Dropping explosives into the ocean to scare whales away from balls of floating dilbit is just just one element of Trans Mountain’s “world class” response to oil-spills outta ships carrying…
If you’re interested in politics, two things probably caught your attention yesterday. (1) Important by-elections took place – two in Alberta, and two in Ontario. (2) Rob Ford got out…
Upcoming, a series of cross-application experiments. Drawings began in one app, unfinished for various reasons and left to linger in the photo app. Mostly begun in Paper, or Sketches, and…
With the June 12, 2014 Ontario provincial election now in the rear-view mirror, two of Ontario’s four major political parties have been going through a fair amount of public soul…
Watch this video from last week’s “BC LNG: Cold Gas, Hot Air” presentation and discussion in Squamish – where the proposed Woodfibre project is currently in a public comment period.…
BC Liberals are reluctant spenders when it comes to improving public schools. However, they’re not reluctant to put money into the pockets of natural gas producers. The amounts are in…
Chief Roger Williams (left) at the the Supreme Court of Canada (Photo: Pei-Ju Wang) The Tsilhqot’in First Nation’s Roger Williams case victory settles the question once and for all: there…
New York’s highest state court ruled today that local governments have the legal authority to use zoning to bar oil and gas drilling, fracking and other heavy industrial sites within…
Turfpro Investments Inc. v. Heinrichs, 2014 ONCA 502: A guarantor will be released from liability where the creditor and the principal debtor agree to a material alteration of the loan…
Justice Minister Peter MacKay, Supreme Court of Canada, First Nations and the rest of the politics news which made the headlines in Canada this past week. The post Peter McKay…
Subscribe to our free e-newsletter HERE. This piece was originally published in The Tyee and is republished here with the author’s permission. The Conservative government’s decision to approve the Northern…
It was nice while it lasted. The last two months in Toronto’s municipal election featured policy announcements, reasonable debate, and even a few bold ideas. However, these two months have…
In a case that faced three courts and spanned more than two decades, the Tsilhqot’in First Nation of British Columbia’s interior won an unprecedented Supreme Court of Canada decision last…
The catastrophic explosion in Lac-Mégantic of a shale oil train brought the product’s volatility to the fore Read this June 24 story from the Wall Street Journal on the volatility…
Guaranteed $20K income for all Canadians endorsed by academics Advocates enjoy resurgence of plan to ease poverty The Canadian Press Posted: Jun 30, 2014 9:53 AM ET Last Updated: Jun…
The Facebook experiments are actually very clever. The content stream is the presentation of everyone else’s material to an individual user. So, in my content stream, I get stuff from…
More and more studies seem to be coming out that all conclude that keeping your mind active can be helpful to all sorts of health issues. Speaking more than one…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Benjamin Shingler reports on the push for a basic annual income in Canada. And Christopher Blattman notes that cash serves as a valuable…
