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Western Forest Products threatens to build acreages if Ida Chong approves new rules
Before I, and the rest of us at Dogwood, head off to enjoy a weekend in the sun, I thought I would take a minute to comment on a ...
BC Securities Commission investigating strange Western Forest Products trades
UPDATE (April 14th 2008): Due to the possible financial consequences associated with revealing who or who isn’t being investigated, the BC Securities Commission does not confirm or deny who ...
Karl Rove Comes to Canada?
Canadians have watched the chaos and dirty tricks happening in U.S.presidential elections with a sense of superiority – giving thanks that’it couldn’t happen here in Canada”. Don’t be so ...
The Truth Hurts
Last week, a Globe and Mail story by Norvall Scott broke news of a “business-led lobbying effort to create a partial moratorium on oil sands development in order to ...
Energy Corridor proposed in Throne Speech sends shivers down the coast
The new Throne speech energy corridor proposal turns rumblings from a pipeline giant into a real threat of oil spills. Announcements by energy giant Enbridge and the BC government ...
Interview with a Granny
Interview with a Granny Last week I was lucky to take time out of my busy schedule and gain some perspective from raging granny Gillian Sanderson. She was eager ...
Addicted to Revenue
<P>When commentators refer to a global ‘addiction’ to fossil fuels, the addiction is typically meant to refer to the actual use of oil, gas, coal, etc. to power the ...
New Year Reflections
The New Year brings with it the opportunity to take stock of our accomplishments and look to the future. 2007 was a momentous year for Dogwood Initiative. Not only ...
Shell's Dirty Hands
In the latest chapter of a story that has seen the third largest corporation in the world arrest grandmothers, and sue elders for lost revenue, Royal Dutch Shell appears ...