Mike De Souza
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News, Energy, Politics
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December 7th 2017
Energy company Kinder Morgan has received permission from the federal pipeline regulator to break the rules of the metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby in its construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The regulator said it can’t yet explain why it made this decision. B.C.’s Environment Minister George Heyman is shocked and says all Canadians should be concerned.
The British Columbia government has taken down a controversial job ad asking members of the public if they want to "tranquilize a grizzly bear," and get paid to "be up close and personal" with the iconic creatures.
Empowered by fossil fuel–driven technology, a rapidly growing human population and an insatiable demand for constant growth, our species is responsible for the calamitous consequences.
In the span of a single day, a long-building tidal wave made political and cultural landfall, with pent-up disgust over sexual abuse against women bursting onto an iconic cover of Time magazine, washing over Capitol Hill and potentially wiping away a once-promising political career.
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says Canada and China have made good progress on environmental laws and regulations that are among the barriers to launching official free trade talks.
Dominic LeBlanc was on his feet in question period on Wednesday, cheerfully batting down opposition queries with his customary partisan enthusiasm — just two hours after announcing that he's been diagnosed with leukemia.
The Liberal government wants to lift the mystery surrounding the G7 summit as it prepares to host the gathering next year, in hopes that Canadians will feel more included and, perhaps, less inclined to protest on the periphery.
