Shades of Green – Don’t worry, Be Happy
"Don't worry, be happy" is the refuge of the deceived and the oblivious, the attitude that people assume when they fail to recognize the reality of their situation. "Trust us,"…
Common Sense Journalism
Farmed Salmon Confidential (Part 1): ISA and the Cohen Commission
Part 1 of a 2-part series - watch for Part 2 this ThursdayThis past year, the Norwegian-controlled salmon farming industry spent $1.5 million on a glitzy advertising campaign in BC,…
Campbell/Clark Government Goes After Wolves
The Campbell/Clark government has done it again. Now wolves will be wiped out in BC because, it's alleged (by ranchers), that their cattle are being slaughtered by wolves. Ranchers are…
What "Fracking" is About
Until a couple of months ago I had never heard of "fracking". I now understand why. And I should have known. Governments, by long standing habit, don't like smarty pants…
Reflections on BC Day
It’s August 1 – British Columbia Day. This being a relatively new holiday, we have not really come up with a tradition such as we have on Thanksgiving and Christian…
Shades of Green: Parenting in an Uncertain Age
When Elijah was four years old, he wanted to dress as a polar bear for Halloween trick-or-treating so his mother, Sandra, sewed him a costume from an old white bed…
Why the BC Liberal Government Doesn’t Value Your Life
There are many instances I've come across in the past number of years which suggest to me the Campbell/Clark Government places no real value on the lives of its citizens…
Are They Ganging up on the People and Environment?
Just before I get down to business, I know that all environmentalists will be saddened that a former member of the group, Patrick Moore, allegedly got stiffed by a client…
Latest DFO Scientist Muzzling Part of Bigger Pattern Ignored by Media
The revelation by the Sun and the Province that a scientist in DFO, Dr. Kristi Miller, has been muzzled by the DFO and the Privy Council (which supports the Prime…
Shades of Green: Industrialization
Sometimes the magnitude of the environmental challenges facing us today seems overwhelming. So we traditionally examine the larger problem in fragmented details. We isolate one part of a huge complexity…
Campbell/Clark Libs Have No Credibility – HST Promises Meaningless
I commented here last week upon Premier Clark’s silence on all the great issues she faces and questioned what her policies will be. I expect no answer because she wants…
Oceans in Peril: Radical Action Needed to Avert 90% Sepcies Extinction
The oceans of Planet Earth currently contain about a quarter million species of marine organisms, which together constitute the Marine Food Pyramid and the Marine Food Web. If we do…
Oceans in Peril: Radical Action Needed to Avert 90% Species Extinction
The oceans of Planet Earth currently contain about a quarter million species of marine organisms, which together constitute the Marine Food Pyramid and the Marine Food Web. If we do…
A Thoroughly Uncivilized Highway: Paving Ancient Burial Sites Just one of SFPR’s Many Insults
An aboriginal-led lawsuit is the latest potential roadblock for the highly controversial South Fraser Perimeter Road - an 80 km four-lane truck highway from Deltaport to Surrey in the early…
Christy Clark’s Silence on the Big Questions
I worry a lot when politicians are talking – usually double or even triple talk. Did I do that when I was in government?…Well it takes one to know one.…
Mainstream Media Blind to Real Environmental Issues
Why is it that the mainstream media ignore the down and dirty part of the environment? Yes, they do stuff on global warming and it’s good that they do but…
Shades of Green: ISA – A Ticking Time Bomb
The Infectious Salmon Anemia virus (ISAv) is a ticking time bomb that could explode under BC's salmon farming industry and their open net-pens. If this industry has imported such a…
Video: Musgamagw Unite in Response to Marine Harvest Breach
It's the latest chapter in a long and increasingly heated battle between BC's coastal First Nations and the Norwegian salmon farmers that operate in their waters. The Musgamagw-Tsawataineuk peoples of…
Salmon Farm Apologist’s "Shoddy Science" Outed by DFO Colleague’s Memo
"Blockbuster” hardly describes an internal DFO memo unearthed by Don Staniford, the doughty fighter against Atlantic Salmon fish farmers, which battle has included a lawsuit by the shameless bastards.The 2003…