Article by Andrew Nikiforuk in The Tyee. “Despite repeated government claims that the world’s largest energy project doesn’t contaminate the Athabasca River, a new scientific study released today shows that air pollution from the oil sands industry combined with extensive watershed destruction has released a highly toxic brew of heavy metals into northern waterways.” Read article
Article by Andrew Nikiforuk in The Tyee. “Calling for sweeping reforms and strong federal leadership on water science, the referenced 49-page report concluded that the Canadian government clearly lacks ‘proper knowledge on the state and dynamics of the regions water resources and how they will react to years of oil sands mining, both surface and in situ.'” Read article
Article by Rafe Mair in The Tyee. “The picture (Erik Andersen) paints is of a once rock solid Crown corporation placed on the road to fiscal ruin by the Campbell government.” Read article
Article by Robyn Smith in The Tyee. “Vancouver Canucks defenceman Willie Mitchell is the latest star to voice support for the protection of British Columbia’s wild salmon and the move towards closed containment farming, joining William Shatner in a growing cast of celebrity salmon defenders.” Read article
Article by Alexandra Morton in The Tyee. “Salmon feedlots should never have happened to Canada because they violate the Constitution by privatizing ocean spaces and exerting ownership over fish in sovereign marine waters.” Read article
Article by Sean Holman in The Tyee. “The main question is why should California weaken its environmental standards to accommodate what the British Columbia government wants?” – California Hydropower Reform Coalition director Keith Nakatani Read article
Article by Will McMartin in The Tyee. “How did the transfer of one-third of BC Hydro’s operations and employees to Accenture meet the pledge to ‘Protect BC Hydro’? And how did exempting the Accenture deal from scrutiny by the BC Utilities Commission fulfill the election promise to ‘restore’ BCUC independence?” Read article