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Docked with lithe white yachts at a private Yaletown marina, just south of the Yaletown Roundhouse Canada Line station, two little blue and white ferries bob on False Creek. Vacation travellers and ...
The proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline (also known as the Kinder Morgan pipeline) is a controversial issue in British Columbia. This information page provides a brief background and ...
The Fraser Institute, Canada's leading right-wing think tank, received over $4.3 million in the last decade from eight major American foundations including the most powerful players in oil and ...
Tribal Chief Liz Logan, a poised, articulate negotiator who has served four terms as Chief of Fort Nelson First Nation, followed by eight years as Tribal Chief of Treaty 8 Tribal Association, has ...
BP's recently released "BP Energy Outlook 2030" report claims that a dramatic rise in new unconventional sources of oil -- tight oil, tar sands and NGLs -- will solve the "peak oil" problem. These new ...
In a dizzying week of oil announcements, two new giant west-to-east pipelines passed key milestones. If built, the pipelines would rapidly expand Alberta’s oil sands, cause massive environmental ...
The headline quote, above, comes from absurdist playwright Samuel Beckett, prolix “voice” and walking companion of the famously taciturn sculptor/painter Alberto Giacometti on their long midnight ...
Musician Neil Young and Rueben George, Sundance Chief from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, rallied protesters in Washington, D.C. today against the Keystone XL pipeline. "You can't put a price on the ...
On November 22nd 2010 a small ceremony occurred in the Eye Care Centre, part of the Vancouver General Hospital complex, which supports the restoration of vision for many in British Columbia. Dr.
Chuck Strahl, Chairman of the federal body which oversees Canada’s spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), has registered to lobby on behalf of Enbridge’s ‘Northern Gateway ...
The head of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs said that selling BC's coast and rivers is not the way Premier Clark should be fighting against Alberta's oil agenda. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union ...
The second train was hard fought as the Canadian Customs held out for $10k for clearing each train. Seems at odds with encouraging a sustainable, tourism-based economy but I digress ... Since about ...