Cool solutions for a hothouse planet
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki In the midst of worldwide record heat, devastating wildfires, droughts, refugee crises and torrential rains and flooding, some particular disturbing … Read more
Economics
This Internet fight has people ‘shying’ away
INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Marianela Ramos Capelo Your inbox has probably been getting a few emails from companies, organizations and even services you didn’t know you … Read more
Blackmail and bailouts in the Kinder Morgan pipeline saga
by Thomas Davies | photo by Jake Wright You couldn’t blame someone for checking, but it was a week late for April Fool’s Day when … Read more
Canada Infrastructure Bank a Trojan horse
by Joyce Nelson World’s Biggest Investor According to The Economist (Dec. 7, 2013), this company (that nobody has heard of) turns out to be the … Read more
Big Three’s “low cost” data plans are a bad joke
INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Marie Aspiazu Back in March, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) closed the doors on Wi-Fi based Mobile Virtual Network Operators … Read more
Whistleblowers reveal rigged approval
Pipeline opponents demand all-party investigation Indigenous leaders, conservation organizations and community groups are calling for an all-party investigation into the federal approval for Kinder Morgan’s … Read more
An open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
I remember following your election victory in the early hours of October 20th, 2015 while on vacation halfway around the world. I was hopeful your … Read more
John Horgan’s $6 billion LNG giveaway
A bad deal for BC by Eoin Finn B.Sc., Ph.D., MBA The announcement – on World Water Day – that the NDP Government is to … Read more
Zero carbon or bust
The oil and gas sector is our most polluting industry by Peter McCartney Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley have put together … Read more
Government reaping royalties from GM Atlantic salmon
The Canadian government is receiving 10% royalties from sales of the world’s first genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) animal, a GM Atlantic salmon. “We’re … Read more