Many thanks for the
years of support from KWP members!
A letter from Scott &Pat Sorenson
on the Kipawa
Hello friends of the Kipawa. I just received some great
news from the government of Quebec Opemica Park representatives. Tabaret will no
longer be excluded from the Park. Hydro Quebec has given up on any plans for
Tabaret and the entire area is now part of the park. The Kipawa now has
protection at least from Hydro Quebec. The final public hearings for the
proposed park are to be held in the town of Temiskaming June 9-10. I will be in
attendance. Our property has also been excluded from the park so now I feel good
about lending support for Opemica. A heavy burden has been lifted from my
shoulders. Pat and I will be forever grateful to Les Amis and particularly to
Doug Skeggs, Peter Karwacki and Jim Coffee / Esprit for so many years of
unwavering support and sacrifice on behalf of the river we love and our home on
the Kipawa. I feel like we have fought the good fight and perhaps lost a battle
or two, but have won the war. Thank you my dear friends and paddling partners.
Please share this happy news with Les Amis and the paddling communtiy. Hope to
see everyone at the Rally. If you want to have a look at the final proposal go
to this link http://www.mddep.gouv.qc...s/opemican/index-en.htm
Regards to all,
Scott and Pat
Read About: Money and The Kipawa River, Whitewater Ontario,Les amis de la rivière Kipawa,The Proposed Tabaret River diversion project, Northern Ontario Liquid Adventurers,Canadian Rivers Network The viewpoints and opinions expressed here are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Whitewater Ontario or Les Amis de la Riviere Kipawa. Those groups did not vet these comments and would not likely endorse the views expressed here or the manner in which they have been expressed.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Depape Strikes Again
Its amazing what you can do with a little cardboard sign.
I really admire the cahonas this young woman is toting around.
taken from CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/04/23/calgary-rogue-page-depape.html
Senate page fired for anti-Harper protest
The former Senate page who was famously fired for interrupting a throne speech with a "Stop Harper" sign brought her signature protest move to the Alberta election today.
Brigette DePape held up a "Stop Harper's Gang" sign as Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith left a polling station with her husband David Moretta in High River, Alberta.
DePape stood outside the Highwood Memorial Centre wearing a page costume with white gloves
Smith, who seemed unfazed by the demonstration, quipped that her party must be doing well if the opposition was importing protesters from Ottawa. She also joked that she would be voting strategically.
DePape said she was there on her own to speak for young people, and that Wildrose policies are even more extreme than those of the Harper government.
DePape was dubbed the rogue page after she walked onto the Senate floor last June to protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Her silent protest took place during Gov. Gen. David Johnston's afternoon speech.
Senate pages are hired for one to two years to work in the upper chamber, providing basic support to the senators during sittings and in committee meetings, which generally means fetching water, photocopying documents and passing messages.
Pages tend to be politically engaged, but DePape's protest was unprecedented.
