COP25 Madrid delays real climate action
– by Peter Carter – There is now, at long last, agreement that the world is in a planetary climate emergency. COP25, in moving from Santiago, Chile, to Madrid, Spain,…
A stiff sentence: redacting Julian Assange from the record
– by Geoff Olson – I was recently commissioned to write an article on arts and technology for a Canadian literary journal. It ballooned into a 5,000 word piece…
Bells for Peace: an idea whose time has come
Individuals, families, city mayors and officials, and clergy from all faiths are encouraged to join the 2020 “Bells for Peace” campaign to unite the world for Peace. On August 6,…
Now that the Queen is our largest cannabis dealer, how are things?
– by Shawn P. Buckley – I have been a criminal defence attorney for 25 years and have witnessed the Crown and the courts relentlessly punish persons caught with cannabis….
Word(s) of the Year: connecting urgent ecojustice dots
– by Bruce Mason – William Blake (1757-1827) urged us “to see a world in a grain of sand”, but the visionary poet didn’t foresee the ubiquity of micro-plastics on…
Progress toward sustainable seafood
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki Oceans hold a lot of mystery, even for people who study them. But it’s no mystery why they’re in trouble. We’ve been using them to…
Big Telecom fighting lower Internet fees
INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Marie Aspiazu Back in August, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) significantly lowered the fees small Internet providers were required to pay Big Telecom for access…
Bitumen: the dangerous give-away
– by Steve Bramwell – Big Oil’s mantra that “we have to get our oil to market” is untrue. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), effectively a ministry of…
Government interference in proposed Roberts Bank Container Terminal 2
Ethics Commissioner should investigate environmental assessment interference in Fraser Estuary project The Boundary Bay Conservation Committee (BBCC) has sent a letter to the Canadian Ethics Commissioner, Prime Minister Trudeau, and…
Better health safety guidelines imperative before exposing public to 5G
– by Frank Clegg and Margaret Friesen – Health Canada’s track record is poor with respect to timely responses to many agents that have proven harmful to Canadians. These include…