get involved

The proposed coalbed methane development could forever change the landscape and lifestyle of the Bulkley Valley. If you are concerned, please read on to learn how you can make your voice heard.

DAY OF ACTION: Contact the Cabinet!

Cabinet will soon make a decision on the Telkwa tenure. However, they are getting their information through the Ministry of Energy and Mines, which means they're not likely getting the full story. We need to give it to them.

We are urging everyone to write to the cabinet ministers who are members of the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources and Economy.

John Les
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Phone: 250 356-7717
Fax: 250 356-8270
PO Box 9053 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC V8W 9E2
sg.minister@gov.bc.ca

Michael de Jong
Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
Phone: 250 953-4844
Fax: 250 953-4856
Room 310
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
mike.dejong.mla@leg.bc.ca

Pat Bell
Minister of Agriculture and Lands
Phone: 250 387-1023
Fax: 250 387-1522
PO Box 9043 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC V8W 9E2
pat.bell@gov.bc.ca

Rich Coleman
Minister of Forests
Phone: 250 387-6240
Fax: 250 387-1040
PO Box 9049 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC V8W 9E2
rich.coleman.mla@leg.bc.ca

Richard Neufeld
Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
Phone: 250 387-5896
Fax: 250 356-2965
PO Box 9060 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC V8W 9E2
empr.minister@gov.bc.ca

Barry Penner
Minister of Environment
Phone: 250 387-1187
Fax: 250 387-1356
PO Box 9047 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC V8W 9E2
env.minister@gov.bc.ca

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Other actions:

Complete our survey

We are working to collect the opinions of Bulkley Valley residents on the coalbed methane issue.

Click here to fill out our online survey

Want to read some of the comments from other folks who have filled out the survey? Check out our new comments page.

Write a letter, make a phone call

Write or email today (a typed letter mailed or faxed is best). Let them know you do not want the tenure to be granted. Follow it up with a phone call. Here is the contact info:

To the B.C. government

Hon. Richard Neufeld
Minister of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources
PO Box 9060
STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC V8W 9E2
Phone: (250) 387-5896
Call for free using Enquiry BC: 1 (800) 663-7867

To the company, Outrider Energy

Burns Cheadle
President, Outrider Energy Ltd.
302, 205-9th Avenue S.E.
Calgary, AB T2G 0R3

Phone : (403) 232-0264 X21
Fax: (403) 232-1196
E-mail: burns@outridernrg.com

To the company's major investor, Arc Financial Corporation

ARC Financial Corporation
4300, 400 - 3rd Avenue S.W. (Canterra Tower)
Calgary, Alberta T2P 4H2
Telephone: (403) 292-0680
Fax: (403) 292-0693

To your local government

Village of Telkwa (Sharon Hartwell, Mayor)
Box 220 Telkwa B.C., V0J 2X0
Phone: (250) 846-5212; Fax: (250) 846-9572
info@telkwa.com
Click here for list of Telkwa councilors

Town of Smithers (Jim Davidson, Mayor)
Box 879, Smithers, BC Canada V0J 2N0
Phone: (250) 847-1600; Fax: (250) 847-1601
general@town.smithers.bc.ca

Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, Rural Area A (Jeremy Penninga, representative)
PO Box 820, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J-1E0
inquiries@rdbn.bc.ca
Phone: (250) 692-3195
Toll free: 1-800-320-3339

Dennis MacKay, MLA
PO Box 895, Smithers, BC, V0J 2N0
Tel: (250) 877-4500
Fax: (250) 877-4505
Toll Free: (866) 877-4500
dennis.mackay.mla@leg.bc.ca

To the media

The Calgary Herald
letters@theherald.canwest.com

The Smithers Interior News
editor@interior-news.com

Collect signatures from ten friends

Download our coalbed methane survey, print it out, and get your friends and family to sign it. When it's full, mail it to us at PO Box 667, Telkwa, BC, V0J 2X0.

Download print version of CBM survey

Write a letter to the editor

The letters page is the most read page of most newspapers. Email your letter to the editor of the Smithers Interior News. Don't forget to include your name, phone number, and home town at the end of the letter (only your name will be published). Remember, shorter is better! Try to keep it under 200 words.