Why Site C Construction Should Stop Today
ANALYSIS | Energy | BC Politics | Environment Why Site C Construction Should Stop Today The BC government has failed in its oversight role, say a former BC Hydro CEO…
Site C Dam
It’s A Good Time To Quit Site C
Originally published by The Times-Colonist Increasingly dire reports of the instability of the land on which the Site C Dam is being built are deeply troubling. John Horgan blames COVID…
Don’t blame COVID-19 for new Site C dam cost overruns and delays, energy experts say
BC Hydro has classified the health of the most expensive public project in B.C. history as ‘red,’ blaming the pandemic for Site C’s deepening woes, but significant problems had emerged…
Site C Is Now Priceless!
August 3, 2020 | By Ken Boon On Friday July 31st, the BC Government finally revealed just how bad things are with the Site C dam. Of course…
Savage attack: There’s nothing like the United Nations putting its oar in to make the locals go loco in Alberta!
If we ever do form the Western Wepublic of Wexit out here in Wild Rose Country, I guess we won’t be able to join the United Nations. Too triggering. There’s…
SNC Lavalin, Site C Dam And A Continental Water Sharing Scheme Raise More Questions
Originally published by the Georgia Straight COMMENTARY Wendy Holm: Connecting the dots—SNC Lavalin, the Site C Dam, and continental water-sharing by Wendy Holm Back in the day, as school kids,…
The Alberta NDP’s Sour Grapes Strategy will only strengthen Coastal B.C.’s nearly universal opposition to pipelines
PHOTOS: Grape vines grow in B.C.’s beautiful Okanagan Valley, one of the prime wine producing regions of the world (Photo: Kelowna Wine & Cuisine Flickr, Creative Commons). Below: Alberta Premier…
BC Wine Ban 2018: Notley picks her Mission Hill to die on
If you are an Albertan who enjoys British Columbia wines, now is the time to rush to your privately-owned and operated liquor store to purchase your favourites before it is…
The bitumen hits the fan in Alberta and Ottawa as British Columbia moves to restrict pipeline and rail flow
PHOTOS: B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman, foreground, with members of his environment and climate change strategy council last fall (Photo: Province of British Columbia). Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Canadian…
Mni Wiconi: Water is life, more than ever
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 These simple and profound words, “Water is Sacred,” have become a call to action in North Dakota. Since April 2016, thousands of people have gathered there…
Mni Wiconi: Water is life, more than ever
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 These simple and profound words, “Water is Sacred,” have become a call to action in North Dakota. Since April 2016, thousands of people have gathered there…
WTF is going on in the USA, and excuse me, Canada as well?
The Standing Mountain Sioux Nation have a treaty over the lands where the Dakota Access Pipeline (DPL) is approved to be built, yet the state of North Dakota police, national…
North Dakota Prosecutor Seeks “Riot” Charges Against Amy Goodman For Reporting On Pipeline Protest
This is both a disturbing and significant development that underlines the dysfunctional state of justice in the USA. It smacks of the state government accommodating the oil and gas forces…
What are we going to do about Site C?
Monday, August 15, 2016 As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast's RELAW Project Man...
What are we going to do about Site C?
Monday, August 15, 2016 As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast's RELAW Project Manager Maxine Matilpi considers difficult questions about the future of the Peace River Valley…
‘No Need for Site C’: Review Panel Chair Speaks Out Against Dam in New Video
How many times have you been surfing the net, found something of interest that you meant to return to and then forgot? This story by Emma Gilchrist is one of…
Climate change and the inevitable collapse of the over priced housing market
The ever increasing housing prices in Greater Vancouver and to a somewhat lesser extent Greater Victoria will eventually fall to the physical reality that what goes up must come down.…
Addressing cumulative effects in BC’s north
Monday, May 30, 2016 Today, in conjunction with the Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research (...
Corky Evans: How You can help save the ALR in 5 min
This call from Corky to help save our farmland is one to be heeded. Originally posted in the Commonsense Canadian it is followed by a Damien Gillis piece with Harold…