Following the Conservative government's approval of a $15 billion sale of Calgary-based Nexen Inc. by a state-owned Chinese enterprise, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that "Canada is ...
Today across Canada, thousands of everyday people are showing up at events to tell our government leaders that they must listen to the people who elected them and lead on the issue of climate change.
A Canada-China investment treaty known as FIPPA will stop BC from negotiating a greater share of profits and creating regulations related to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline for the ...
The federal government gave conditional approval Tuesday to the massive Pacific NorthWest LNG project planned for British Columbia's northwest coast. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Natural ...
This is a media release from UBCIC. Members of Ahousaht First Nations are currently blockading the attempts of Cermaq to install a new open-net salmon farm at Yaakswiis, north of Tofino BC. On ...
In the Kispiox Valley 1,000 km north of Vancouver, where “No LNG” lawn signs seem to be everywhere, rancher Gene Allen had strong words for TransCanada pipeline contractors. The crews showed up on the ...
The Fraser Institute, Canada's leading right-wing think tank, received over $4.3 million in the last decade from eight major American foundations including the most powerful players in oil and ...
Amnesty International is calling for a stop work order on British Columbia’s $8.8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam, saying the mega project on the Peace River threatens the human rights of indigenous ...
Ever wondered how much Olympic athletes get paid for winning medals? The numbers may surprise you: the United Kingdom, host of this year's summer Olympics in London, pays its athletes nothing, while ...
The City of Vancouver is the latest group to launch a court challenge aimed at quashing the National Energy Board's recommended approval of the $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The city ...
Docked with lithe white yachts at a private Yaletown marina, just south of the Yaletown Roundhouse Canada Line station, two little blue and white ferries bob on False Creek. Vacation travellers and ...
Before writing The Jaguar’s Children, a novel about a young Mexican man’s gruelling attempt to immigrate to the United States, Vancouver author John Vaillant met his agent in New York City. They were ...