Dr. Peter Tsigaris

Climate change is for real: The Canadian North is heating up and so is Kamloops

March 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Earth Hour, today at 8:30 p.m., focuses on reducing our energy consumption but its concept is a broad-based commitment to our environment. Following is a [Continue]

Protecting our grasslands is good economics

March 23, 2014 // 3 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE — Dr. Peter Tsigaris, an economics professor at Thompson Rivers University, is providing a series of articles for The Armchair Mayor News about ideas. This [Continue]

Have you ever thought of taking a course from one of world’s top universities, at little cost?

March 20, 2014 // 1 Comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: Another in a series of ideas from Dr. Peter Tsigaris, professor of economics at Thompson Rivers University. By Dr. PETER TSIGARIS Have you ever thought [Continue]

KGHM, debate merits of Ajax in a public form

March 13, 2014 // 2 Comments

THURSDAY MORNING EDITORIAL — When will KGHM International come out of hiding and face the public in an open debate about the merits of the Ajax project? The mine company [Continue]

Studies should consider combined impact of Ajax and New Gold, says economics professor

March 10, 2014 // 16 Comments

NEWS — The environmental review of the Ajax open-pit mine should consider the combined impact of Ajax and nearby New Gold, not just deal with Ajax in isolation, says a TRU [Continue]