Aaron Paquette, a high profile candidate running for the NDP in Edmonton – APTN
August 18, 2015 Today we’ll look at an NDP candidate in Alberta who has a legitimate shot at being elected a Member of Parliament come October 19th. A year ago…
Hydro-Québec reveals test results after Nunavik diesel spill – Nunatsiaq News
August 18, 2015 Mussels in Ivujivik show no contamination, power corp. says Hydro-Québec says decontamination, monitoring and testing will continue on the site of the 14,000-litre diesel spill that took…
Kinder Morgan NENEB conditions rejected – North Shore News
August 19, 2015 The Tsleil-Waututh Nation says it is standing firm in opposition to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, despite a list of recommendations from the National Energy…
New realities of environmental reviews in BC – Business in Vancouver
Aug. 18, 2015 First Nations’ project impact studies redrawing the province’s resource extraction landscape When the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office hit the pause button on the Woodfibre LNG project in…
Slow manufacturing sector compounds Canada’s oil downturn: Philip Cross in the Financial Post – MLI
August 17, 2015 In the endless discussion about whether or not the economy is in recession, commentators too quickly assume all of the weakness in GDP early in 2015 was…
Inuit lose bid to block seismic testing off Baffin Island – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 18, 2015 17:23 By Bob Weber THE CANADIAN PRESS The tiny Inuit hamlet of Clyde River has lost a bid to block seismic testing off the shores of…
Federal government in court to force five First Nations to disclose finances – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 19, 2015 SASKATOON _ Lawyers for the federal government are to be in court today to persuade a judge to force five First Nations to open their…
B.C. First Nations lawyer says Crown didn’t consult on specific Site C permits – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 18, 2015 By Tamsyn Burgmann THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Two northeastern British Columbia First Nations will suffer “irreparable harm” if thousands of hectares of old-growth forest…
Lawyer says Site C dam will cause ‘irreparable harm’ to BC First Nations – CTV
August 18, 2015 VANCOUVER — Two northeastern British Columbia First Nations will suffer “irreparable harm” if thousands of hectares of old-growth forest are cleared to build the Site C dam,…
Cindy Blackstock doesn’t plan to sit on sidelines during election campaign – APTN
August 18, 2015 It’s the third week of the federal election campaign. There’s only about nine more weeks to go before the final ballots are cast on Oct. 19. As…
