A 3 min video from Pacific Wild and Damien Gillis, featuring NHL Hall of Fame goaltender Mike Richter sharing his once-in-a-lifetime experience in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest – threatened by…
Heavy metals and sulfuric acid, otherwise known as battery acid, or acid mine drainage, are toxic for wild salmon. That should be obvious, but after Bill C-38 – the federal…
The increased tanker traffic from the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline to Kitimat, Kinder Morgan’s planned expansion of the Trans Mountain line to Burnaby, and a proposal to ship jet…
Captain Paul Watson describes the political and legal limbo in which he finds himself in Germany, as Costa Rica continues to push for his extradition to face charges stemming from…
Renowned BC-based whale expert Dr. Paul Spong reports on Day 1 of the 65th annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, taking place this week in Panama. “This morning, the ambition…
Despite widespread public concern and opposition, and the lack of a social license being granted by the residents of the Comox Valley and Port Alberni, the EA process continues to…
Sandra Hoffman, Ph.D, and economist Erik Andersen expose BC Hydro’s planned $30 Billion spending binge on new capital, without the market-based evidence to support it. “BC Hydro has a well-documented…
In the face of enormous public outcry, agriculture Minister Don McRae quietly withdrew his Bill 37 that would have made disease reporting in animals an offence punishable by two years…
Since being hired 13 years ago as a Research Scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), I have been fortunate to conduct research on such magnificent creatures as killer whales,…
Since my last piece, “The Myth of BC Liberal ‘Neutrality’ on Enbridge”,issues have been unfolding rapidly on a number of fronts. The NDP has established a “legal team” that should…
Check out this new cartoon from Gerry Hummel. Last week, BC Premier Christy Clark attacked Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair for raising the economic downside of becoming a petro-state –…
“With respect to northern gateway, let me say our government is pro pipeline,” says the Premier of British Columbia. Christy Clark made this claims in question period last week. She…
A large part of the beauty and international appeal of British Columbia’s West Coast can be found in the natural environment of Howe Sound. Over the past 20 years, Howe…
Dear Premier Clark, Your government has not spoken out for or against the Northern Gateway pipeline proposed by Enbridge Inc., rather preferring to wait until the National Energy Review Board…
The so-called “radicals” are really “conservatives” while those in government and industry favouring the pipeline are the “radicals”. Those attempting to halt the pipeline and slow development of the tar…
Civilizations are like corporations. At some point in their evolutionary rise as innovative and unique organizations, they fail to adapt to changing circumstances and drift into fatal vulnerability…The corporate world…
“The answer,” wrote Bob Dylan in his iconic ’60s anti-war song, “is blowin’ in the wind.” So the vicious winds that ravaged coastal BC on the morning of March 12th…
Listen to this interview by Sean Holman of documentary filmmaker Damien Gillis on his recent trip to Northeastern BC to learn about some of the effects of the unconventional gas…
This past week 625 Canadian scientists onto signed a letter calling for the Harper Government to cease its plans to remove habitat protections from the Fisheries Act. The changes were…
World Water Day (March 22nd) is a good time to consider this: Canada has nearly 10% of the world’s supply of fresh water. How lucky are we? But what is…
