Watershed Sentinel, BC’s scrappy environmental magazine, is a past and very grateful recipient of financial assistance through the Canada Magazine Fund, and the now defunct Publications Assistance Program. Last year…
For years, various Cassandras have tried alerting the world to the true nature, purpose and “legacy” of the Olympic Games – yet their warnings have fallen on deaf ears, muted…
It’s happening again. Research confirms agreement among most climate scientists that we are altering the Earth’s climate, mainly by burning fossil fuels. And industrial interests, backed by climate change deniers,…
Despite over 9,500 public submissions to the Joint Review Panel for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline – with a resounding 96% opposed – John Carruthers, the company president in…
Rafe on Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer’s “pussycat approach” to BC Hydro’s multi-billion dollar budget woes and ensuing skyrocketing rates for consumers: “The Campbell/Clark government has forced BC Hydro into making…
Rafe on Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer’s “pussycat approach” to BC Hydro’s multi-billion dollar debt and skyrocketing bills for consumers: “The Campbell/Clark government has forced BC Hydro into making deals with…
Are You a Multi-Issue Extremist? If you read this site regularly, and subscribe to the claims and advice of Rafe Mair, you probably are. Because the 81 year-old Mair is…
The federal government recently announced a reorganization of the National Research Council to make it more “business-led” and industry-focused. It appears we’re coming full circle to the early 1970s, when…
The federal government recently announced a reorganization of the National Research Council to make it more “business-led” and industry-focused. It appears we’re coming full circle to the early 1970s, when…
Premier Clark has already designated the power from proposed Site C Dam for energy intensive Liquefied Natural Gas – and it is here we descend into the world of madness.…
Ok, John Horgan (BC NDP Energy critic), now I’m pissed off. You were quoted in the Vancouver Sun this week as saying you’re unhappy that the NDP lost, etc, weep,…
Watch this presentation by Caleb Behn, a young, First Nations lawyer-in-the-making from Treaty 8 territory in northeast BC – one of the most heavily industrialized places on earth. The subject…
Future Tense is the title of one of Gwynne Dyer’s many best-selling books. His expertise has been war, with detailed analyses of the politics, psychology and circumstances that bring humanity…
Here are three things to remember about Premier Clark and the Enbridge pipeline: 1. She did not reject the pipeline – she simply said that Enbridge had not met BC’s…
What makes a city great? Among other things, great cities are tolerant communities that welcome and celebrate ethnic diversity. They support and foster local arts, have access to venture capital…
As my friend wrote following the NDP’s surprise election loss 3 weeks ago, for the next four years, there will be: NO public inquiry into the BC Rail and BC…
I think most environmentalists are still in a state of shock over the Liberals’ victory – or more correctly, the NDP loss…A battle has been lost, although considering Adrian Dix’s…
What people must not lose sight of, is that electric vehicle technology is in its infancy. What the Tesla Motors story shows us, is that there are power structures in…
BC Premier Christy Clark’s decision today to oppose formally the Northern Gateway Pipeline, coupled with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s shift in focus to the Keystone XL project, means Enbridge’s pipeline…
Two surprising, important and connected events took place in British Columbia in May, 2013. On Tuesday, May 14, the province’s citizens elected a majority Liberal government. Five days earlier, on…
