canada in British Columbia.

Kevin Milsip is the Executive Director of Check Your Head, an organization that encourages youth to understand and take action for social, economic and environmental justice.

Carleen Pickard is the regional organizer for British Columbia and the Yukon at the Council of Canadians, Canada’s largest citizens’ advocacy organization.

Blair Redlin is a researcher and senior project manager for the Canadian Union of Public Employees in British Columbia.

Andrea Reimer is the Executive Director of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Canada's largest membership-based conservation organization.

Roberto Wohlgemuth is a director and co-founder of the Vancouver-based Institute for Citizen Journalism.

WHEN: 

March 20, 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:

United Nurses Alberta
Park Plaza Building, 9th floor (board room) 10611 98th Avenue 
EDMONTON, ON

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For more information, please contact Carleen Pickard: (604) 340-2455; .