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Category Archives: Causes
Victoria International (Mega-Yacht) Marina Update
1. Thanks to all of the people who Rallied to Save our Harbour http://www.savevictoriaharbour.com/ 2. Yes, the Canadian Environment Assessment Agency decided to release the Environmental Screening Report to coincide with the Victoria Floating Boat Show… http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/details-eng.cfm?evaluation=36286 …and it’s not positive news. Too bad it doesn’t include the impacts on humans!!! Transport Canada hasn’t announced [...]
Victoria Salmon Kings Eco Night
Ocean River Sports is proud to participate in the second annual Victoria Salmon Kings Eco Night March 13, 2010. For the second year in a row, TLC and the Salmon Kings hockey team are partnered up to celebrate a night promoting ecological awareness. The Salmon Kings and TLC hope to educate the Capital Region and [...]
Save Victoria’s Harbour
It has been one year since Paddlers rallied together to appose the proposed Mega Yacht Marina in Victoria, BC’s inner harbour. Despite the developer not having the necessary approval from government and the ongoing opposition from local paddlers and the community at large, the promoter and the Alberta based developer are moving ahead. Ten Thousand [...]
Hayley Shepard – Albatross in Antarctica
Hayley Shepard, a New Zealand paddler currently living on Vancouver Island, is attempting to be the first person to solo paddle around South Georgia Island, a Sub-Antartic Island well known for its remote, rugged beauty and rich abundant wildlife. She is attempting this trip in order to raise awareness for the Wandering Albatross, the largest of the Albatross species who is facing a great threat to their numbers.
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Help Stelly’s Build a School
Now that you have new clothes for Christmas, bring in your old sweaters and jackets to Ocean River to help support Stelly’s Global Perspective students when they travel down to the Sacred Valley in Peru this March. They will be building a kindergarten in a small mountain community and installing clean burning stoves into individual [...]
Mo’s for Movember
Ocean River Sports has decided to join a global movement that is bringing much needed attention to prostate cancer. We’re doing this by growing Moustache’s this Movember, the month formerly known as November. Our commitment is to all grow a moustache all November to change the face of men’s health and we want you to [...]
Paddling the Yukon River Quest – for Woodwynn Farms.