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  • The Victoria By-Election
    Green Party, Harper, NDP

    That narrow Victoria by-election, where the NDP and the Greens battled it out vote by vote (oh happy day if that could be the real condition of Canadian politics!) shows how likely we are to wind up with another 4 or 8 years of Harper Government distruction of Canada the nation and Canada the Land.

  • Self-Interested Lawyers Part of the Canada China FIPPA Mix

    Another salvo from two law professors critiquing the China-Canada FIPPA contains this damning indictment of the entire self-interested global trade system: "The Canadian public should know that many, perhaps all, of the legal experts who have come forward in recent weeks to defend the Canada-China treaty are lawyers who h

  • Pacific Trails Pipeline Workers Warned of Trespass on Wet'suwet'en Land
    First Nations, Pipelines

    There is a brave and long struggle going on in Wet’suwet’en territory in northern BC where First Nations are stopping pipeline workers from proceeding with the Pacific Trails Pipeline. Here is the website: http://unistotencamp.wordpress.com/

    "From the beautiful unceded Unis’tot’en Yintah (Territory):

  • Pipeline - A Protest Song, The Video
    Defend Our Coast, Pipelines

  • Kinder Morgan Open Houses - Show You Care!
    Kinder Morgan, Pipelines

    Kinder Morgan is hosting a series of open houses as part of their “public consultation” for the new Trans Mountain pipeline proposal. “Public consultation” is in quotes, because these events leave you with the feeling that Kinder Morgan is trying to sell you something instead of engaging in a dialogue.

  • Stand With Kingcome Inlet Dzawada'enuxw First Nation Against Renewing Fish Farms
    Pacific salmon, Salmon virus

    Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at noon, community members from the Broughton Archipelago and supporters will deliver a message to British Columbia Premier Christy Clark at her Vancouver Constituency office that they do not support any renewals of open net-pen fish farm licenses (or any new licenses) in their territory.

  • Raven Coal Mine Hires Manager from Pike River Disaster in NZ
    Coal, Compliance Energy, Raven

    On November 19th, 2010, an explosion ripped through the Pike River coal mine in New Zealand.  29 miners were killed and their bodies remain entombed to this day. One of the dead miners was 21 year old Ben Rockhouse.  Ben's dad, Neville Rockhouse was the mine safety and training manager.  He lost his beloved son on that tragic day, and his reputation.

  • Line 9 - Shipping Tar Sands Crude East
    Feature, Northern Gateway Pipeline; Enbridge, Nov-Dec-2012-Vol22-No5, Oil, Pipelines, Pipelines

    Pipeline Routes/Click for larger imageby Joyce Nelson

    In a move that could cost him significant political support, federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has endorsed controversial west-to-east pipeline proposals that would move tar sands crude from Alberta through Ontario and Quebec to Atlantic Canada and points beyond.
    During a Sept. 28, 2012 speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto, Mulcair said, “Let me be clear, New Democrats support recent proposals to increase West-East pipeline capacity. This is an initiative, led by industry,  that will pay economic dividends for every region of our country: new markets for [tar sands] producers in the West, high-paying value-added jobs and lower energy prices in the East.”

    Mulcair called this

  • Riding the Pipeline - Who Are the Enemies of Canada?
    Feature, Northern Gateway Pipeline; Enbridge, Nov-Dec-2012-Vol22-No5, Oil, Pipelines

    Riding the Enbridge Pipelineby Paul Fletcher

    What started out as a thought early in 2012, became a sojourn into pipeline resistance when my fellow photographer, Daniel Sikorskyi, and I hopped on our motorcycles this past summer to travel a circular journey through BC and Alberta, exploring the land in the way of the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline (NGP).
    My project was to photograph people holding signs so that their voices could be seen. Daniel was going to focus on capturing the story of our journey and the amazing landscapes around us. We also were curious to find out what it really meant to be an enemy of Canada through the eyes of fellow Canadians.

  • Coops for Social Change
    Feature, Food, Nov-Dec-2012-Vol22-No5, Social justice, Society

    Food Coops in BCby Dawn Paley

    Co-operatives are falling back into favour as a way to organize for sustainable economic alternatives and social change.
    Though Canada has one of the largest co-operative movements in the world, it is – with some exceptions – a rather conservative sector, which has drifted away from grassroots organizing.

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"This is it. It's done!" was the message in Alaska in 2008, 19 years after the Exxon Valdes oil spill.  Dave Janka, who runs Auklet Charters in Prince William Sound, ran his boat over to Smith Island to snap this photo.  Dave says, "It's far from done!"

W.L.M. (Bill) Wilson writes: 'Attached is my rewrite of Anne Feeney’s “Have You Been To Jail for Justice”. Anne granted permission to do non-profit performances of this Enbridge version.' Video by Ester Strijbos.