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Meditation, the New Medication
Hillside Festival gently sits on the small island of Guelph Lake Conservation Area; as I skirted the island’s edge, encompassed by the lake’s beauty, I came across a meditation class. The class was drawing to a close, but I joined in all the same. “Now turn to the person next […]
The Green Scene
Festivals with clear skies are a rare sight to behold, but a festival with clear grounds — now that’s truly a sight to see. When you step onto the Guelph Lake Conservation Area, where Hillside Festival is based, festivalgoers are accosted by unique music, rather than the crunch of garbage […]
Voting for the Environment
Greenpeace wants you to vote in Canada’s 42nd federal election. Early in the election period, before most Canadians were likely to be paying attention to the four major political party leaders’ campaigns, Greenpeace launched ivoteclimate.ca. Like many organizations, they’re trying to engage Canadians (especially young Canadians) to not only show […]
Day 4: Canada seeks to defend Enbridge approval in Court
It was another exciting day down at the Federal Court of Appeal. The day started with Northern Gateway seeking to introduce fresh evidence to the Court. Yesterday, the judges instructed Northern Gateway to seek an agreement with the applicants with respect to the admissibility of this evidence. No such agreement […]
Day 3: Environmental and labour organizations challenge Enbridge approval
First up this morning, Chris Tollefson presented arguments on behalf of BC Nature, a B.C.-based conservation group. BC Nature’s main argument is that the Joint Review Panel (JRP) failed to conduct a fulsome assessment of the potential environmental impacts of a large oil spill despite having a legal duty to […]
New Advances in the Art of Issue Avoidance
Political candidates are skilled at fielding tough questions. Really tough questions require answers that offend some potential voters no matter how they are answered. Ambiguity, platitudes and answering some question other than the one that was asked are ways of coping with such questions. Some candidates in the 2015 campaign, […]
Yinka Dene Alliance kick off Day 2 of the Enbridge hearing
Spirits remained high in the 8th floor courtroom even as a dense fog settled on downtown Vancouver. The courtroom was jam-packed all day long while lawyers representing the Nak’azdli, Nadleh Whut’en, Gitga’at and Gitxaała Nations made their cases. Watching the proceedings on a video-screen in an overflow room felt a […]
Day One of Enbridge Hearings
Representatives from the Haisla, Haida, Kitasoo Xai’xais, Heiltsuk, Nadleh Whut’en, Nak’azdli, Gitga’at and Gitxaala Nations travelled hundreds of kilometers to attend proceedings in front of the Federal Court of Appeal from October 1st – October 8th. These eight First Nations are challenging the federal government’s approval of the Enbridge pipeline and […]
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