Trans Mountain

PIPELINE – Hurdles never seem to end for the Trans Mountain project

September 4, 2018 // 1 Comment

The long, convoluted path to rejection demonstrates an approval process that is fundamentally flawed on so many levels By LEE HARDING Research Fellow Frontier Centre for [Continue]

KNOX – Politicians ignored views of West Coast on Trans Mountain

September 2, 2018 // 7 Comments

THE TRANS MOUNTAIN pipeline project wasn’t halted because it’s a bad idea. It got derailed because its approval was a railroad job, with we on the West Coast the damsel [Continue]

SUZUKI – Reconciling energy and Indigenous rights

August 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

IN 2007, CANADA WAS one of four countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (with New Zealand, the United States and Australia). With its [Continue]

FORSETH – ‘Cut their ropes’ comment reflects frustration at environmentalists

July 6, 2018 // 4 Comments

WELL I MUST SAY it has been some time since a reporter, outside of the Kamloops area, has sought me out for comment. It happened Thursday, however, and it had to do with [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Greenpeace protesters should pay the costs of publicity stunt

July 5, 2018 // 5 Comments

SEVEN GREENPEACE PROTESTERS were removed from Vancouver’s Ironworkers Memorial Bridge — also known as the Second Narrows — on Wednesday afternoon after hanging from it [Continue]

PIPELINES – The risky business of government-run pipelines

June 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

By SHERENA HUSSAIN York University WHEN THE CANADIAN government announced its acquisition of Kinder Morgan’s ownership interest in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, it [Continue]