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Months after the Port Alice community was dealt a devastating blow bygovernment deregulation and slippery corporate shysters, the RCMPannounced its recommendation that seven criminal charges,including fraud and misappropriation of ...

My phone hasn’t stopped ringing since the announcement of the Brascan’s proposal to take over Weyerhaeuser’s coastal operations. First Nations and community activists from Port Alberni, Bamfield, Ucluelet, Haida ...

Let’s hope that on May 17, British Columbians remember the previous four years of pain, layoffs, government cuts, unfettered resource exploitation, gutting of community economies, and pandering to corporate ...

Are the Liberals serious about alternative energy in their Throne Speech promises about an Alternative Energy and Power Task Force? You be the judge: In the Budget, Alternative Energy ...

After the opening prayer of the 2005 Throne Speech (“We ask, oh Lord, for you to endow with wisdom the Premier of this magnificent province. We beseech this also ...

The perils of privatization have long been at the core of Dogwood Initiative’s work. The organization was formed to help communities gain more control of their lands, to manage ...

Raw Logs, Raw Deal It was standing room only at the biggest meeting room they’ve got at the Travelodge Silver Bridge in Duncan Thursday night. The enthusiastic crowd came ...

An election is coming up so political donations have once again begun making news. Victoria Times Colonist reporter Lindsay Kines wrote about the latest figures, and Vaughn Palmer followed ...

Last summer we wrote about signs of renewed support within government for community forests . Events of the past few months suggest that the signals ...