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Harper's Arctic vision to claim North Pole, Santa Claus

He’s making a list, checking it twice and going to find out who’s naughty or nice. Ask just about any Canadian child who is eagerly anticipating the holidays, wide eyed and sugar-high, and they will ...
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Harper says Canada not for sale, as Conservatives approve CNOOC Nexen buy-out

Following the Conservative government's approval of a $15 billion sale of Calgary-based Nexen Inc. by a state-owned Chinese enterprise, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that "Canada is ...
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Avoid terrain in some parts of B.C. primed for avalanches: Avalanche Canada

REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Avalanche Canada is warning backcountry users about the danger for potentially deadly slides in British Columbia's central Columbia mountains. The warning includes parts of other ...
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'Over my dead body': northern BC residents overwhelmed by massive LNG push

In the Kispiox Valley 1,000 km north of Vancouver, where “No LNG” lawn signs seem to be everywhere, rancher Gene Allen had strong words for TransCanada pipeline contractors. The crews showed up on the ...
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Celebrity cremations: TV stars, rockers, and writers who opted for the urn

"Glee" star Cory Monteith's body was cremated days after his death, following a private viewing of his body by members of his immediate family and girlfriend Lea Michelle. Monteith is one of a growing ...
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Treaty 8 Tribal Chief Liz Logan asks UN to pressure BC government to respect treaty rights

Tribal Chief Liz Logan, a poised, articulate negotiator who has served four terms as Chief of Fort Nelson First Nation, followed by eight years as Tribal Chief of Treaty 8 Tribal Association, has ...
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Energy East facing many foes: land owners, enviros, Aboriginals and politicians

TransCanada has rolled its long-awaited 20,000-page, 68 two-inch binder application for the Energy East project into the Calgary office of the National Energy Board on Thursday. It is the company's ...
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After kicking out government officials at industry summit, Fort Nelson First Nation signs LNG worker camp deal

In an apparent turn of events since the "Fort Nelson Incident", in which 33-year-old Fort Nelson First Nation Chief Sharleen Gale held up a feather and kicked out government officials from an LNG ...
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Crazy8s gala screening and party showcases Vancouver’s brightest emerging filmmakers at The Centre

Crazy8s is an eight-day filmmaking contest that supports emerging filmmakers who have little or no access to short film funding. Paul Armstrong, Crazy8s executive director and executive producer, is ...
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Ian Reid

Ian Reid has worked in the political world, for progressive change, at the municipal, provincial, federal and international level for over 30 years. He is not the Conservative Party fundraiser of the ...
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First Nations' anti-Keystone XL alliance years in making

When energy campaigner and school teacher Crystal Lameman arrived in Washington DC on Sunday for the "Reject and Protect" Keystone XL protest, she saw dozens of First Nations people from all over ...
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It's "Our Turn," says Twitter VP Kirstine Stewart

In a recent stop in Vancouver to promote her book, Our Turn, Kirstine Stewart took a few moments at Roundhouse Radio to talk about her book's premise and the golden era of leadership opportunities ...