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The forest, the trees

🕔Nov 25, 2016

The widespread and fast-growing reach of logging development into pristine salmon-bearing watersheds should be a massive wake up call to anyone concerned about wild salmon and all wild ecosystems that salmon support.

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Connecting the dots: Being on the lookout for melanoma could save your life

👤Kate Daniels-Howard 🕔May 31, 2016

I’m not blonde, nor a natural redhead. I don’t have freckles or blue eyes. I grew up in the desert sun of the Okanagan Valley and spent most of my winter vacations in Maui or Mexico.

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🔍Read Full ArticlePetronas and Lelu Island: The cutting edge of LNG in BC? (Commentary/Op Ed)

Petronas and Lelu Island: The cutting edge of LNG in BC? (Commentary/Op Ed)

👤Greg Horne 🕔Nov 24, 2015

Wrapped in north coast fog, a small island in the Skeena River estuary 15 km south of Prince Rupert has become a lightning rod for Christy Clark’s strained liquefied natural gas (LNG) ambitions.

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Oil-by-rail terminal in Rupert could jeopardize salmon and seafood

👤Louanne Roth 🕔Oct 09, 2014

We northerners fought for and achieved a de facto north coast ban on oil tankers.

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Wakeup call for future of oil and gas production

👤Ingo Oevermann 🕔May 30, 2014

On March 28, an article by Lucy Woods appeared on the PV Tech site (pv-tech.org) entitled, “Minnesota utilities commission upholds landmark solar versus gas ruling.”

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🔍Read Full ArticleA proposal for Senate reform: Let Canada’s Senate really represent the regions

A proposal for Senate reform: Let Canada’s Senate really represent the regions

👤Phil Burton 🕔Aug 01, 2013

Recent examples of questionable behaviour by some of Canada’s appointed senators have prompted many of us to ask whether we need an Upper House anyway.

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