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Vancouver's Urban Farming Census
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Community Trust Farming
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Geoengineering Techno fix or climate profiteering? Joyce Nelson uncovers the tar sands connection and the millions of dollars Big Oil has spent
Bt Toxins Safety Researchers track harmful effects of pesiticides in GM foods
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Safety Leaks and explosions
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Morgan Kinder Pipeline Safety

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Morgan Kinderby Joyce Nelson

BC Energy Minister Rich Coleman appears to be ignoring the fact that corporate ownership of the Trans Mountain Pipeline changed hands in 2005, when the Canadian owner, Terasen Inc., was bought for $3 billion by Houston-based energy giant Kinder Morgan.  Regarding the pipeline, Coleman told the Burnaby NewsLeader (April 12), "This one's been in operation for a long time, and it does show that pipelines can operate safely for generations."

Pipeline Update - The Freedom Train

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Pipeline routeby Susan MacVittie

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is determined to speed up and streamline the government-approval process for pipelines, recently cutting federal environmental-oversight agencies drastically from 40 to three, slashing budgets, limiting public participation and assigning fixed assessment timelines. It's all part of a slick plan.

Plan A: Keystone XL

No Longer on Hold

Geoengineering

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by Joyce Nelson

geo-engineeringIn 2007, billionaire Sir Richard Branson (chairman of Virgin Group) and Al Gore (former US vice-president) spearheaded a competition called the Virgin Earth Challenge - a contest offering $25 million "to find commercially viable designs to permanently remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere." As Branson put it, "If we could come up with a geoengineering  answer to this problem [of climate change], then Copenhagen [climate conferences] wouldn't be necessary. We could carry on flying our planes and driving our cars." 

Coal Train Blocked in White Rock

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You can read Carrie Saxifrage's fine account in the Vancouver Observer of the action on Warren Buffet's coal train, bringing coal from Montana for export to Asia via the Westhore Terminals. Congratulations to those who took part, including Watershed Sentinel volunteers, as well as Will Horter of the Dogwood Institute, Mark Jaccard from SFU, and Peter Nix, Cowichan Carbon Buster.

Canadian Bank Bail Out: "liquidity support"

Submitted by delores on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 09:55.
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OTTAWA—A study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) estimates the previously secret extent of extraordinary support required by Canada’s banks during the financial crisis.

According to the study, by CCPA Senior Economist David Macdonald, support for Canadian banks reached $114 billion at its peak—that’s $3,400 for every man, woman, and child in Canada.

Open Letter from First Nations Chiefs to Joe Oliver about gutting of Environmental Assessment

Submitted by delores on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 16:10.
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April 19, 2012

Honourable Joe Oliver

Ministry of Natural Resources Canada

House of Commons

Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6

New virus found in farm salmon sold in Canadian supermarkets

Submitted by delores on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 09:59.
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Sointula, BC (April 16, 2012) - Test results report 44 out of 45 farm salmon purchased from several Vancouver Superstore and T&T markets on February 4th and 28th, 2012 tested positive for a newly identified Norwegian virus. The seafood departments at these markets informed us these were fresh BC-raised farm salmon.

Drugging of seniors - VIHA and BC shame

Submitted by delores on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 10:43.
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This month's Focus magazine has a powerful and disturbing article about the use of the Mental Health Act in BC, and ESPECIALLY on Vancouver Island, to drug seniors with anti-pychotic drugs, drugs which are known to cause death from heart attacks, and drugs which are CONTRAINDICATED for seniors. Frightening, shameful, and inexcusably inhumane.

Taking gold for avoiding taxes in Canada

Submitted by Arthur on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 16:18.
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Re: Who takes the gold for tax avoidance in 2011?

The article above is about US corporations. I was curious to know how some of our Canadian companies stacked up, especially resource companies acting in BC. If you're an average working stiff breaking your back to pay taxes in Canada, you may not want to read beyond here.

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