Posts by Will Horter - Page 9
10 Key Questions for 2010
Did you ever just wake up one day and know deep down that something important was going to happen to you? That was the way I felt last month ...
The real problem with BC logging industry
Letter to the Times Colonist in response to the Executive Director of the Truck Loggers Association’s January 28, 2101 Op-Ed called “Educating urbanites on the forest industry” Mr. Lewis’ ...
Broken promise: BC's Coalbed Methane rules inferior
Back in 2007 Gordon Campbell’s government promised BC would have the best standards for coalbed methane in North America. Almost three years later an investigation by Dogwood Initiative has ...
Women and Children First
When I was a kid I was taught that when in danger, women andchildren were saved first. I don’t know where I heard first the expression, perhaps itwas in ...
Enbridge's Bad Week
Things got a whole lot worse for Enbridge on October 2nd when a freighter struck a rock along the Douglas Channel. For First Nations and many others it’s proves ...
Teddy's courage and me
Teddy Kennedy died this week. I never met the man personally, but he had a profound impact on my life. It was not just his work on health care, ...
Sophisticated Leader
Canadian Governments like First Nations to be docile and quiet,visible only when they want to show off Canadian diversity or to signoff on a joint venture. The selection of ...
Deleting Democracy
The revelation that years of BC cabinet ministers’ e-mails have been deleted has sparked outrage. People should be upset. The suspicious deletion of public records in contravention of document ...
Whale deaths a harbinger?
Therecent deaths of whales at opposite ends of the world shook me up, bringing tothe surface emotional moments from my childhood, my professional life and mynew role as a ...