Other Voices

SUZUKI – ‘World class’ may not mean much when it comes to fuel spills

November 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

IN JULY, a pipeline leak near Maidstone, Saskatchewan, spilled about 250,000 litres of diluted oil sands bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River, killing wildlife and [Continue]

SUZUKI – Heated U.S. presidential debates ignore an overheating planet

October 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE accept that Earth is warming at an unusually rapid rate, that humans are primarily responsible, mainly by burning fossil fuels, and that the consequences [Continue]

SUZUKI – Food security is important for humans and other animals

October 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

AS LEAVES change colour and drop from trees, and a chill in the air signals the approach of winter, many of us are thinking of the fall harvest and hearty soups and dishes [Continue]

TRAVIS – B.C. govt’s back-patting ad campaign of seismic proportions

October 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

MUTE THEM, channel surf, hide them all you want but there’s no escaping them. The B.C. government is in the midst of saturating television shows and social media in the [Continue]

SUZUKI – We can’t dig our way out of the fossil fuels pit

October 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

I’VE OFTEN thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe. Maybe it’s just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination, that compels them to [Continue]

SUZUKI – Confronting the crisis of violence against Indigenous women

October 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

IN LATE September, Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook died tragically in Ottawa. Pootoogook was an award-winning illustrator from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Her ink-and-crayon [Continue]

SUZUKI – Carbon dioxide: pollutant or plant food?

October 1, 2016 // 1 Comment

LIFE EVOLVED to live within limits. It’s a delicate balance. Humans need oxygen, but too much can kill us. Plants need nitrogen, but excess nitrogen harms them, and [Continue]