Northern Gateway provides too few jobs for risk to environment I’m just an average BC citizen who doesn’t want to see our coast along with First Nations and our wilderness become victims of the Tar Sands. Specifically, I’m referring to Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. I am not a member of any environmental organization ie: [...]
Healthy salary increases for some BC school boards superintendents By Jordan Bateman In his final days on the job, outgoing auditor general John Doyle cleared off his desk by issuing five important audits. Some, like the scathing report on the thoroughly discredited Pacific Carbon Trust, received a lot of public attention. Others, like one [...]
Ralph Klein impossible to hate as a man; impossible to love as a premier By Catherine Ford He was the only politician in history to run for office on his first name and his suit size: Ralph ‘88. It was one of the many jibes at the man-who-would-be-premier that highlighted Ralph Klein’s astoundingly popular [...]
Resource exploration a chance for First Nations governments to create a better future By Joseph Quesnel Manitoba needs to ensure First Nations communities are benefitting from mining development on their traditional territories. Real First Nations involvement in these projects is good for everyone. What is evident is that, when it comes to First Nations resource [...]
Carbon tax support in B.C. remains over 50 per cent A carbon tax notwithstanding, we are on the precipice of a carbon revolution! We will finally get our act together and decarbonize our energy systems, or we will blow past all carbon targets and completely destabilize our climate. So, how do we ensure the former? [...]
Spring 2013 forecast shows a slightly cooler spring than last year By Brett Anderson, AccuWeather.com AccuWeather.com‘s Spring 2013 forecast reports temperatures this Spring will end up near to above average across most of eastern, northern and Atlantic Canada, while much of central and western Canada will be dominated by near or cooler-than-normal conditions. This temperature pattern across [...]
Donuts Whether you are a Robin’s Donuts fan from years gone by, or a current Tim Horton donut lover – we can’t get enough of the sweet little circles. Find the delicious variations of donuts in the sweet Donut word find. b u c t o n t r i n d o a g r e i j [...]
Find all the British Columbia Cities in this Word Find Puzzle p n o i l t p l a l a v l e w e o b o y r s l a c r e j m u r h o o f e f b c r i w o o [...]
Lost in Calgary? Maybe you need to find the names of the streets, drives, roads and trails in the Word Find below. m o l m e i m n h d l n l n l d d a l d o p k p o c b a r l o w a [...]
Brenden Holubowich pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death An Alberta judge choked back tears as he told a packed courtroom how he struggled to decide a just punishment for a driver who caused a crash that killed four high school football players. A fifth player was pulled from the wreckage and survived, but suffered brain [...]
