Photo: Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre facebook page The apparent breach of a tailings pond connected Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley Mine, near Likely, BC, has led to an emergency…
David Suzuki and rocker Neil Young will be teaming up again for the “Blue Dot” tour (Photo: davidsuzuki.org) A now-famous 1972 photo of Earth taken by Apollo 17 astronauts from…
Here’s the transcript of former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s keynote speech to the Broadbent Institute’s first annual Progress Summit, held March 28-30 in Ottawa. The post Transcript: Julia Gillard…
Israel kills 40 Palestinians immediately following the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza, and the capture of an Israeli soldier, reports Democracy Now! The post Democracy Now!: Gaza Ceasefire Collapses,…
The Common Sense Canadian’s Damien Gillis discusses the BC Liberal government’s real fiscal track record with CFAX radio’s Ian Jessop in Victoria. The two contrast a history of serious cost-overruns…
The New Democratic Youth of Canada rejects party leaders’ uncritical support of Israel’s ongoing war crimes in Gaza, demands that Israel “be held accountable for its actions.” The post NDP…
A storage pond in northeast BC containing fracking fluids (Image: Two Island Films) Republished with permission from desmog.ca Although city officials from Dawson’s Creek won’t disclose the names of the…
In a strongly worded letter, Lower Nicola Indian Band Chief Aaron L. Sam blasts Stephen Harper for pushing Kinder Morgan’s $5.4-billion oil pipeline, ignoring climate change. The post Harper blasted…
Artist’s rendering of proposed Kitimat LNG project By The Canadian Press U.S. energy firm Apache Corp. says it’s exiting the Kitimat, B.C., LNG project, which it had been developing with…
The location of one of KSM’s three proposed open pit mines (Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska) The $5.3 billion proposed Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) mine, which received BC government approval yesterday, boasts one of…
Citizens line the Sea to Sky Highway to protest Woodfibre LNG (My Sea to Sky) Two city councils in Howe Sound now officially oppose plans for liquefied natural gas terminals…
“A slaughter of innocents,” Henry Siegman, an American Jewish leader and leading Voice of U.S. Jewry, says of Israel’s ongoing war crimes in Gaza. The post American Jewish Leader Henry…
The Peace River Valley is one of Canada’s most fertile regions (Damien Gillis) Keeping the Peace Valley’s farmland and ecosystems intact would be worth $7.9 billion to $8.6 billion a…
A new study from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says Canada’s provincial and territorial jails are holding thousands of legally innocent people. The post Canada’s overcrowded jails full of legally…
In open letter, 690 academics, community leaders decry the “callous devaluation of Palestinian life” by the Canadian government and federal party leaders, urge condemnation of the continuing violation of international…
Ex-BC Green Leader Jane Sterk (left) and Premier Christy Clark on the 2013 campaign trail (Facebook) In BC, conflating environmentalism and politics is a mainstay. Is it possible to restore…
Grassy Narrows First Nation member protests suspected mercury poisoning in 2013 (Kevin Konnyu / Flickr) By The Canadian Press TORONTO – A northern Ontario First Nation says it has obtained…
A victory for Canadian democracy as Germany rejects the Harper Conservatives’ reviled multi-billion dollar Canada-EU free trade deal. The post Germany to reject Conservatives’ Canada-EU free trade deal appeared first…
The Council of Canadians this week continued its support of the international human right to water by delivering convoy of water to Detroit city residents. The post Human Rights: Council…
Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists condemns Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his recent dictatorship-style attack on Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. The post Global legal group condemns…
