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The fish hotel

06/23/2016 by the editor

By Nicholas Heather One time, me and the kids had a fish hotel. It was my idea. My original idea. For some reason we’d acquired a 20-gallon fish tank. Of course, the kids wanted to get fish. “I don’t think that’s a good idea, you guys,” I said, as we were discussing what I was […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: children, family, nature, oceans, parenthood, parenting

The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

06/19/2016 by the editor

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary — Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian energy giant Petronas — without the consent of the people who rejected a $1.15 billion dollar deal from Petronas to gain that consent. […]

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: BC Liberal Party, British Columbia, business, Canada, Christy Clark, environment, First Nations, industry, Lax Kw’alaams, LNG, nature, oceans

You’ve seen the ads — now play the game!

06/23/2014 by backofthebook.ca

By Drew McLachlan If you live in British Columbia, odds are you’ve seen the video below about a million times. It’s not a Tourism BC advertisement or the new video for that chillwave band your coworker told you about — it’s one of the many ads produced for Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, which are constantly […]

Filed Under: Northern Gateway Tagged With: British Columbia, business, Canada, Enbridge, Enbridge Pipeline, environment, forests, nature, Northern Gateway Pipeline, oceans, oil, oil sands, tar sands

Northern Gateway: Time to build a firewall around B.C.

06/18/2014 by the editor

By Frank Moher In 2001, Stephen Harper was famously one of the signatories to an open letter encouraging then-Alberta Premier Ralph Klein “to build firewalls around Alberta.” The idea was that Alberta had to protect itself against the encroachments of the federal government. This morning it is BC’s turn to defend itself against a predatory […]

Filed Under: Northern Gateway, Politics Tagged With: Alberta, animals, British Columbia, business, Calgary, Canada, Enbridge, Enbridge Pipeline, environment, forests, nature, Northern Gateway Pipeline, oceans, oil, oil sands, tar sands

The Video: 1000-dolphin pod escort BC Ferry

11/03/2013 by backofthebook.ca

Filed Under: The Video Tagged With: British Columbia, Canada, nature

This is exactly the time to talk about climate change

06/24/2013 by backofthebook.ca

By John Klein (aka Saskboy) The Prime Minister infamously implored people to not “commit sociology” when Chechen-American thugs blew people up in Boston. The PM’s point was that he didn’t want people analysing the root causes of terrorism, out of supposed respect for the distant victims. With another deadly tragedy playing out in Alberta, there […]

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: Alberta, Calgary, climate change, disaster, environment, global warming, nature, oil, oil sands, weather

The man who predicted Sandy

11/02/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By John Klein (aka Saskboy) I find the current political and media climate in Canada to be insufferably stupid. Despite there being excellent, professional journalists everywhere, there are many more time/space fillers who skew the public’s perception of what is going on and what really matters. One thing the media has been terrible at is […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: Canada, climate change, Hurricane Sandy, nature, New York City, science, weather

The Navigable Waters Unprotection Act

10/25/2012 by backofthebook.ca

By David@Sixthestate.net Continuing Sixth Estate’s fall 2012 budget coverage, which began with a look at what appears to me to be some appalling chicanery in the MP pension “reform” scheme, I thought it would be nice to look at the end of the Navigable Waters Protection Act. Symbolic of the shift in emphasis by this […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: business, Canada, Conservatives, law, nature, oil, Stephen Harper

Bear cub returned to wild amid protests

06/20/2012 by backofthebook.ca

A BoB short: Makoon, a five month old bear cub has been released into the wild despite critics’ fears that he will not survive. The cub was rescued in March by a Manitoba family who kept him in their house until the young bruin was seized by conservation officers. He was rehabilitated by staff at […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: animals, Canada, Manitoba, nature, Winnipeg

“Frankenfish” caught; Burnaby residents stop shouting “AIEEE!”

06/09/2012 by backofthebook.ca

A BoB short: BC’s monster fish has been caught and killed. Dubbed “Frankenfish,” the two foot long snakehead was first spotted on May 13th in a Burnaby pond. An invasive species native to China, the fish is a so-called “top-level predator” with the hellish potential to destroy entire ecosystems. In 2004, a lake in Maryland […]

Filed Under: Living Tagged With: biology, British Columbia, Burnaby, Canada, environment, nature, science

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Fort McMurray: Shopping time!

By Brady Tighe We’re now officially in the aftermath phase of the northern Alberta wildfire crisis. The fire is long gone, and everyone with a home to return to is back in its … [Read More...]

Nathan Cullen

Electoral reform: Hashtag fresh thinking

By Alison@Creekside The most interesting and innovative idea to come out of the first meeting of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform, or ERRE, was Nathan Cullen's suggestion, … [Read More...]

Trudeau on quantum computing

The Trudeau gush fest is getting old

By Jim Henshaw There have been several bewildered as well as angry accounts coming out of the USA lately about how little media time has been spent covering the Democratic Presidential Primary … [Read More...]

Rick Meyers in Nanaimo Pride Parade

My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

Stephen Colbert on Late Night set

Triumph of the drama nerds

By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

From “Our Rape Blog”: Shooting the Moon

Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

First Nations defending Lelu Island

The video: Lelu Island: “They will come.”

From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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