A 6.5-million-barrel oil storage terminal south of Vancouver is planned for land that could turn to liquid in an earthquake.
The 260-hectare site is the end point of the proposed Pacific Link pipeline, which would sprawl more than 1,200 kilometres from Bruderheim, Alta., through Jasper National Park, to Roberts Bank, in Delta, BC.
he Canadian Council of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has voted in support of a resolution calling on workers to refuse to handle weapons and military equipment destined for Israel.
The CLC stands in solidarity with Palestinian workers and their families, and with all those calling for peace, justice, and respect for international law.
Canada has a responsibility to ensure that weapons and military equipment produced here are not used to harm Palestinian civilians or contribute to violations of international humanitarian law.
Washington state’s spill prevention program manager says sharp turns and other hazards increase the chance of an accident.
Brian Kirk, the manager of Washington state’s oil spill prevention program, spent two decades as a U.S. navy officer travelling around the world on destroyers, command ships, cruisers and aircraft carriers. He’s familiar with wily currents, storms, fog and unpredictable seas.
Hold onto your hats, British Columbia. In a stunning shift of power, NDP Premier David Eby made the biggest political miscalculation in B.C. history, perhaps Canadian history, with a snap election that managed to alienate just about everyone. B.C. now is faced with a Conservative government with a huge majority, led by someone who was virtually unknown six weeks ago.
Elon Musk is a clear and present danger to Canada. Full stop.
Just look at Ukraine.
The UK Telegraph reported that Musk approached Trump with the plan to jam the Starlink system to leave the Ukrainian cities defenceless from Russian bombing.
This unprecedented interference reveals the dangerous power of the trillionaire class. They have lined up on the side of authoritarianism and are willing to use the control they have over the digital realm to threaten democratic nations.
Four years ago, Ken Sim and his centre-right ABC Vancouver party swept to power in the 2022 civic election, securing a supermajority on Vancouver City Council.
Saturday Oct 17th saw the biggest student uprising in France since the defeat of Sarkozy’s CPE legislation in the mid 2000s. An estimated 800,000 protested across the country. Saturday was billed as the mother of all protests as the movement of secondary school students was to be joined by the famous ‘Yellow Vests’.
Ottawa, October 16, 2026) The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) announced Wednesday it has granted MiningWatch Canada leave to intervene in the Gitxaała Nation’s historic challenge of British Columbia’s mining claim regime. The SCC case is the culmination of Gitxaała’s ground-breaking legal challenge against British Columbia’s “free entry” mineral claim staking regime and mineral claims granted by the B.C. government in Gitxaała territory.
As council hopefuls promise to find ‘efficiencies,’ one outgoing mayor says there’s no more fat to cut.
It’s a fresh fall morning in Powell River, and the city’s aquatic centre is open for swimming. Sunlight beams through hemisphere windows, across three shared wide lines. A lifeguard watches as swimmers work on their front crawl and breaststroke.
