It was a cool rainy day in Victoria, British Columbia yesterday, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from coming out to the B.C. Legislature to show both the provincial…
I have an oped in Saturday’s Vancouver Sun. The editor wanted me to focus on the claims of economic gains for BC, so the piece ended up being a complementary…
“If you can find money to kill people, you can find money to help people.” ~Tony Benn (Former UK MP)
Hundreds, if not thousands, of Canadians are going to be gathering in Victoria, B.C. today to take a stand against the Northern Gateway Pipeline that Enbridge, and our current federal…
Tomorrow is the day that the largest tar sands protest in Canadian history is to take place, in Victoria, British Columbia, to defend our coast from the dangers of Enbridge’s…
Maybe Steve Harper should stop taking orders from his Beijing mandarins long enough to listen to the Dalai Lama. Speaking at MIT, the Dalai Lama warned that every nation will…
Okay, maybe we don’t need to worry about zombies but we should certainly consider future food shortages, not to mention the pesticide-laced food and genetically modified food (GMO) we are…
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe *
This is fun, whether or not you are Canadian:
Friday, October 12, 2012 A recently announced agreement between the Province of British Columbia and the Gitanyow Nation is of deep significance not only for the people, the land, and…
From October 9 – 16, the Nobel Women’s Initiative is visiting Canada’s oil sands to get women’s perspectives on the impacts of this huge oil extraction project to the local…
Two of my favourite Bills talk climate change, along with the Republicans at the table. It is, as 350.org posted, a seriously awesome “smack-down” – climate science and reality versus…
Why not? With a warming climate, this might be an opportunity for daring and hard working northern entrepreneurs! This guy, from Norman Wells, NWT, grows a potato crop alongside an…
Today CCPA’s Climate Justice Project released a new report by yours truly, BC’s Legislated Greenhouse Gas Targets vs Natural Gas Development: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. It was…
It’s TED talk Tuesday on 350orbust. Here’s Winona LaDuke, whom I had the good fortune to meet recently, speaking about our broken food system from a First Nations perspective: *…
Here in Canada it’s Thanksgiving Monday, when we Canucks consume turkey (or tofurkey, depending on preference), mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie a month earlier than our southern neighbours, although they…
Makes you think; this video features a hero pig who rescues a goat whose foot gets stuck underwater.
I had the good fortune this week to be in the audience during Dr. David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin’s Eco Tour stop in Winnipeg, part of a cross-country book tour.…
