The proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline (also known as the Kinder Morgan pipeline) is a controversial issue in British Columbia. This information page provides a brief background and ...

Gender justice was a focus at the UN Summit on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) last week in New York. A promise was made to address the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) ...

Hartley Bay, a tiny northern B.C. village, feels like a place from another era. In this village of under 200 people, no SUVs or highways are to be seen -- only boats and quads rolling gently on wooden ...

It was the mid to late nineties and things like AOL chat rooms and AIM were just taking off. B had invited me to a sleepover at her house with my only other friends—N and E. B’s parents went to bed ...

Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything, synthesizes much that environmentalists have been warning about the social, environmental, political consequences of climate change. Her thesis ...

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AC/DC, one of Australia's best known bands, delivered their first live show in Vancouver for the first time in six years. Front-men Angus Young and Brian Johnson, both in their sixties, showed no sign ...

A new omnibus bill was introduced in the House of Commons this morning, including notable revisions to the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) that reduces what the government considers "navigable ...

Vancouver's B.C. Place was a sea of green last night as Mexico fans from all over came to watch their team play Canada in a qualifying match for a spot in the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia. An ...

As Czech, French, and US planes flew into Japan today to evacuate nationals, Canada sent buses to take Canadians away from radiation-threatened areas in northeastern Japan. But Canada has stopped ...

Ottawa has an obligation to uphold treaty rights in relation to the $9-billion Site C dam project in British Columbia, two First Nations groups from the province argued Monday. The communities from ...

There was a sharp intake of breath across Vancouver when veteran journalist Laura Robinson's bombshell article about former VANOC CEO John Furlong hit the Georgia Straight last week. Robinson alleged ...