Mistrust, Frustration Deepen as Police Spying on Pipeline Critics Comes to Light
Aboriginal leaders are outraged after secret documents revealed that police have been keeping tabs on critics of Enbridge Corp.’s Northern Gateway pipeline.
Tag Archives: Business & Economy
In more than a decade of journalism, my reporting has frequently focused on businesses, economics, fiscal policy, and corporate responsibility.
From highlighting innovation and best-practices in the environment or community, to investigating corporate misconduct or shareholder concerns, my work has been published in The Tyee, THIS Magazine, Briarpatch, Vancouver Observer, Gulf Islands Driftwood, and more.
Below are some samples from my business and economy portfolio.
Vancouver’s arts and culture bleeding out in “steady migration”, warn city creatives
Underneath the vibrant, diverse surface of a thriving arts and culture scene, Vancouver faces a loss of its brightest painters, dancers, designers, makers and performers to greener pastures. VO investigates how rising real estate prices are crunching our city’s artists.
Canada-EU free trade: ‘Cooking up a deal without much input — let us see a draft!’ say city leaders
Top Tories fanned out across Canada today touting support for CETA, the “most ambitious trade deal in history.” The Left Coast Post asked Vancouver councillor Tim Stevenson what’s the deal.
Joe Oliver’s Speech Coloured By “Racism”: First Nations Grand Chief
Natural Resources Minister’s comments go beyond paternalism and border on racist, First Nations Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said.
Top 8 Vancouver Day Trips: Shopping Trip in Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia offers travellers and vacationers great shopping opportunities, from book stores and tea shops, to ancient rainforest within an hour’s drive of the city limits.
Canada-EU free trade: water privatization not happening, authorities insist
Part Two in a series on the secretive CETA free trade deal. Critics fear the agreement opens up Canada’s water to multinational corporations.
Canada-EU free trade agreement called corporate Trojan horse
With NDP and Liberals criticizing Canada’s secretive CETA agreement, this launches a series on its impact on Canada’s water, democracy, jobs and health.
Canadian Women’s Foundation fights poverty, violence against women, and ‘sexual slavery’
Beverley Wybrow, president and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, hopes to empower women to overcome barriers. Photo by David P. Ball
Fukushima anniversary: B.C. looks south to closest nuclear plant
Sitting a six-hour drive south of Vancouver, the Columbia Generating Station is B.C.’s closet nuclear plant. As we near the one year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, VO investigates.
National Geographic explorer Wade Davis on Enbridge, First Nations and mining
Speaking out on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and mining near his home, the author of Sacred Headwaters spoke with VO on nature, industry and First Nations.
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