by: Obert Madondo | April 12, 2014 This week Canada’s two main opposition parties declared war on the Conservatives’ Orwellian Fair Elections Act. One that could bring down Harper during…
Health concerns continue to do many who worked to clean up the BP oil spill (photo: Wikimedia Commons) By Stacey Plaisance And Kevin McGill, The Associated Press CHALMETTE, La. –…
Signs of the times in Kitimat, BC (Photo: Kathy Ouwehand) By the Canadian Press KITIMAT, B.C. – Residents of Kitimat will cast votes in a local plebiscite Saturday for or…
John Twigg interviews award-winning energy journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk on his latest book, The Energy of Slaves. “The era of cheap hydrocarbons is gone,” says Nikiforuk. We’re now into…
“If ferries stopped running to Vancouver Island, our grocery shelves would be completely empty after 3 days,” says food security activist-turned-rapper Jeremy Loveday. Watch his 3 min spoken word essay…
photo: Tina Lovgreen / BCIT Commons By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has moved to bring First Nations on board its much-anticipated multibillion-dollar liquefied…
Every baby is a biological miracle. In its development from conception to birth it undergoes a remarkable process summarized by “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” — a fetus growing into a human…
April is Earth Month, and April 22 Earth Day. We should really celebrate our small blue planet and all it provides every day, but recent events give us particular cause…
Cartoon and letter by Loren Craig – republished from his green briefs blog An open letter to BC Premier Christy Clark – April 7, 2014 Dear Christy, May I call…
Canada’s economy – including its dollar – is too attached to fossil fuels, financial experts warn The current trajectories of Canada’s predominant political economies are increasingly dysfunctional, due in no…
Photo: Wikimedia Commons by Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press TORONTO – With the prospect of an election growing more likely every day, the minority Liberals’ spring budget may turn out…
(Photo: Translog) by Jesse Yardley An innovative new method for tracking the transport industry’s fuel consumption may hold the key to reducing carbon emissions, according to a group of academics…
(Photo: Oil and Gas Law Digest) by Eric Tucker and Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal government on Thursday reached a $5.15 billion settlement with Anadarko Petroleum…
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea thinks everything is A-ok with DFO (Chris Wattie/Reuters) I registered the first Environmental Petition (a protocol, not list of names) on the Cohen Report with the…
The PQ’s Pauline Marois and Pierre Karl Péladeau (Photo: Graham Hughes/CP) It is not unusual to hear and read about Québécois saying they don’t like any of the four options…
A Vancouver rally against Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline (Photo: Damien Gillis) by Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – The National Energy Board hearings into Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline expansion…
by: Obert Madondo | April 2, 2014 The Conservatives’ abuse of the Challenger jets and other government resources might end soon if the New Democrats are successful with their latest…
Corporate power uses special nomenclature to deceive Canadians (image: Bloomberg Business Week). by Mark Taliano Sometimes, the simplest solutions are the best ones. Unfortunately, though, Canada’s extreme concentration of corporate…
An earlier CNRL leak in Cold Lake, Alberta (Chester Dawson / Wall Street Journal) SLAVE LAKE, Alta. – A pipeline owned by Canadian Natural Resources Limited has spilled 70,000 litres…
I have a cabin on Quadra Island off the British Columbia coast that’s as close to my heart as you can imagine. From my porch you can see clear across…
