Mining companies face heated opposition to B.C. projects
Central British Columbia turns up the heat on the mining industry.
Tag Archives: Environment
Canada ‘fiddles while planet burns’, says Councillor David Cadman at Durban climate talks
Where in the world is Councillor David Cadman? Fighting climate change in Durban.
Controversial Prosperity mine blocked by B.C. Supreme Court judge
After First Nations blockades, a controversial copper and gold mine faces a new hurdle: a judge.
Is the future Green? Adriane Carr thinks so
2011 Vancouver Civic Election: Representing the newest party on Vancouver City Council, Adriane Carr culminated 30 years of vying for office with a surprise win on Saturday.
Occupy Vancouver protesters target financial institutions with ‘run on the banks’
Demonstrators — buoyed by David Suzuki’s support for the Occupy movement — march against Canadian financial institutions, culminating in a boisterous take-over of a bank
“Everywhere Lands are Being Stolen”: Mining Justice Week unites people of the South and North
Photographs to accompany an article on demonstrations against Goldcorp mining company
Making blood run ‘gold’: Mining justice organizers take on Goldcorp
As shareholders in the Canadian mining company Goldcorp met for their annual general meeting (AGM) in Vancouver last Wednesday, a jubilant and diverse crowd pushed its way into the Pan Pacific Convention Centre
Georgia Straight: Genie-winner Velcrow Ripper at VIFF
Award-winning director Velcrow Ripper’s new film premiered this week at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Blockade renewed at Grassy Narrows First Nation, asserts self-determination
Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwest Ontario community are continuing their eight-year blockade to assert their territorial rights
Asbestos: Raven ThunderSky’s Struggle for Justice
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg woman says the deaths of her whole family could have been averted had the government and mining companies come clean to the public about the dangers of asbestos
David P Ball 