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Spill response — what’s to celebrate?
Honouring 40 years of spill response won’t make bitumen float. Ahhh… Summertime on the North Shore. If you’re a North Van local like I am, there’s no better way to ...
Why is Kim Baird on the cover of Alberta Oil magazine?
Back in June, shortly before the Harper-appointed National Energy Board gave a thumbs-up to Kinder Morgan’s oil tanker proposal, the Liberals announced the creation of a new review panel ...
The long arm of a Chinese trade deal
Taking democracy for granted has consequences for all of us. China has been on my mind lately. The headlines about the Prime Minister’s first official visit to China ahead ...
Pipeline panel proves critics correct
Why did Kinder Morgan panel chair publish her opinion before hearings conclude? Can you imagine a judge publishing her opinion on a criminal trial before either side has finished ...
Who’s listening? Speaking to the most powerful people in the room
Kinder Morgan Panel offered us an opportunity to vent but not be heard. Were our efforts in vain? I had a dream last night about the Kinder Morgan panel. ...
Citizens are having a hard time trusting elected officials
By Brenda Ross In late July, as Dogwood’s team leader in Delta, I was part of a group that met with Delta MP Carla Qualtrough and North Vancouver MP ...
Climate leadership or climate corporatocracy?
B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan focuses less on change to our climate and more on change in the BC Liberal’s piggy bank. Last Friday afternoon, in a remote warehouse in ...
So fresh and so clean, clean
Dogwood has a new website, and it’s pretty nice. It’s no exaggeration to say this site has been years in the making — but hey! It’s important not to ...
Don’t tell us how you’re different – show us
Botched oil tanker consultations have British Columbians worried. Less than a month after the last election, Natural Resources minister Jim Carr was given fresh marching orders. Carr’s mandate letter ...