Pauline Marois, La Charte des Valeurs explained…in plain English
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois (Francis Vachon/CP) On November 7, the Parti Québécois government at long last introduced a Bill on the La Charte des valeurs (Charter of values) to the…
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STATEMENT: WikiLeaks’ Sarah Harrison on Edward Snowden Asylum
Here’s a statement by WikiLeaks journalist Sarah Harrison on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s temporary asylum in Russia, granted in August. The post STATEMENT: WikiLeaks’ Sarah Harrison on Edward Snowden Asylum…
Fracking, dead cows and…RADIATION?
Alberta cattle rancher Howard Hawkwood (photo courtesy of Green Planet Monitor) Alberta cattle rancher Howard Hawkwood has a beef with the local fracking industry. He’s convinced the controversial technique for…
Farmland advocates fire back at secret plan to gut ALR
ALR co-founder Harold Steves on his family farm in Steveston, BC (Damien Gillis) VANCOUVER – A leaked cabinet document that proposes significant changes to British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve —…
Support for First Nations critical after Clark-Redford pipeline deal
Chiefs of the Tsimshian First Nation speak out against Enrbidge at a 2012 Prince Rupert rally You would have thought that they would have had the decency to wait until…
Need for Site C Dam exaggerated as public hearings start next month
Public hearings into the controversial, $8 Billion Site C Dam are set to commence next month, as the Joint Review Panel for the project indicated today that proponent BC Hydro…
Justin Trudeau “ladies night” event “condescending and patronizing”
Canadian women, including politicians, are dismissing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s “ladies night” event in Toronto as “condescending and patronizing”. The post Justin Trudeau “ladies night” event “condescending and patronizing” appeared…
Delta’s Southlands: Canada’s longest, least democratic farmland battle
Dana Maslovat of Southlands the Facts near the contentious Southlands property in Delta, BC Canada’s most contentious piece of farmland is back on the chopping block as the Corporation of…
Four months after Lac-Mégantic disaster, river highly contaminated
Quebec’s Chaudière River (photo courtesy of Greenpeace Quebec) Sediment from the Chaudière River, near the site of the Lac-Mégantic train derailment four months ago, shows high levels of contaminants according…
The five elements of a financial crash
Financial crashes are common in modern market economies. The first notable one occurred in Amsterdam in the 1630s when a bursting speculative bubble on tulips caused enough financial ruin for…
Justin Trudeau, Oil Man
Justin Trudeau addresses a progressive think tank in Washington, DC (photo: Chip Somodevllla/Getty) To Justin Trudeau, it’s not that Keystone XL is a bad idea, it’s that Stephen Harper can’t…
David Suzuki: Fukushima the most terrifying situation imaginable
A video of Dr. David Suzuki’s comments at a recent University Alberta event is going viral, elevating concerns raised by independent media outlets like The Common Sense Canadian surrounding the…
Nuclear plant spills chemicals into Bay of Fundy
New Brunswick’s Point Lepreau nuclear plant LEPREAU, N.B. – NB Power says the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant recently released water containing low levels of a chemical used in its…
Canadian communities to rally for climate as BC, Alberta pen pipeline deal
Last year’s “Defend Our Coast” rally in Victoria (photo: TJ Watt) Just this morning, BC Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Allison Redford have announced that they have penned a…
Newfoundland passes fracking moratorium
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador is shutting the door on applications for hydraulic fracturing or fracking for oil and gas while it reviews regulations and consults residents. Plans…
Unifor opposes Bill C-4 attacks on workers’ health and safety
Unifor raises grave concerns about the sweeping changes to the Canada Labour Code proposed by the omnibus Federal Budget Implementation Bill C-4. The post Unifor opposes Bill C-4 attacks on…
Bird’s eye view of Texas fracking causes rumble
photo: Amy Youngs – click to enlarge An aerial photo taken on August 3rd of fracking operations in Texas has caused a rumble online, drawing 20,000 views on the photo…
Rafe: Gordon Wilson finds religion on LNG…for $12,500 a month
A screen capture from Gordon Wilson’s youtube endorsement of Christy Clark Some years ago I got into hot water for calling a federal cabinet minister of the female persuasion a…
Protestors stage mock fracking on premier’s lawn
photo courtesy of Maryam Adrangi’s facebook page VANCOUVER – Opponents of the British Columbia government’s liquefied natural gas plans set up a three-metre mock fracking rig on the premier’s front…
David Suzuki on right wing media’s War on Science
Sun Media’s Ezra Levant attacks David Suzuki on his Fox News-style show, The Source From government scientists to First Nations citizens and environmentalists, pretty much everyone working to protect the…