Environmental activist Rod Marining knows the feel of steel handcuffs on his wrists. As co-founder of Greenpeace International, he sailed aboard Greenpeace ships campaigning against French atmospheric ...

BP's recently released "BP Energy Outlook 2030" report claims that a dramatic rise in new unconventional sources of oil -- tight oil, tar sands and NGLs -- will solve the "peak oil" problem. These new ...

Despite an estimated 1500 protesters clogging traffic outside BC Place and the pall of an athlete's death, the 2010 Winter Olympics began with dazzling performances by a star-studded cast of Canadians ...

Multi-award winning author Steven Galloway looks exactly the same in person as he does in his book jacket photo: smart, intense, slightly nerdy and curious. As one of Canada’s rising literary talents ...

According to the Postmedia presentation, newspapers would work in partnership with CAPP to put the spotlight on Canada's oil industry. "What really drives Canada's economic engine? Energy, of course," ...

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“Age,” according to Michel de Montaigne, “imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.” And he knew whereof he spoke by the time he penned that, in the late 16 th century, when his ...

It’s an innocuous bridge, not pretty to look at, but vital: the Vedder Bridge connects the cities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack over the Vedder Canal, which flows into the Fraser River. If a new ...

Only hours after Quebec's leader offered the strongest rebuke yet to a new federal medicare formula, B.C. premier Christy Clark announced that premiers have reached consensus on rejecting Ottawa's ...

The second train was hard fought as the Canadian Customs held out for $10k for clearing each train. Seems at odds with encouraging a sustainable, tourism-based economy but I digress ... Since about ...