A storage pond in northeast BC containing fracking fluids (Image: Two Island Films) Republished with permission from desmog.ca Although city officials from Dawson’s Creek won’t disclose the names of the…
The headlines today are quite amusing: Liberal fundraising slides to ‘scary’ numbers, says party official – MSN.ca‘Scary’ Fundraising Numbers Show Stall In Trudeau’s Momentum – HuffPoLiberal fundraising momentum stalls –…
photo: Tina Lovgreen / BCIT Commons Read this July 29 editorial by renowned BC political commentator Keith Baldrey in the Burnaby Now on the fairytale that is Christy Clark’s LNG…
Roam Mobility is hitting Big Telecom where it hurts, offering packages for Canadians who want to travel to the U.S. without paying exorbitant roaming rates. Want to turn the screws…
Are you wondering what you can do to help prevent Internet Slow Lanes? Well, thanks to our friends at Mozilla, there are plenty of ways to help save Net Neutrality.…
As far as the US military is concerned, the F-35 has broken the bank. With the American people on the hook for what is estimated to be up to 1.5-trillion…
Very pleasant reading today courtesy of Edward Keenan in the Toronto Star. Here’s an excerpt:“Is he shameless, or ignorant? Those seem to be the options. If he knows what he…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I am delighted to report that there were 60, 538 visits to Cowichan Conversations in July. That is a record and follows a trend of steadily increasing…
Kinder Morgan Canada President Ian Anderson at a Vancouver Board of Trade talk (photo: Kinder Morgan) Read this July 29 story by Jennifer Moreau in the Burnaby Now on Kinder…
Beluga whales in captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium Read this August 1 story from CBC.ca on the Vancouver Parks Board decision allowing the Aquarium to keep cetaceans in captivity, with…
I had a mysterious $150 charge on my credit card from June. I called Visa and asked what it pertained to. They said they’d flag it and that they’d be…
While the cost of the Israeli invasion of Gaza is almost incalculable in turns of human suffering and loss of life, there is another casualty in all of this, one…
Wonderful news! Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Act struck down in step towards ending discrimination | Amnesty International “Uganda’s Constitutional Court today ruled that the Act was “null and void” as not enough…
Your news links for today: CRTC accuses Rogers of ‘unjust discrimination’ against new entrants in domestic roaming, bans future exclusivity agreements – Mobile Syrup CRTC seeks to ban exclusivity clauses…
Assorted content to end your week. – Colleen Flood writes that our health care system is more similar to the U.S.’ than we’d like to admit – and that many…
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A Neolithic site in the Orkney Islands shows our ancestors had sophisticated building skills more than 5,000 years ago. According to a story in The Scotsman, A groundbreaking excavation of…
http://www.netnewsledger.com/ On the environment, Stephen Harper’s record is appalling. Rick Smith summarizes the damage he has done: The Fisheries Act no longer protects most fish. The Navigable Waters Protection Act…
