NEWS: Bluewater Coalition against nuclear waste sites near Lake Huron formed
The Owen Sound Sun Times reports, “Local opponents of proposed nuclear waste burial sites known as deep geologic repositories are joining forces. Groups in Grey, Bruce and Huron counties have formed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NEWS: Council of Canadians-Wildnerness Committee joint statement against...
Damage done to loading berth by bulk carrier ship raises concerns. The Delta Optimist reports on the recent collision of a bulk carrier docking at the Westshore Terminals coal port at Roberts Bank in...
View ArticleNEWS: Encana-PetroChina deal means more fracking in Alberta
The Globe and Mail reports, “Encana Corp. reached a $2.2-billion joint venture with PetroChina to develop the hot new Duvernay property in Alberta, in a deal that will fly just below the radar of...
View ArticleNEWS: Bluewater Coalition against nuclear waste sites near Lake Huron formed
The Owen Sound Sun Times reports, “Local opponents of proposed nuclear waste burial sites known as deep geologic repositories are joining forces. Groups in Grey, Bruce and Huron counties have formed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NEWS: Court injunction considered by opponents of controversial Pinehouse...
Pinehouse Lake The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix reports that “opponents are seeking a court injunction” to stop a controversial deal between Cameco and Areva with the village of Pinehouse that would advance...
View Article‘For the avoidance of any doubt’: Pinehouse signs ‘collaboration agreement’...
Despite opposition from residents in the northern Saskatchewan village of Pinehouse, a controversial “collaboration agreement” has been signed, committing Pinehouse to support uranium giants Cameco and...
View ArticleNEWS: Fracking to be banned near Sacred Headwaters in British Columbia
The Globe and Mail reports, “Oil and gas development is to be banned from a 400,000-hectare area in northwestern British Columbia known as the Sacred Headwaters… In an announcement, expected (today),...
View ArticleNEWS: Massive potash mine planned for Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan
The Canadian Press reports on a proposed potash mine that would be constructed in the Muskowekwan First Nation - located about 100 kilometres north of Regina - that would use up to 200,000 square...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UPDATE: Council of Canadians in solidarity with Chief Theresa Spence
I’m honoured to be joining today the solidarity hunger strike in support of Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence along with seventeen other people, including individuals from the Canoe Lake...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NEWS: Idle No More protest blocks Hwy 63 to the tar sands
The blockade of Hwy 63 to the tar sands. Photo by Melina Laboucan-Massimo. APTN reports, “About 100 people blocked Hwy. 63 north of Fort McMurray, Alta., this afternoon, the main artery that leads to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NEWS: Massive mines in Nunavut would see lakes destroyed
Izok Lake The Globe and Mail reports on the proposed Izok Corridor Project by Melbourne-based “MMG Ltd., a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned China Minmetals” that would see the “development of...
View ArticleNEWS: Ring of Fire mine proposals prompt water concerns
Today, the Globe and Mail reports on the proposed open-pit and underground mines in the James Bay lowlands area of northern Ontario, often referred to as ‘the Ring of Fire’. The article notes, “The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UPDATE: Tree protest in Texas continues to confound KXL construction
Tree protest in Texas today. This from Tar Sands Blockade: “BREAKING: Spectacular new tree blockade halts KXL construction in Texas! Two people climbed 50 ft into trees in solidarity with Idle No More...
View ArticleNEWS: ExxonMobil to pursue massive oil project offshore of Newfoundland
ExxonMobil - along with Chevron, Suncor, Statoil and Nalcor - have announced that they will begin extracting more than 700 million barrels of oil from the Hebron oilfield 95 metres (300 feet) beneath...
View ArticleNEWS: Mining company sewage-dump may have worsened Attawapiskat housing crisis
APTN National News reports tonight on a sewage backup that happened in several homes in Attawapiskat in March 2005. “The sewage backup happened around the same time that De Beers, the international...
View ArticleNEWS: Mikisew Cree First Nation and Frog Lake First Nation to challenge C-38...
The Globe and Mail reports, “The Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Frog Lake First Nation will file documents in Federal Court on Tuesday arguing that treaties require the federal government to protect...
View ArticleNEWS: Study confirms increased levels of cancer-causing compounds from tar sands
The New York Times reports, “The development of Alberta’s oil sands has increased levels of cancer-causing compounds in surrounding lakes well beyond natural levels, Canadian researchers reported in a...
View ArticleNEWS: Harper government weakened environmental laws at request of oil & gas...
CBC reports, “A letter obtained by Greenpeace through access to information laws and passed on to the CBC reveals the oil and gas industry was granted its request that the federal government change a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NEWS: First Nations economic disruptions expected on January 16
Chief Allan Adam speaks in Fort McMurray, Oct. 23/ 2012. APTN reports, “Mass blockades are expected to hit at least three provinces this coming Wednesday. Sources in two provinces told APTN National...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NEWS: Thousands protest Northern Gateway pipeline in Vancouver
Noise Demo in Vancouver last night. Photo by Zack Embree. The Canadian Press reports, “The nationwide Idle No More movement merged with ongoing protests against oil pipeline projects proposed for...
View Article
