A series of reports from the world’s leading business publication, Bloomberg, show the environmental, financial, and health challenges facing the farmed salmon industry are increasingly bubbling up to the surface.…
by: Obert Madondo | June 9, 2014 A new report released Monday is urging the Harper Government to shelve its plans to purchase F-35 fighter jets to replace Canada’s aging…
By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Some time in the next 10 days, the federal government is supposed to announce its final decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline…
by: Obert Madondo | June 8, 2014 Canada’s privacy experts are gravely concerned about Bill C-13, the Conservatives’ Orwellian cybercrime bill, deceptively named “Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act“. Last…
Captain Paul Watson (left) with Farley Mowat, on the ship named after the author (Photo: Sea Shepherd) When Farley Mowat died on May 6, 2014, at age 92, his incessant…
Doug Donaldson, NDP MLA for the Stikine region, recently called out the BC Liberal government over the proposed Site C Dam and the strong opposition it faces from Treaty 8…
by: MICHAEL GEIST | June 4, 2014 In recent years, it has become fashionable to argue that Canadians no longer care about their privacy. Supporters of this position note that…
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan is taking a tough stand against Kinder Morgan (Photo: Vimeo) A pair of skirmishes over access for pipeline companies to landowners’ properties in the Lower Mainland…
In an open letter, 300 scholars poke holes in the Joint Review Panel’s recommendation of the proposed Enbridge pipeline, urging PM Stephen Harper to reject its final report. May 26,…
President Obama visits Copper Mountain solar plant (Photo: Sempra U.S. Gas & Power) By Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday rolled out a…
TransCanada CEO Russ Girling promoting Energy East (Canadian Press) MONTREAL – A new report says proposals to pipe oilsands crude to Quebec refineries would only deliver negligible economic benefits to…
by: Obert Madondo Lindsey Stocker protest poster: “Instead of shaming girls for their bodies, teach boys that girls are not sexual objects” PHOTO: TWITTER Canada has a serious women-hating problem.…
By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Kinder Morgan is asking for more time to respond to over 10,000 questions submitted to the National Energy Board about the proposed expansion of…
If the definition of good governance includes the sound management of public monies and resources, then Canada has very bad governance. The manufactured health care crisis is a case in…
Because we enjoy relatively pure air, clean water and healthy food systems, Canadians sometimes take the environment for granted. Many scarcely blink if oil from a pipeline spills into a…
by: Obert Madondo | May 20, 2014 Call it the Harper Conservatives’ resurrection the Orwellian ghost of Vic Toews. Back in 2012, Canadians nuked the then public safety minister’s Bill…
BC Minister of Natural Gas Rich Coleman open his government’s LNG conference (BC govt flickr photo) Last week week, the BC Government held its second annual LNG In BC Conference,…
In the keynote address kicking of her government’s second major conference on liquefied natural gas (LNG), BC Premier Christy Clark billed the resource as nothing short of “the cleanest fossil…
by: Obert Madondo | May 20, 2014 To quote Amnesty International Canada’s Alex Neve: Canadian mining companies lead the mining world; but none aspire to lead the world in mining-related…
By Steven Chua, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – The B.C. government’s controversial new recycling program took effect Monday, irking some local business owners who say that additional costs will drive…
