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“Burning a little gas” to fire up our natural gas indusry? Let’s give our heads a shake.
With each passing month and no firm commitments by company shareholders to commit the billions of dollars required to build a natural gas pipeline to…
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BC’s focus on liquefied natural gas makes no sense for climate or economy
In 2009, British Gas, a leader in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, submitted a voluminous environmental assessment report for a massive new gas…
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How the rules got fiddled to make sure a public private partnership got pushed through
In 2008 British Columbia’s controversial public private partnership (P3) program was in trouble. With P3s private companies put up financing for public services and infrastructure…
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Caring for BC’s Aging Population
Improving Health Care for All Download 3.5 MB33 pages Correction 10/Sept/2012: The original version of this report, published July 11, 2012, contained an error in…
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Better seniors care a solution to overcrowded hospitals and surgery wait times
A recent landmark investigation by BC’s Ombudsperson highlighted the serious problems seniors experience in accessing affordable high-quality home and community-based services (such as residential care,…
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Continued reductions in access to seniors care lead to hospital overcrowding, longer wait times: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) BC seniors face continued reductions in access to key home and community care services, with serious consequences…
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Sliammon votes: what opportunities might come by sharing more than two sides of the story?
Sliammon (Tla’Amin) Nation, located on the northern segment of British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, is making history. But not in the way that may have been…
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BC mills are quickly running out of wood
On January 20, the town of Burns Lake received national attention when a horrific explosion and ensuing inferno at the local sawmill killed two mill…
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Subsidizing dirty industries with expensive clean electricity is a recipe for major rate hikes
Premier Clark’s recent decision to cap the BC Hydro rate increases next year may have ratepayers breathing a sigh of relief. But it’s a short…
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Time for a Serious Conversation about Natural Gas
It is pretty clear that the government’s ill-conceived Energy Plan is falling apart. The near religious call for self-sufficiency has been moderated (though not sensibly…
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