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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROCK OF AGES: Sex and scotch and rock ‘n’ roll. Huh? Shouldn’t that be drugs? Not here. They’re nowhere in sight. Whiskey is the intoxicant of choice and almost nobody gets high on it anyway. Well, ...

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 ...