June 9, 2012: Citizens opposed to Bill C-38 pause for a moment outside of Conservative MP Joyce Bateman’s Winnipeg South Centre office before continuing to distribute literature in the constituency.…
Plains Midstream Canada, wow, what an ironic name given their midstream oil leak on the plains of Alberta. I hope Plains Midschool Canada, or Plains Midlake Canada don’t operate in…
This is Update #4 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill… Gord and Bonnie Johnston have abandoned their 23-hectare rural property after it was soaked with oil last week, following…
This is Update #3 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill… With support from the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group and Red Deer County, Plains Midstream Canada continues to communicate with…
This is Update #2 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill… Plains Midstream Canada has shut down 10 kilometres of the Rangeland Pipeline System. Plains Midstream Canada says, “The release…
Trying to protect endangered species is simply the wrong approach to protecting wildlife. What we do is allow open season on development/destruction of wildlife habitat unless it contains endangered species.…
This is Update #1 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill… Tracey McCrimmon, executive director of the Sundre Petroleum Operators Group, a community group that works with the industry, said…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Erika Shaker points out how Quebec’s student protests are a natural and justified reaction to the policy choice to saddle young workers with…
Earlier this week, the NDP and other Federal opposition parties released the findings of their Canada-wide public consultations on Stephen Harper’s Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-38. Yesterday, the parties submitted…
Here's the second part of my freewheeling interview with environmental artist and activist Franke James. We discuss the pro-active philosophy that guides her visual essays, including her most recent essay…
Here’s the second part of my freewheeling interview with environmental artist and activist Franke James. We discuss the pro-active philosophy that guides her visual essays, including her most recent essay…
Here’s the second part of my freewheeling interview with environmental artist and activist Franke James. We discuss the pro-active philosophy that guides her visual essays, including her most recent essay…
Plains Midstream Canada is involved in another oil spill in the province of Alberta. Plains Midstream Canada is the same company that saw a 28,000-barrel leak last year from the…
… And I always reply: no, you are wrong. I’m not at all anti-conservative. I am anti-Harper and the Harper cabal. These are two different things. And now it looks…
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Michael Harris neatly sums up the Harper Cons’ legacy: In many ways, the Harper legacy will come down to this: how much can…
You can sum up any current financial news in to a few categories. You’ll either find yourself reading about: A solution proposed by those responsible for the problem that when…
It would be great if we could get some in-depth reporting on the issues surrounding the Alberta tar/bitumen sands from the Canadian media (from some place other than the completely…
It would be great if we could get some in-depth reporting on the issues surrounding the Alberta tar/bitumen sands from the Canadian media (from some place other than the completely…
It would be great if we could get some in-depth reporting on the issues surrounding the Alberta tar/bitumen sands from the Canadian media (from some place other than the completely…
Toronto has joined other cities around the world that has banned plastic bags. San Francisco banned plastic bags earlier in the year, and we mustn’t forget that a small town…
