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On Canada Day I officially become a Canadian citizen. As the citizenship ceremony approached I began thinking about what exactly this means to me personally and why I waited ...

<p>The&nbsp;recent recognition of Gwaii Haanas as the best park in the world is a remarkable achievement. But one important aspect of the story that has received scant attention is ...

The Site C dam is once again being touted as a necessary and viable way to meet BC’s growing demand for electrical energy. Some, including some environmentalists, although expressing ...

Communities with a history of not controlling their destiny often wait for the next big industrial project to offset the inevitable demise of the last big industrial project. So ...

Opposition to coalbed methane is growing wherever it is being proposed. From Alberta to New Mexico, from the Powder River in Wyoming, to Fernie, Iskut, Hat Creek, Princeton and ...

Buried in the back pages last week was a story about an oil spill from Terasen’s pipeline that contaminated creeks and land near Abbotsford. Local residents are worried about ...

A growing number of Tahltan want things done differently in their territory. Besieged by dozens of mining, coalbed methane, hydro, road, and railway projects, they realize that the current ...

The BC Liberals’ latest privatization schemes for British Columbia may face another serious setback soon. After a five-day hearing, the Hupacasath First Nation awaits judgement in its BC Supreme ...

“2004 will be a year that will be written about in the history books,” predicts Dogwood Initiative for the coming year. The past two years of the provincial government’s ...