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Unearthing the Work of Indigenous Master Horticulturalists
Unearthing the Work of Indigenous Master Horticulturalists These forest gardeners got sustainable returns for centuries. Dr. Chelsey Geralda Armstrong is now studying their work. The SFU team found ecological diversity was richer on the lands of ancient Indigenous villages than in neighbouring forests. Photo submitted. Ahistorical ecologist and her team at Simon Fraser University have made […]
RCMP Secret Facial Recognition Tool Looked for Matches with 700,000 ‘Terrorists’
RCMP Secret Facial Recognition Tool Looked for Matches with 700,000 ‘Terrorists’ Emails expose the BC force’s previously unknown purchase, which broke rules. Critics worry about privacy, racial profiling and false positives. Documents obtained by The Tyee identify the BC RCMP as IntelCenter’s first publicly revealed facial recognition service client. The firm’s military, intelligence and law […]
New Study: Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Critical To U.S.-Canada Energy Trade, Benefits Consumers On Both Sides Of The Border
New Study: Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Critical To U.S.-Canada Energy Trade, Benefits Consumers On Both Sides Of The Border WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) today released a new report examining how growth in cross-border petroleum trade between the United States and Canada has led to the further integration of North American […]
Canada to censor political taunts. Implement internet kill switch.
Canada to censor political taunts. Implement internet kill switch. (Constituents to remain fair game for abuse from party apparatchiks) A colleague forwarded me the text of an article from Blackrocks Reporter, which covers Canadian politics from Ottawa, our capitol. It’s a report on Federal Heritage Minister Steven Guibeault’s ongoing vendetta against non-conforming political speech on […]
Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day
Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day The Supreme Court ruling is good news for anyone invested in a habitable planet. But fixing the climate is going to take more. ‘There’s no court we can appeal this to,’ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Thursday, before vowing to continue his fight. What taxpayer-funded mischief […]
The Blockaders
The Blockaders As logging resisters near month eight in Fairy Creek, a judge may order their surrender. Inside their last stand for old growth. A Tyee special report. Members of the Fairy Creek Blockade occupy a logging road, preventing loggers for Teal-Jones timber company from moving into one of Vancouver Island’s last old-growth watersheds. Photo by […]
Canada, the Supreme Court hold that Carbon Tax is Constitutional
Canada, the Supreme Court hold that Carbon Tax is Constitutional In Canada, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Ottawa has the power to impose a carbon price across the country as a “matter of national concern.” This is a major win for Trudeau and he can really make sure that the Canadian economy further declines to enable […]
Bank of Canada Announces Balance Sheet Reduction, Suddenly Worried about “Moral Hazard”
Bank of Canada Announces Balance Sheet Reduction, Suddenly Worried about “Moral Hazard” “Once crisis tools have served their purpose, central banks should scale them back.” The Bank of Canada will unwind its crisis liquidity facilities, will further reduce its purchases of Government of Canada bonds, which it already started tapering in October, will let short-term […]
Massive Protest in Quebec Against Lockdowns over Weekend
Massive Protest in Quebec Against Lockdowns over Weekend Resistance is NOT futile! They have a very short window for their Tyranny.
When Is Mountaintop Removal Not Mountaintop Removal? In Alberta, of Course!
When Is Mountaintop Removal Not Mountaintop Removal? In Alberta, of Course! The Kenney government plays word games as it plans to strip-mine the Rockies. Does this look like mountaintop removal to you? Coal mining underway in Elk Valley, BC, on the west side of the Rockies across from where Alberta plans similar mining. Photo by Callum […]
‘A Monstrous Monument to Greed and Stupidity’: Critics React to Site C Decision
‘A Monstrous Monument to Greed and Stupidity’: Critics React to Site C Decision BC Liberals accuse NDP of mismanagement; Greens warn public to brace for higher costs. Premier John Horgan confirmed today that construction of the Site C dam will once again go ahead. ‘I know there are a lot of British Columbians who have […]
5 ways Norway leads and Canada lags on climate action
5 ways Norway leads and Canada lags on climate action As major oil and gas producers and exporters, Norway and Canada share a particular responsibility for confronting the planet’s existential climate threat. However, their different political, economic and cultural features have resulted in major differences in their climate policy track records. Overall, Norway is a leader […]
Critics Skeptical as Alberta Reverses Course on Open-pit Coal Mines
Critics Skeptical as Alberta Reverses Course on Open-pit Coal Mines Five days after Kenney defended the province’s mining push, the government says it was all a big mistake. Rancher Renie Blades says she’s glad that the Alberta government admitted its mistake in cancelling the Coal Policy, but calls her response ‘very guarded.’ Photo by Callum Gunn. […]
Domestic Terror is a Government Without Constraints
Domestic Terror is a Government Without Constraints Ruh Roh: That Unhinged Canadian Conspiracy Theory is 5-for-5 so far… A friend I’ve referenced in my writings before as “an unemployed tech CEO” (he’s been unemployed since one of his exits about 10 years ago) sent me that link that was making the rounds back in October.. It was […]
