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Six things you should know about B.C.’s position on heavy oil proposals
New documents from B.C.’s Environment ministry — briefing incoming Minister Mary Polak — reveal B.C. is woefully unprepared to respond to even a moderate oil spill. The sorry state ...
Why Premier Clark said ‘No’ to Enbridge
Lots of people, particularly Eastern pundits, were surprised by B.C. Premier Clark’s decision to formally reject Enbridge’s oil tanker and pipeline proposal to ship Alberta crude oil through B.C. ...
What actually happened in the B.C. election?
In the aftermath of Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberal’s surprise election victory, the spinmeisters are inevitably trying to simplify a complex series of factors into sound bites. Two ...
Well, that’s not what we expected
By now, you’ve no doubt heard the news about the Liberals’ surprise victory in the B.C. election. Enbridge and Kinder Morgan may be heaving a sigh of relief. However, ...
We’re on the radio
In less than 24 hours the Dogwood community came together and donated enough money to buy up every last radio spot on Vancouver radio station CKNW. This is the ...
Harper, staged conflicts and the path to victory
Under Stephen Harper, Canadian politics has fundamentally changed in the last few years and civil society and opposition parties haven’t kept up with the changes. A couple of months ...
Ground-breaking No Tankers motion passed by B.C. local governments
Today at the Union of B.C. Municipalities meeting in Victoria, B.C.’s local government leaders passed the strongest ever provincial motion opposing the expansion of oil tanker traffic through B.C.’s ...
What could Enbridge say to be convincing?
As a father to a four-year-old girl and a busy professional, I don’t have a ton of variety in my leisure reading these days. That’s probably why I’m writing ...
My pledge to protect the Gitga’at culture
Guest blog by Michael Uehara, president of King Pacific Lodge in Gitga’at territory Two ravens crested the longhouse and caused me to look into the cold rain. They cawed ...