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Freedom from Information: Ken Dobell foils the government record
It is almost the first anniversary of the conference on the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, at which the head of BC’s civil service thumbed his nose at the ...
This Television Will Be Revolutionised: the media and civil society
It’s a commonplace that as the ownership of North American news media has become more concentrated, the public is receiving less diverse news and views, and that a topic ...
Action alert for US voters in Canada
If you are a US citizen living outside of the United States, you have the right to vote in the November 2 US election, but you must register and ...
Corporate unaccountability: the new BC Business Corporations Act
Once again the Campbell government is amending legislation to benefit corporations and hinder the public’s right to know important information. Their latest reform in favour of corporations, buried in ...
Sept 2004 issue of the Land Advocate
Montana’s Coal Bed Methane Challenge, The Future of Farming, A Primer On Groundwater, Seismic in the Boreal and Gas in the Great Sand Hills plus Encana Watch…..Must be the ...
BC Green Party calls for ban on coalbed methane development
The Green Party is the first provincial party to take a clear position against coalbed methane development. The NDP is developing a policy. And of course, the Liberals have ...
NO BIDS in Crowsnest Coalfield auction
The two blocks of drilling rights in the Crowsnest Coalfield which have been the subject of so much concern by British Columbians and Montanians attracted no bids in the ...
Streamlining (privatising) resource decisions
A news release this summer from Land and Water BC, which we have posted and annotated in our news stories section, trumpets the elimination of a backlog in applications ...
Opposition to recent privatization growing
The privatization of much of the land over which Weyerhaeuser holds tree farm licenses (TFLs) has dropped out of the news, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over. ...
