First stamp in Canada Post history to be chosen by public vote unveiled
Canada Post today unveiled the 2011 Mental Health stamp to help kick off the company’s annual fundraising campaign for community-based mental health initiatives across Canada. In November 2010, a competition was launched to help find a design, in which the five finalists were subjected to a popular vote, a first in Canada Post’s 160 years. […]
Government invests in cattle traceability
Cattle producers and processors in B.C. will continue to provide consumers with top quality beef thanks to a Government of Canada investment in a shared database traceability system. Member of Parliament Wai Young (Vancouver South), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced today an investment of over $276,000 to establish the B.C. Carcass Tracking […]
LETTER: Canuck coal power a step backward
Dear editor,A concern for all Canadians which you may want to pass on to your readers. Please help stop this travesty.Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent just announced new rules for coal power that he claims will reduce pollution. But there’s a huge problem: he left a loophole big enough to drive a 500MW coal plant...
Environment takes dramatic decline as an issue of importance to Canadians: report
In just three years, the environment has lost its status as one of the top five issues facing Canadians, with only 49 per cent ranking it as very important. According to Bensimon Byrne’s latest Consumerology Report, concern has fallen significantly since 2008 (down 11 points) and ranks behind issues such as the price of gas, […]
Rumours of pipeline's demise grow as speculation surrounds Enbridge
It’s impossible to divine anything concrete from the flurry of interesting chatter surrounding Enbridge’s embattled 1,100 km Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal. Alternate routes, Asian energy experts laughing at our stupidity, Enbridge as a straw man to help push through another pipeline to the US…Much of it coming via rumours, hypotheses, and veiled political innuendo. But […]
Worry deepens as markets continue to plummet
North American stock markets witnessed another massive sell-off on Monday as investors grew increasingly worried about the health of the global economy. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index closed with a loss of 491.21 points, or roughly four per cent, at 11,670.96. It has now lost 1,145 points over three trading days. In New York, […]
Loonie drops and markets nosedive on fears of global recession
Keep building that bunker, the global economy is teetering on the brink of another recession as markets took a nosedive Thursday, the Financial Post reports. A 3.40 per cent drop in the Toronto Stock Exchange was coupled with a $5.30 drop in West Texas Intermediate crude oil to $86.63 U.S. a barrel, while the loonie […]
More savings for Canadians who make home improvements
The federal government has renewed the ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program, an initiative that helps Canadians save on home improvements and energy costs while protecting the environment. “With this program, Canadians can make their homes more energy-efficient and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada,” said Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Joe Oliver. […]
Green Teens: more than half are interested in working in the environment
Survey results released recently by Canon Canada reveal that 56 per cent of Canadian teens are interested in a career in the environment, but close to the same amount (51 per cent) aren’t clear on the career opportunities available to them. The survey, conducted by Harris/Decima on behalf of Canon Canada, polled 1,001 teens across […]
NDP needs to launch a culture war
Back in April, 2010, EKOS pollster Frank Graves got into a lot of trouble in the neo-con blogosphere for advising the Liberal Party to “invoke a culture war” on the Harper Conservatives. “I told them that they should invoke a culture war. Cosmopolitanism versus parochialism, secularism versus moralism, Obama versus Palin, tolerance versus racism and […]
