CIBC VP and former Conservative Environment Minister Jim Prentice (image: youtube) CALGARY – Former Conservative cabinet minister Jim Prentice is urging Canada and the United States to look beyond the…
Photo courtesy of Trish Boyum / Ocean Adventures A new study on trophy hunting in BC’s Great Bear Rainforest found that bear-related ecotourism generates “12 times more in visitor spending…
Humpback whales are among the species on BC’s coast threatened by oil tanker plans VANCOUVER – Environmental groups are in a federal court in Vancouver today to try and force…
VANCOUVER – Federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq says an independent panel will review plans to build a major shipping-container terminal at a port south of Vancouver. Port Metro Vancouver wants…
Nelson Mandela, who died last month at age 95, was sentenced to life in prison in 1962 because he fought for justice, equality and democracy. He was finally released 27…
Photo: Lubicon Lake Nation CALGARY – A First Nation is appealing a court injunction against a blockade of an energy company’s drilling site in northern Alberta. The Lubicon Lake Nation…
Two climate justice activists peacefully disrupted Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s question-and-answer session at the Vancouver Board of Trade on Monday. The post In Vancouver, Climate Justice Activists Disrupt Stephen Harper’s…
Texan Steve Lipsky sparked a heated battle over fracking and water contamination (image: Gasland II) Despite the shale gas industry’s aggressive efforts to keep a lid on water use and…
Asian carp have overtaken the Mississippi basin. Plans are afoot to keep them out of the Great Lakes. by John Flesher, The Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – The U.S.…
A 2012 CN derailment in Alberta by Steven Chua, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – A task force report has been handed in to the British Columbia and Alberta governments that…
ACFN Chief Allan Adam outside an Alberta court in 2012, challenging Shell’s Jackpine development by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press EDMONTON – Simmering disputes over the oilsands between Alberta aboriginals…
American homes are getting greener, like this one in Minnesota by Jonathan Fahey, The Associated Press NEW YORK – The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen…
Typhoon Haiyan was a reminder in 2013 of the need for dramatic action on climate change Platitudes are wholly incompatible with our present environmental situation on planet Earth, so saccharine…
by Will Dubitsky and Jean Clark Two distinct pieces of federal legislation govern activities in and on our rivers, lakes and coastal waters: 1) The Canada Shipping Act, concerning the…
Alexandre Paul upon his release from Russian prison on November 22 (AFP/Valdimir Baryshev) MONTREAL – Even after getting arrested at gunpoint, spending two months in a Russian jail, and a…
MONTREAL – Editors and news directors across the country have selected the Lac-Megantic train derailment as Canada’s News Story of the Year, garnering 30.6% of the vote – ahead of…
The Friday night trash dump is a well-known trick of governments looking to dispense with bad news as quietly as possible. Controversial announcements are made in the last hour of…
“At the NSA, I witnessed with growing alarm the surveillance of whole populations without any suspicion of wrongdoing, and it threatens to become the greatest human rights challenge of our…
This is the key takeaway from the National Energy Board’s conditional approval of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project: The economy trumps all. Serious environmental risks, engineering concerns, the…
1988 image of effluent from Teck’s lead and Zinc smelter in Trail, BC (photo: Joel Rogers) by Dene Moore, Canadian Press VANCOUVER – A Washington state woman has filed a…
