By Ralph Shaw, Comox Valley Record, February 03, 2012

Baynes Sound is a huge sea garden area that has produced food for Comox Valley residents for thousands of years. The picture with this column features natural produce from the waters of the sound and land-based agriculture from our garden which is on the uplands above the sound.

Pamela Suzanne Smyth, Oceanside Star, January 26, 2012

Hundreds showed up at the Buckley Bay ferry terminal Saturday to protest Compliance Energy's proposed Raven Underground Coal Project.

The mine site involves 3,100 hectares near Fanny Bay and Union Bay with coal trucked through Oceanside to Port Alberni for export to Asia.

"It's in a very important watershed and Cowie Creek empties into Baynes Sound where the shellfish and other fisheries will be affected," said Fanny Bay resident Jaye Castleden, one of several Coal Watch founders. "That's a sustainable industry that employs over 500, whereas the mine would only be here for 16 years, provide temporary employment to some and leave a legacy we don't need.

View images by Rena Rogers and Andrew Fyson on Flickr.

News Release, Water Dragon Alliance, January 22, 2012

Over 400 people showed up in Buckley Bay on Saturday, in support of a festive outdoor anti-coal rally called, "Solidarity -Not Compliance!"

An entourage of almost 100 islanders accompanied a twenty foot-long Chinese New Year's dragon off the Denman ferry at 1:00 pm. Cheered on by folks attending from as far away as Vancouver, Victoria, Port Alberni and Campbell River, the dragon was greeted at the nearby rally site by musicians, and a giant raven bearing a placard that read, "Ravens opposed to Coal!"

Peggy Zimmerman, Coalmox Valley Record, January 24, 2012

Dear editor,

Recently, Trilogy Group president/CEO Mr. John Evans is quoted as saying, “British Columbia and indeed the Comox Valley are very well received as I speak with people literally around the world. There is a recognition and an acknowledgement of the attractiveness of this region.”

Hanno Böck, Klimaretter.info (Berlin), 22 Januar 2012

Auf der kanadischen Vancouver Island nahe der Gemeinde Comox protestierten gestern mehrere hundert Menschen gegen Kohlebergbau. Der Konzern Compliance Energy plant die Erschließung der Kohlemine Raven innerhalb der nächsten Jahre.

By Neil Horner, Parksville Qualicum Beach News, January 21, 2012

Opponents of a proposed coal mine in the Fanny Bay area converged on a parking lot across from the Buckley Bay ferry terminal Saturday to make their concerns known.

The event, dubbed Solidarity, not Compliance, was organized by the Comox Valley-based Water Dragon Alliance and drew about 400 protesters, at least 100 of whom arrived on the ferry from Denman Island.

Jet FM, January 21, 2012

Drivers sounded their horns as they passed a festive gathering at Buckley Bay on Saturday afternoon.

Around 200 people came out to demonstrate against the Raven coal mine, which is proposed for Fanny Bay.

By Briony Penn, Focus Magazine, December 2011

A massive increase in the winter herring fishery threatens recovering stocks and resident orca.

By Ralph Shaw, Comox Valley Record, January 12, 2012

For purposes of this column the approximate length of Baynes Sound is about 30km from Goose Spit to the Chrome Island light at the south end of Denman Island. Throughout its length it is one huge marine garden that produces oysters, clams and scallops for local, national and international markets.

Campbell Connor, Comox Valley Echo, January 06, 2012

A letter in your paper raises certain points which demand a response.

This writer is responding to a letter that a Fanny Bay resident submitted stating that a coal mine 5 km above Baynes Sound is an insane idea.

Oceanside Star, January 05, 2012

Groups opposed to a coal mine have formed the Peaceful Direct Action Coalition to educate the public on peaceful direct action.

Stacey Gaiga, Comox Valley Echo, December 30, 2011

As a salmon farming biologist, it's obvious Terry Neilsen couldn't care less what implications any job that sacrifices innocent lives has on the human condition, for a paycheque.

John Snyder, Comox Valley Record & Alberni Valley Times, December 08, 2011

Dear editor,

With the environmental assessment of the Raven Coal Mine Project about to enter the application stage, it’s important to note that the residents of the Comox Valley and Port Alberni have not granted “the social licence” for this massive coal mine project.

Kassandra Dycke, Comox Valley Record, November 2, 2011

Dear editor,

Speaking in defence of the BC Liberal​ government’s weak assessment process for the proposed coal mine in Comox Valley, MLA Don McRae has overlooked some key points.

CHEK TV, November 1 2011

Brennan Clarke, Globe and Mail, Oct. 30, 2011

Victoria - For more than two decades, Rob Saunders grew his shellfish larvae in ordinary seawater drawn from the pristine natural environment of Baynes Sound, one of the most productive shellfish farming areas on B.C.’s West Coast.

News Release, BC NDP, October 24, 2011

NDP environment critic Rob Fleming Saturday urged MLA Don McRae to defend local shellfish jobs and finally speak out about the proposal for a massive underground coalmine in Comox Valley.

Peaceful Direct Action Coalition Joint Statement
Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada

By Jane E. Burton, InFocus Magazine, August, 2011

Oyster farmers seek environmental solutions to protect their children and an industry they love

Greg and Hollie Wood have seen a lot of changes in their 17 years working in the oyster industry in Baynes Sound. What started as summer jobs for both has turned into a partnership and business built on a common love for the industry, and the environment and region that sustains it.

Contributed, Parksville Qualicum Beach News, August 09, 2011

At around 12 noon on Saturday, August 6, a boatload of anglers were amazed to see a pod of Orca whales near their vessel.

According to Bobbie Baldwin of Bowser, the group were sport fishing on their own boat — C.E.O. of Nothing — in Lambert Channel, between Denman and Hornby islands, when they spotted the pod.

Tamara Cunningham, Comox Valley Echo, June 07, 2011

Frustration and fear over the proposed Raven Coal Mine boiled over at a public meeting, Friday.

Over 400 people attended the final public meeting at Union Bay Community Hall last week to voice concerns about the controversial coalmine.