ISLANDS BULLETIN NO. 15 April 21, 2005 To All Islands People; INTERESTING FACT: Some people have never stood up for something they believe in. TEAM HOME FRIDAY The Negotiating Team will be home Friday, April 22 and they will be attending the Benefit dinner to give an update on their discussions with the Province. Also speaking at the dinner will be MP Nathan Cullen and Gary Coons who is running for the NDP in the Provincial election. Come out and support your neighbours. The Italian dinner and loonie toonie auction is a family event and the dance will go until 2 am. See posters for details. SPARKS Don’t forget that Thursday, that’s tonight, singer songwriter Ryan Bresser will be performing at the Honna Line with Roy Yalte at 7:30 pm. They will be at the Yakoun Line on Saturday, 1:00 pm. Come down to the Lines and enjoy some time with your neighbours and listen to some great music. OFF-ISLAND SUPPORT There have been many demonstrations of support for Islands Spirit Rising over this past month. They have come in letters, phone calls, emails and public demonstrations. The issues that we have brought up through this action have resonated widely and touched many people in similar situations throughout North American and into Europe and South America. Today, people came out in Seattle and Toronto, Winnipeg and New York to express their support for this cause. And at the annual meeting of stockholders in Seattle, in a unprecedented move Weyerhaeuser changed their meeting format from an open-mike question and answer period to a process of written questions that would be controlled by the Chair and CEO Stephen Rogel. We assume this change in format was imposed to avoid difficult questions about Weyerhaeuser’s track record with communities and First Nations. In the QCI Observer today, there is a story of a coalition sending a letter of support to Premier Campbell. We thank the signers for their support. They are: BC Coalition for Sustainable Forest Solutions, BC Government and Service Employees’, BC Carpenters Union, BC Horseloggers Association, BC Watershed Stewardship Alliance, Blewett Conservation Society, Bonaparte Indian Band, Bulkley Valley Communities Coalition, Canadian Eco-Lumber Co-op, Canadian Parks and Wilderness - BC Chapter, Canadian Reforestation Environmental Workers Society, Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society, Council of Canadians - Vancouver & Victoria Chapters, David Suzuki Foundation, Dogwood Initiative, East Kootenay Environmental Society, Ecoforestry Institute, Ecotrust Canada, Elaho Trail Society, ForestEthics, Forest Protection Allies, Fraser Headwaters Alliance, Granby Wilderness Society, Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade, International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 400, International Network of Forests and Communities, Irving Fox, Professor Emeritus Community and Regional Planning, Kamloops People’s Voice Coalition, Kootenay Conference for Forestry Alternatives, Labour Environmental Alliance Society, Michael, M’Gonigle, POLIS, Eco-research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy, University of Victoria, Neighbours of the Little Qualicum River, Okanagan Similkameen Parks Society, Penticton Indian Band, Public Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, Pulp, Paper & Woodworkers of Canada, Reach for Unbleached, Roberts Creek Forest Resources Board, Shuswap Environmental Action Society, Sierra Club of Canada - BC Chapter, Silva Forest Foundation, Skwelkwek’welt Protection Centre, Sunshine Coast Forest Watch, T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Valhalla Wilderness Society, West Coast Environmental Law Association, Yalokom Ecological Society, Youbou TimberLess Society. See letter here. VOLUNTEER SIGN UP INFORMATION Yakoun Line coordinator - May Russ: 1-250-626-5252 or toll free 1-888-638-7778 or home 626-5037. Honna Line coordinator - Melinda Pick 559-8834 or melinda_pick@hotmail.com or cblake@haidagwaii.net To sign up for the Honna Line call Nika and Danny at 559-8133 and leave a message if the machine comes on.