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Opinion: Good news -- some projects that got it at least partly right
By DeSmog Canada editors
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10 Questions with BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver
By Carol Linnet of DeSmog CanadaB.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver went from being B.C.’s solitary Green MLA in 2013 to holding the balance of power in the province’s current minority government.
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Record-breaking CEO pay now 209 times more than average worker
For the first time, Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs netted 209 times more than the average worker made in 2016, according to a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).The report...
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Canada’s biggest cities much less dense than other major U.S., international...
Canadian cities — including Toronto and Vancouver, which are experiencing an affordability crunch—can accommodate much more housing supply as they have much lower population densities than other major...
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Win cash for tuition — Junior Dragons Den seeks student entrepreneurs
Want to win cash for post secondary tuition?Community Future’s Junior Dragons Den is inviting submissions for its fourth annual business pitch competition. Modelled after CBC’s “The Dragons’ Den,”...
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Opinion: BC Hydro asking for a loan? Overheard by a fly on the wall
Loans Officer (LO): So you'd like to borrow $10.7 billion?BC Hydro (BCH): Yes sir. It's for a hydro-electric dam.LO: Well that's a lot of green for green energy. How exactly did you arrive at that...
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COLUMN: Consumer society no longer serves our needs
My parents were born in Vancouver — Dad in 1909, Mom in 1911 — and married during the Great Depression. It was a difficult time that shaped their values and outlook, which they drummed into my sisters...
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Canadians should get ready to dig a little deeper
More than 90 per cent of Canadian families with children will pay higher taxes once the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) tax increases are fully implemented, finds a new study released today by the Fraser...
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Rossland Summit School class tackles the plastic problem
Anyone who is paying any attention at all knows that plastic pollution is a huge problem for life on earth. Plastic litter floods into rivers, washes into the sea, chokes beaches and wildlife, breaks...
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Local investment: putting our money where we live
In today’s interconnected world, it is easy to see how your hard-earned money can end up going towards projects and businesses all around the world. In 2013, British Columbians contributed $4.5 Billion...
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COLUMN: The effects of large dams
Brazil has flooded large swaths of the Amazon for hydro dams, despite opposition from Indigenous Peoples, environmentalists and others. The country gets 70 per cent of its electricity from hydropower....
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Dramatic change to regional-based forestry needed to best serve British...
BC must dramatically change how forestry is managed and governed if it hopes to reverse today’s troubling trends, says Bob Williams, who served as the province’s forest minister in the early 1970s, in...
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OPINION: On 'Professional Reliance'
Editor's Note: We’ve been hearing about “professional reliance” recently. In response to the provincial government’s invitation to the public to provide input on professional reliance, Rossland Mayor...
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Op/Ed: It’s time for forestry to benefit British Columbians not multinational...
By Bob WilliamsThere was a time when securing a good-paying forestry job in British Columbia was not just an option but an expectation for many.This was a time when the provincial government took an...
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Column: 'From the Hill' -- BC's natural resources
In mid-January I attended the British Columbia Natural Resources Forum in Prince George. This is one of the biggest gatherings of resource companies, government leaders and nongovernment organizations...
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CBT speaks to concerns over Castlegar's representation on board
Recent changes to the board of the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) have prompted some questions as to why it has been so long since a Castlegar resident sat as a director, despite the significant impact the...
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How a US company is suing Canada for rejecting quarry in endangered whale...
By Judith Lavoie, DeSmog CanadaWhen a Canadian federal-provincial environmental review panel ruled in 2007 that a proposed quarry would go against community core values and would threaten right whales...
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Editorial: On how we vote in BC -- will it change, or not?
Come the next BC election, will we have Proportional Representation (of some kind) or business-as-usual with First-Past-the-Post? A lot of ink and pixels have been swirling around the news and opinion...
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BC needs bold, transformative change. Will Budget 2018 bring it?
Next Tuesday, the BC government presents its first full budget and it’s an opportunity to tackle significant crises of affordability, inequality, poverty and environmental degradation.To do so in a...
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Dog problems, a new way to reduce wildfire risk, more short-term rentals and...
Rossland City Council Meeting, Tuesday, February 13, 2018The evening began with a Public Hearing, to accept public input on three Zoning Amendment Bylaws to allow short-term rentals (Guest Suites), and...
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