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April 12, 2017 Comments are Disabled

Exclusive Premiere: The Unofficial Trial of Alexandra Morton City of New Westminster, Juggernaut Pictures and the National Canadian Film Day are happy to premiere Scott Renyard’s latest documentary. New Westminster B.C. April 10, 2017, Juggernaut Pictures is hosting an exclusive premiere screening of Scott Renyard’s latest documentary, The Unofficial Trial of Alexandra Morton. On Wednesday, April 19th at The City of New Westminster’s Anvil Center’s theatre join us for a conversation with Alexandra Morton and […]

Poster for The Unofficial Trial of Alexandra Morton poster featuring Morton looking over the ocean and the image serves as front cover of the DVD jacket

Juggernaut Pictures is excited to announce two screenings on the National Canadian Film Day on April 19th.

March 28, 2017 Comments are Disabled

We are happy to announce to you that Juggernaut Pictures will be screening two films on the National Canadian Film Day taking place on Wednesday, April 19th. Join us in New Westminster at the Anvil theatre for an exclusive premiere of Scott Renyard’s latest documentary “The Unofficial Trial of Alexandra Morton”. There will be a special appearance by Alexandra Morton and questions and answer period with Scott Renyard after the film. Doors open at 6 […]

Photo of a sockeye salmon spawning in shallow water

Good news from Ecojustice

January 3, 2017 Comments are Disabled

Thank you Ecojustice and all your supporters for all your work. Christmas has come early for B.C.’s wild salmon. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and aquaculture giant Marine Harvest have finally dropped their appeal of our precedent-setting Federal Court victory, which held that the government cannot offload its regulatory duties to that same aquaculture companies it is supposed to regulate.

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Earth’s Magnetic Fields Could Track Ocean Heat, NASA Study Proposes

December 12, 2016 Comments are Disabled

Yesterday’s Nasa article talks about how new technology may help us better adapt to our changing climate. “As Earth warms, much of the extra heat is stored in the planet’s ocean – but monitoring the magnitude of that heat content is a difficult task. A surprising feature of the tides could help, however. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are developing a new way to use satellite observations of magnetic fields […]

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New design ideas for aquaculture are full of holes!

December 1, 2016 Comments are Disabled

Straight out of Norway several new designs are being pitched in the aquaculture industry. The newest is an “egg-shaped design for salmon that would hold 1,00 metric tons of fish” and is the third in design concepts submitted for developmental licences. With other forerunners qualifying for over $ 79 million in investment, it is clear that the industry is investing deeply to maximise their profits. The material question is are these designs incorporating best practices that […]

A screen grab from the Tyee featuring the article entitled "Fish Farms illegal, say Morton, First Nation Chiefs"

A Humpback whale’s death and illegal Fish farms.

November 19, 2016 Comments are Disabled

A News 1130 article quotes Alexandra Morton’s thoughts on the humpback whale who was found dead, she reminds us of the many dangers associated with the aquaculture industry along the coast. Update: Alexandra and the three Dzawada’enuxw hereditary leaders have put more pressure on Norway’s Marine Harvest to move out or onto land. Here is a follow-up article from The Tyee about Alexandra’s visit to a fish farm in the Dzawada’enuxw territory where a cleansing ceremony was […]

A photo of a Yaxi Hu, a PhD student that has developed a method of detecting food contaminants

Are you getting what you pay for when you buy fish at your local market or restaurant?

November 17, 2016 Comments are Disabled

The CBC is reporting that PhD student Yaxi Hu is being awarded the Mitacs Award for developing a test to detect food fraud. This is great news for customers looking to support local wild varieties of fish and avoid toxic farmed fish. For more on the story check out: “In a world full of food fraud, the paprika-dusted wild salmon you ordered off the menu might not be exactly what ends up on your plate, a […]