environment
Canada, twisted by the distorted beliefs of neoconservative prairie reformers, rid itself of Stephen Harper
Don Maroc Monday night most of the world went to bed seeing Canada with an arrogantly evil smirk on its formerly amiable face. By the next morning all they could…
A Refrigerator That Doesn’t Need Energy
Refrigerators are a massive drain on our power grids because our modern world needs them to function. Without refrigeration our food networks wouldn’t be viable nor would we be able…
Welcome Back To Canada- The Sun Is Shining Brighter!
It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. This post should write itself. I should be able to rest my fingers on the keyboard and have them automatically write of the…
Trudeau Man, I, Ahh… I Don’t Know
Canadians were so eager to get rid of Stephen Harper, they forgot they weren’t served very well by a mainstream party holding a majority on power the last 4 years.…
Trudeau Man, I, Ahh… I Don’t Know
Canadians were so eager to get rid of Stephen Harper, they forgot they weren’t served very well by a mainstream party holding a majority on power the last 4 years.…
Vote! Get involved, vote, speak, write, raise your voice – and get Harper out
Whether you volunteer, write, canvass, talk to friends and family, or in some other way engage in, and promote, democracy in Canada, please do be involved. Vote, encourage others to…
Vote! Get involved, vote, speak, write, raise your voice – and get Harper out
Whether you volunteer, write, canvass, talk to friends and family, or in some other way engage in, and promote, democracy in Canada, please do be involved. Vote, encourage others to…
Enviro Leaders: Vote NDP in These Five Island Ridings
The only realistic option for shutting out Harper,’ say Greenpeace, Clayoquot activists. By Valerie Langer, Tzeporah Berman and Naomi Devine. Originally Posted in ‘The Tyee.ca’ Slashing protections for Canada’s fish…
This Year’s Federal Election Is One Of The Most Important We Have Ever Faced In This Country.
Rob Douglas Tomorrow is the big day my friends! This year’s federal election is one of the most important we have ever faced in this country. We have a chance…
What Is Your Strategy for Voting This Monday?
Georgia Collins Will you vote with your heart? My heart yearns for a transformation of this entire electoral process. I want to see greater collaboration in government, more women represented,…
On expert opinions
Following up on this week’s column, let’s highlight exactly how the NDP compares to its major national competitors, the Libs and Cons, in the eyes of the experts and civil…
Going Off-Grid
Off-grid, self-reliant living is a rapidly growing phenomenon and popular movement – so popular that there is now a cable TV show devoted to it, called something like, Off-Grid House…
A call to the drowning
I would love to celebrate the beauty of jazz, of blues, of classical music, and of this world, and life, and I do; but I must also relate to the…
Six Ways That the Greens Are Canada’s Most Progressive Party
In the midst of a campaign dominated by horse races and attack ads, by fear and scandal and appeals to our basest political instincts, it is easy to forget that…
Trudeau’s Endorsement of Harper’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal Insulting
Justin Trudeau blindly endorses the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, and then attacks Stephen Harper for failing to be transparent “especially in regards to what Canada is conceding”. The post Trudeau’s…
Malahat member Randy Daniels explained his people have been “left in the dark” about the proposed LNG facility in their midst.
Longtime Cowichan News Leader reporter Peter Rusland now reports for the South Cowichan Echo and has contributed this report to Cowichan Conversations. Peter Rusland By Peter W. Rusland Fears of…
Solar and Wind Continue to Succeed, Coal Keeps Failing
Coal continues its downward trend to obsolescence thanks to the rise of installed solar and wind capacity. In many places around the world coal is more expensive than renewable energy…
"Radical" environmentalists proven correct
In 2009, the Wilderness Committee issued a press release. Gwen Barlee and Joe Foy were prescient: “Requiring BC Hydro to purchase power that it doesn’t need is an idiotic decision…
Conservatives in Canada swing further to the far right – the other two major parties are little better
The Conservative party of Canada is clearly playing into fear, xenophobia and racism as a way to win votes, as its “War on Terror” narrative, its racial baiting and its…