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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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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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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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structural separation

Independent research company BuddleComm has released a new report (sadly it’s expensive; if I were you I’d just read Phillip Dampier’s summary here) that looks at the best ways to connect everyone to ...
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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 ...
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Munisha Tumato

Munisha Tumato is a Vancouver-based journalist with an interest in food justice, land access, the environment and issues around gender and race. She's a graduate of the UBC School of Journalism.
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Chinese companies can sue BC for changing course on Northern Gateway, says policy expert

A Canada-China investment treaty known as FIPPA will stop BC from negotiating a greater share of profits and creating regulations related to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline for the ...
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Ottawa gives conditional approval to giant LNG project for B.C. coast

The federal government gave conditional approval Tuesday to the massive Pacific NorthWest LNG project planned for British Columbia's northwest coast. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Natural ...
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First Nations blockade Clayoquot Sound salmon farm

This is a media release from UBCIC. Members of Ahousaht First Nations are currently blockading the attempts of Cermaq to install a new open-net salmon farm at Yaakswiis, north of Tofino BC. On ...
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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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Charitable Fraser Institute received $4.3 million in foreign funding since 2000

The Fraser Institute, Canada's leading right-wing think tank, received over $4.3 million in the last decade from eight major American foundations including the most powerful players in oil and ...
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Amnesty International calls for halt to Site C, dam threatens indigenous rights

Amnesty International is calling for a stop work order on British Columbia’s $8.8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam, saying the mega project on the Peace River threatens the human rights of indigenous ...