Canadian households: Among highest debt-to-income ratios in the world
by Armine Yalnizyan In the past few weeks some of Canada’s most respected economic authorities, including Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, have voiced concerns over the fragility of the recovery, globally and at home. Now Paul Krugman joins that chorus of Cassandras, pointing his finger straight at the wishful thinkers who say Canada’s heavy lifting […]
Time for BC Liberals to act on HST initiative and uphold democracy! says MLA Conroy
Kootenay West MLA, Katrine Conroy is celebrating the successful completion of the HST initiative petition. “This is an historic democratic achievement for the people of BC” stated Conroy. “However the attempt by the BC Liberals and their friends to thwart the public will is a dangerous precedent for democracy.” Conroy joins her colleagues and the […]
The Net Neutrality spat explained
By Marian Wang in PropublicaIn recent weeks, top officials from the Federal Communications Commission have held closed-door meetings to negotiate with the country’s biggest communications companies and online service providers on how the Internet should be regulated. In a statement today, the FCC said it had called off those...
Salmon farming industry refuses to cooperate with provincial reporting stragegies
The B.C salmon farm industry's decision to not co-operate with provincial reporting strategies has rendered government officials impotent and incapable of regulating the notoriously secretive industry, environmental groups Ecojustice and T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation said today.As of April 1, 2010, salmon farms have...
Gitmo challenges could endanger half of convictions
By Chisun Lee in ProPublicaDecisions on two legal challenges to the Guantanamo military commissions system, both expected this summer, could undo half the convictions won so far before the tribunals and disrupt a number of pending cases.The appeals of two 2008 convictions attack several core aspects of the young trial system....
Ambulance Cuts and a Cowboy’s Death
It was bound to happen. And it has.Serious questions have arisen about whether B.C. ambulance service cuts contributed to the death of a bull rider at a rodeo Friday. And they must be answered.Makwala Derickson-Hall was severely injured when he was bucked and then trampled by a rodeo bull at the Valemount Rodeo. He was ...
Mental illness cited as reason for not-guilty plea in Grand Forks murder trial
Kimberly Noyes pled not guilty in court today as the trial of the murder of 12-year-old John Fulton got underway in Rossland, B.C. In the first day of what is slated as a three week trial, both the prosecution and defense attorneys agree that the central issue for the court to determine is the mental state of Kimberly Noyes,...
B.C. First Nations return from Gulf spill determined to stop Enbridge oil tankers
British Columbians cannot afford to let Enbridge bring the devastation of the BP oil spill to their coast. That’s the message a delegation of B.C. First Nations is bringing back from the Gulf of Mexico today, after a four-day tour of the Gulf Coast area affected by the BP oil spill. “Everywhere we went people told us the same […]
Blast at BP Texas refinery in 2005 foreshadowed Gulf disaster
by Ryan Knutson, ProPublicaThis story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE (PBS).TEXAS CITY, TEXAS -- Ever since the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, David Senko has been tallying the similarities between what he calls "my blast" in 2005 and this new BP disaster.Anonymous...
“Grounds for Haiti” winding up and winding down with final two events
“Grounds for Haiti” fundraising efforts have been gearing up for the last two events of their campaign. “We would like to thank everyone who has contributed and we are very excited at how this has gone,” says volunteer, Helen Bobbitt. “This has been a great experience for all involved and to know that local dollars […]
