Blog July 13
Burning tire. Photo: Stephanus Riosetiawan/flickr
Nova Scotia's plan to burn tires for fuel is a $1.8-million tire fire
James Hutt | Lafarge-Holcim, the world's third-largest building supplies company, wants to burn 400,000 used tires a year at its cement plant just four kilometres away from the village of Brookfield, Nova Scotia.
Podcast July 13
Kevin MacKay
'Radical Transformation' - big ideas to solve some big problems
Victoria Fenner | Kevin MacKay says there are now five horsemen of the apocalypse, not four. In his new book, he tells us what they are and looks at some big problems and radical solutions.
Blog July 13
A wildfire in B.C. (Photo: B.C. Wildfire Service).
The view from different planets: Connecting wildfires and climate change proscribed only on Planet Alberta
David J. Climenhaga | Why are you allowed to state one obvious conclusion when B.C. is afire, but not when Alberta is burning?
Blog July 13
Image: Pinpoint Photography courtesy of the National Trust for Canada
Fraser Institute makes wilfully alarmist claims, scaremongering on Indigenous rights
Seth Klein | Fraser Institute chose National Aboriginal Day (June 21) to release a report by Tom Flanagan claiming that a sharp increase in people with Registered Indian status will drive up government costs.
Blog July 12
Credit union signage. Photo: Big City Signs/flickr
As banks close branches in rural Canada, are credit unions our only hope?
Nora Loreto | Banking jobs are moving online, where both customers and workers lose real-life interaction, and worse, in many cases, are replaced with nothing so that the banks can continue to make record profits.
Podcast July 11
Josh Freed on Line Regret, Occupied Time and his new film The Taming of the Cue
'The Taming of the Queue' -- a new film exploring how well behaved we are when we wait for our turn.
Face2Face | Have you ever had 'line regret'? Josh Freed and Face2Face host David Peck talk about what that is. Hint: think of the last time you waited in line for concert tickets.
News July 12
Image of Guy Caron. Courtesy of Caron campaign
Guy Caron brings economic expertise and Quebec knowledge to the race
Karl Nerenberg | NDP MP Guy Caron has two distinct advantages in the party's leadership race: he is the only Quebecer in the race and the only one who can lay claim to being a professional economist.
Blog July 10
Banro mining site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image: Flickr/USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
Globe and Mail tells only one side of story about Canada's role in the Congo
Yves Engler | The Globe's failure to even mention Canada's role in impoverishing Congo reflects its bias and helps to explain why Canadians are so confused about their country's role in the world.
Blog July 11
A bee and a butterfly. Image: Pixabay
Butterflyways are blooming throughout the land
David Suzuki, Jode Roberts | Pollinator pathway. Bumblebee highway. River of Flowers. Bee Line. These all describe habitat corridors created to help pollinators like bees and butterflies. We can add Butterflyways to the list.
Blog July 11
Left to right: Niki Ashton, Charlie Agnus, Guy Caron, Jagmeet Singh
Next federal NDP leader must make carbon pricing work for Saskatchewan
Erin Weir | When federal NDP leadership candidates debate in Saskatoon on Tuesday, they need to explain how they would help make carbon pricing work for Saskatchewan.
Blog July 11
Newspapers don't deserve support -- money should go to independent news sites.
Nick Fillmore | A new report asking the federal government for $350 million to prop up Canada's newspapers is out of step with the times.
Podcast July 10
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Australian Aboriginal workers fight against slave-like exploitation
Piergiorgio Moro, Jiselle Hanna | The continued exploitation of Aboriginal workers in Australia has led the national trade union centre, the ACTU, to develop a new campaign to support Aboriginal workers.