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SUZUKI – We must heed warnings about humanity’s collision course

January 4, 2017 // 3 Comments

THE LONGER we delay addressing environmental problems, the more difficult it will be to resolve them. Although we’ve known about climate change and its potential impacts [Continue]

TRAVIS – A few resolutions for B.C. politicians as we close out 2016

December 30, 2016 // 1 Comment

2016 IS ALMOST a wrap and – safe to say – one for the books. In keeping with the spirit of the season, though, it’s time for a few New Year’s resolutions for [Continue]

TRAVIS – BC Liberals scraping bottom of the barrel for press releases

December 16, 2016 // 3 Comments

IT’S OFFICIAL. After hitting send to more than 2,680 news releases this year, the B.C. government’s Communications and Public Engagement Office is now scraping [Continue]

SUZUKI – Tread lightly and lift the weight of the world’s ‘technosphere’

December 14, 2016 // 2 Comments

HOW MUCH STUFF will you give and receive this holiday season? Add it to the growing pile — the 30-trillion-tonne pile. That’s how much technology and goods humans have [Continue]

SUZUKI – Indigenous people hold the key to caribou survival

December 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

WHEN GOVERNMENT biologists in Canada want to learn where caribou are, they put radio-tracking collars on some animals and monitor their movements. This gives them a rough [Continue]

SUZUKI – Reconciliation requires recognizing rights-based fishing

December 1, 2016 // 1 Comment

FISHING IS as emblematic to Canada as ice hockey. It’s also a way of life with a long tradition in coastal Indigenous communities. But since European contact, it’s been [Continue]