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Attawapiskat third party manager will stay: Federal Court judge
By February 3, 2012 04:20 pmFederal Court Judge Michael L. Phelan has turned down the Attawapiskat First Nation's request to enjoin the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from imposing third party management, or at least to keep the third party manager from being paid out of funds intended for the members of the Attawapiskat First Nation. Read more…
No independent agency, but increased monitoring in oilsands
By February 3, 2012 03:32 pmEDMONTON -- A long-awaited new plan from the federal and Alberta governments on how to gauge the environmental effects of the oilsands will watch for more contaminants, in more places, more often. But monitoring will be run — at least at first — by bureaucrats instead of an independent agency. Read more…
Filed inCaterpillar shuts Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., where workers locked out
By February 3, 2012 12:09 pm 2 commentsAmerican-based heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. announced Friday it would close its Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., a month after it locked out 450 workers. Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail Services says the cost structure at the plant was unsustainable. Caterpillar last week reported a 58 per cent increase in its quarterly earnings with a record profit of nearly $5 billion. Read more…
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Alberta, Ottawa to release plan for oilsands environmental monitoring
By February 3, 2012 08:44 am 2 commentsAlberta and the federal government are expected to reveal some of the details of their long-awaited plan to track the environmental impact of oilsands development later today. The plan is considered crucial to answering critics who charge that the multibillion-dollar industry is being allowed to charge ahead far in advance of government's ability to regulate it. Read more…
Filed inYouth reps: Canada needs national strategy for Aboriginal children
By February 2, 2012 04:38 pmCanada must develop a comprehensive plan to improve the lives of Aboriginal children, says a national coalition of youth advocates. Read more…
Report says science, not minister should rule Canada's fisheries
By February 2, 2012 12:44 pm 4 commentsFisheries management in Canada places too much discretion in the hands of the federal minister, conferring "czar-like" powers that have meant the country has lagged far behind others in protecting its oceans, says a study by an expert panel of some of Canada's most distinguished scientists. Read more…
Filed inRural reporters can't make a living, says former Nelson Post editor
By February 2, 2012 12:30 pm 2 commentsThe managing editor of the Nelson Post has quit his job, and journalism altogether, saying there is no way to make a living as a reporter outside a major urban centre. Read more…
Filed inFederal bureaucrats pose as 'new Canadians' on Sun News citizenship ceremony
By February 2, 2012 08:02 am 6 commentsSix federal bureaucrats were drafted to pose as new Canadians for a citizenship reaffirmation ceremony broadcast on the Sun News network, an event requested by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's office. The bureaucrats smiled and held Canadian flags as the TV hosts referred to a group of 10 people as "new Canadians" that had "finally" received their citizenship. Read more…
Filed inYouth advocates launch BC child labour study
By February 1, 2012 03:41 pm 2 commentsNine years since the Liberal government changed labour regulations to allow children as young as 12 to find employment, a lack of government oversight has prompted First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition to launch their own study of youth labour. Read more…
Filed inBC Hydro being run like a 'Ponzi scheme,' says union
By February 1, 2012 03:03 pm 8 commentsLow rates and hidden costs are turning BC Hydro into a "Ponzi scheme," says the union representing the company's office workers.
In an ongoing dispute over electricity rate changes proposed by the crown corporation last November, the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378, says that BC Hydro is using an accounting slight-of-hand to mask the real financial toll of unrealistically low electricity prices. Read more…
Filed inPoll finds Dix seen as best choice for premier for first time
By February 1, 2012 12:50 pm 11 commentsMore British Columbians believe New Democratic Party Leader Adrian Dix would make the best premier than believe Premier Christy Clark would, according to an Angus Reid Public Opinion poll released today. Read more…
Filed inTory senator's idea: Give each murderer a rope inside their prison cell
By February 1, 2012 10:02 am 8 commentsA Conservative senator in Ottawa has an unconventional proposal for cutting down prison costs: Give murder convicts a rope in their prison cell, and let them decide whether to hang themselves. Read more…
Filed inInequality growing here and across Canada: BC Stats
By January 31, 2012 03:50 pm 7 commentsB.C.'s income gap has been growing for 15 years, says B.C. Statistics in a recent report, and only Alberta has more after-tax income inequality than we do. Read more…
Alberta launches legal action against logging protesters
By January 31, 2012 02:53 pm 3 commentsPeaceful protesters stood in front of logging machinery last week on a public road, government officials issued a flurry of legal paper including a development notice, a trespass notice, an enforcement order and now a court order.
The enforcement order, which the group is appealing as an infringement of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, even banned protestors from occupying or using "any other public lands in the Province of Alberta unless otherwise authorized to so." Read more…
Filed inStatistics Canada to make much more data available for free, starting Wednesday
By January 31, 2012 02:30 pmOfficials say many census details and economic reports long hidden behind an online pay wall will now be available to anyone — as long as users don't make special requests. Custom requests, maps and printed information will still be paid services. Read more…
Filed inRCMP complaints commission demands laws to speed police response to complaints
By January 31, 2012 10:50 amThe demand comes as the commission has released its final report into the July 2003 in-custody death of Prince George, B.C., resident Clay Alvin Willey. It took RCMP 14 months to respond to commission's previous report examining the death of the aboriginal man. Read more…
Filed inMonth on welfare challenge wins more media attention than years as critic
By January 31, 2012 08:00 am 3 commentsSurrey-Fleetwood MLA Jagrup Brar's effort to live for a month on a welfare-level income of $610 has generated many more headlines than his years as the official opposition's critic on the file ever did. Read more…
Former AB premier Stelmach advises Ukraine on shale gas: report
By January 30, 2012 01:55 pmFormer Alberta premier Ed Stelmach has been giving tips to the Ukrainian government on how to sell controversial shale gas development to a skeptical public, according to a story in the English-language Kyiv Post. Read more…
Filed inConservatives axe popular energy-saving program
By January 30, 2012 01:22 pm 7 commentsOfficials say less than half of the $400 million that was promised for the home energy retrofit program has been spent. Read more…
Filed inCatalyst Paper says one union at Crofton mill voted down new labour agreement
By January 30, 2012 09:52 am 1 commentsSpecialty paper producer Catalyst Paper Corp. says that one of the unions at its Crofton mill in B.C. has rejected a new contract that must be ratified as part of the company's new refinancing plan to stay alive. The plan would improve finances, but give control of the company to its bondholders. Read more…
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Attawapiskat seeks injunction against third-party manager
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'Radical' federal remarks boost fundraising, support for enviro groups
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Martin to Harper: Stop imposing your will on First Nations
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Chief to Harper: Address native concerns or face 'aboriginal uprising'
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Media outlets post Vancouver riot photos online before handing over to police
First Nations chiefs prepare for landmark meeting with Harper
CBC ombudsman finds conflict in reporter's link to Premier Clark's office
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Premier Clark's Grey Cup guest list
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Canadian MPs begin a new Parliamentary year as they return to the Hill this week. On the agenda: pensions, crime legislation, the end of the long-gun registry and of course, the budget (a budget that doesn't need a single opposition vote to pass.)
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