A Liberal Protests Trudeau’s “Direct Assault” on Grassroots Democracy
by: Obert Madondo Is Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau beginning to a act a lot like a control freak? Like Stephen Harper? It would appear so. At least according to star…
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David Suzuki: We can’t geoengineer our way out of climate change
Seawater is sprayed into clouds to make them reflect more sunlight (Illustration: Nasa) Because nature doesn’t always behave the same in a lab, test tube or computer program as it…
Energy East pipeline would be for export, not local refining
Most of the oil from the proposed Energy East pipeline would be destined for export, says a new report by Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press CALGARY – The proposed Energy…
Fish farm sewage: DFO expansions cost you money
Yardstick standing upright in waste layer below a Nova Scotia fish farm – up to 32 inch mark. (Photo:Kathy and Dave Brush – Friends of Port Mouton Bay) The response…
Urban infrastructure investment is path to Canada’s economic future
Canada’s federal government recently announced $14 billion in new funding to help municipalities repair and replace aging infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, sewer lines, energy production and distribution systems, and…
Democrat’s election-year debate over the Keystone XL pipeline
U.S. Senators from the Senate Climate Action Task Force urge action on climate change in Washington (Photo: Yuri Gripas, Reuters). by Matthew Daly, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats are…
Parliament’s Sham Report on Missing, Murdered Aboriginal Women Trashed
by: Obert Madondo Many had hoped the Special Parliamentary Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women would move Canada closer to addressing the perennial issue of more than 600 missing and…
My life as the son of an Alberta oil man
Alex (right) and father (left) riding dirt bikes. (Photo: Matt Sutton’s Facebook) by Matt Sutton In November, 2013, I drove to Lacombe, Alberta, to visit my Dad and his family,…
Oil transport engineers say Enbridge tanker plan unsafe
A group of professional engineers and professors with deep experience in fossil fuel transportation and clean-up systems says the tanker plans associated with the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline are…
Missing fish farms offer clue to anticipated 70 million sockeye return
Expect big salmon numbers this summer. The Fraser sockeye run may be as high as 70 million. Yes, 70. And the most important sport angling species, chinook and coho, seem…
CNRL faces charges over potentially deadly gas leak near First Nation
Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s Horizon oilsands upgrader By John Cotter in Edmonton FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is facing 11 environmental charges over the release of a…
Eight Measures Against University of Ottawa’s Burgeoning Rape Culture
by: Obert Madondo A student member of the University of Ottawa’s board of governors says the university’s response to recent report sexual violence against women is not enough. Anaïs Elboujdaini,…
International Women’s Day 2014: College and university women express solidarity with Anne-Marie Roy
by: Obert Madondo Via: Rabble.ca March 8, 2014 International Women’s Day We stand with Anne-Marie Roy. We’ve been there too. As women who have held elected positions at our college…
Nova Scotia LNG plant wins conditional approval
HALIFAX – An environmental panel has given conditional approval to a proposed liquefied natural gas plant on Nova Scotia’s east coast. The panel says the plant planned for Goldboro by…
Rex Tillerson, you are a big, fat NIMBY
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson loves fracking other people’s back yards – just not his own Dear Rex Tillerson, I am writing to express my disappointment in learning that you recently…
Energy Board approves Enbridge Line 9 reversal
The National Energy Board has approved energy giant Enbridge’s plan to reverse the flow and increase the capacity of a pipeline that has been running between southern Ontario and Montreal…
US judge blocks $9 Billion judgement against Chevron over lawyers’ illegal conduct
Photo: Teun Voeten/Reporters/Redux by Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press NEW YORK – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. courts from being used to collect a $9 billion Ecuadorean judgment…
Nova Scotia and UK team up to study tidal power
The world’s first commercial-scale tidal power generator, in Northern Ireland (Photo courtesy of Siemens) HALIFAX – Nova Scotia and the United Kingdom have agreed to work together on research aimed…
BC Budget a work of fiction: Economist
BC Liberal Finance Minister Mike de Jong tables a fairytale budget – Feb. 18, 2014 The crafting of a government budget is always fictional because it comes from the minds…