Environment

LETTER – Budget treats environment, climate change as an afterthought

February 23, 2017 // 2 Comments

This budget offers 1950s thinking in response to 2017’s challenges. It’s a budget blind to the need to transform our economy away from fossil fuels. It’s a budget blind [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Accept no bafflegab from candidates on two major local issues: healthcare and Ajax

February 17, 2017 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WEEKS BEFORE the B.C. election campaign is even officially underway, the pivotal issues in the two Kamloops ridings have [Continue]

SUZUKI – Govt must do more to address First Nations’ water issues

February 15, 2017 // 3 Comments

NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION in Ontario has had to boil water since 1995. “We’re over 20 years already where our people haven’t been able to get the water they need to drink [Continue]

SUZUKI – Understanding climate change: reading beyond headlines

February 10, 2017 // 1 Comment

SEEING TERMS like “post-truth” and “alternative facts” gain traction in the news convinces me that politicians, media workers and readers could benefit from a [Continue]

SUZUKI – We can benefit by thinking more like a forest on solar energy

January 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

IF YOU FLY over a forest and look down, you’ll see every green tree and plant reaching to the heavens to absorb the ultimate energy source: sunlight. What a contrast when [Continue]

Trans Mountain approval – ‘Positive outcome’ or ‘a terrible deal’ for B.C.?

January 11, 2017 // 2 Comments

The B.C. government gave the green light today (Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017) to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Premier Christy Clark said the “five [Continue]