The Common Sense Canadian: LNG shocker: Squamish rejects pipeline builder’s drilling permit

Squamish council rejects Fortis BC application for test drilling (Instagram/ Dan Prisk) In a surprising show of municipal political power – even in a region that has demonstrated strong misgivings regarding proposed LNG development – Squamish council has rejected Fortis BC’s controversial permit application for test drilling in a Wildlife Management

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The Common Sense Canadian: Harper govt backing away from pipeline support?

MP James Moore (right) being interviewed by CBC’s Chris Hall (Photo: James Moore/Twitter) Read this eye-opening Dec. 11 story from Chris Hall at CBC.ca regarding comments from BC MP and Industry Minister James Moore during a recent interview, which appeared to distance his Conservative government from the embattled pipeline industry. Industry Minister James Moore

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The Common Sense Canadian: Rafe: Critics of Burnaby Mountain citizens are out of touch with public will for change

84 year-old retried librarian Barbara Grant getting arrested at Burnaby Mountain (Burnaby Mountain Updates/facebook) I’m inspired, if that’s the right word, from two quite irreconcilable sources. First, the Vancouver Sun editorial of last Thursday, and secondly a wonderful movie called Revolution, by Canadian Rob Stewart, which I urge you to

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The Common Sense Canadian: BREAKING: Kinder Morgan work trucks roll up Burnaby Mountain

Kinder Morgan contractors delivering construction materials to Burnaby Mountain (Salix O’Connell/facebook) Kinder Morgan contractors began rolling work trucks with construction equipment up Burnaby Mountain at approximately 10 PM on Thursday. Photographs shared on a citizen-led facebook page show trucks, trailers, fencing, and other materials and workers at the site of

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