An anti-Jumbo Glacier Resort rally is planned for tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 4) at the Mineral King Mine area as concrete trucks are slated to head into the upper Jumbo Valley as part of initial construction work on the ski resort.

Wildsight and the West Kootenay Eco Society have both officially requested a stop work order on any construction until all of the commitments have been satisfied.

“Fifteen concrete trucks are headed up to the Jumbo Valley this Saturday. After 24 years of opposition, with less than 10 days until their Environmental Certificate expires, Glacier Resorts is planning to begin construction on the foundation for a day lodge,” states an invitation to join the rally, issued by Wildsight.

“Many of the commitments made by Glacier Resorts to receive their Environmental Certificate have not been satisfied, including studies to protect grizzly bears and studies to show there is enough groundwater. (Read more here). The Jumbo Glacier Resort would threaten the Purcell grizzly bear population and would violate Qat’muk, the sacred home of the grizzly bear spirit for the Ktunaxa. It is unbelievable that our government is allowing construction to start before the Environmental Certificate conditions have all been satisfied,” Wildsight’s and Jumbo Wild’s Robyn Duncan noted in the invitation.

The rally is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., Saturday, at the Jumbo-Toby Creek confluence at Mineral King Mine, 18 km from Panorama and 36 km from Invermere.

Duncan noted at the bottom of the invitation that “Wildsight is not advocating civil disobedience – this will be a peaceful rally.”

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