Posts from ‘In Depth’ - Page 33

With little fanfare, generations of workers and communities are being discarded in the fallout from the BC government’s pro-corporate forest policies. The latest casualties, the communities near Canfor’s Taylor ...

Hundreds of wood workers, students, environmentalists, First Nations and activists demonstrated on the steps of the Legislature on Saturday, March 27. To illustrate the direction BC forest policy is ...

Flathead Coalition press release Dear Friends of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Great news today from British Columbia: The government has killed the proposed open-pit coal mines. But it is ...

In a speech in Nanaimo this morning, BC Hydro CEO Bob Elton announced that Hydro has opted to write down $120 million in sunk costs for GSX and VIGP. ...

March 24, 2004 will go down as a momentous day in the history of British Columbia. Fundamental issues about who controls the land, the obligations of corporations and who ...

The loss of jobs to free trade, tax driven automation, sweatshops in developing countries is becoming the “political hot potato of the U.S. elections. While the jobless recovery in ...

On Tuesday, March 16, the City Council in Fernie sponsored a “Town Hall” Meeting to discuss coalbed methane. This was in response to a large area of rights that ...

Canada’s plans to expand energy exports are on a collision course with domestic demands. Two recent articles illustrate the schizophrenic nature of Canada’s energy plans. Unfortunately, the growing gap ...

Paul Martin continues to build his legacy as Corporate Canada’s best friend. After years of cutting corporate taxes as Finance Minister, Martin’s government is poised to once again favour ...