Wednesday WTF: Tar sands oil — now with 30 times more dead birds
Shuffled off this mortal coil. Creative Commons photo by Flickr User IndoloonyThe Alberta tar sands are a famously bad place to be a migratory bird. Turns out it’s even worse than we thought. From the...
View ArticleThe 7 private members' bills that shouldn't die in parliament, but probably will
Compiled by Kevin Philipupillai and Simon WallaceParliament resumes today. Over the next few weeks we’re going to hear a lot about the gun registry and the census and the economy and the economy and...
View ArticleEcoChamber #20: This Thanksgiving, participate in a 350.org climate action...
As of today it’s official: every province and territory across Canada is on board with the 350.org climate movement. This Sunday, 350.org events will be held throughout Canada and around the world.Last...
View ArticleWhat to do when aboriginal economies and environmental regulations conflict?
Site of the now-rejected Kanata gravel mine on land owned by the Elizabeth Metis Nation. Satellite imagery via Google.A project that would have provided hundreds of Metis with jobs and affordable...
View ArticleA look at the inner workings of one of Canada's greenest buildings
The Earth Rangers Centre in Woodbridge, Ontario.In 2001, when Earth Rangers was planning for its new facility, the mandate its members gave to the engineers and architects was that they wanted a...
View ArticleFlashback Tuesday: “Pipelines and Pipedreams”
In this week’s installment, we take you back to 1982 as Mel Watkins takes a look at the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline. The pipeline was originally planned in the 1970s to run natural gas from Alaska to...
View ArticleHundreds gather at Enbridge AGM in Toronto to protest pipelines
Protesters gather outside the Enbridge annual general meeting. Photo by Jen Chow.About 200 protesters gathered on King Street today as Enbridge held their annual general meeting inside the King Edward...
View ArticleThe dirty dozen
Are we only interested in ourselves?The recent uproar over the provocative (dare I say titillating) May 2012 Time magazine cover on attachment parenting has got me thinking again about local food. The...
View ArticleA new generation farmer weighs in on beef
Photo Credit: Ian McCormick, Meat of the MatterIan McCormick is one of the new generation of Canadian farmers. Thanks to programs like FarmStart and CRAFT (Canadian Regional Alliance for Farmer...
View ArticleWTF Wednesday: Crying over spilled bitumen
Another day, another oil spill. Eighty-four thousand gallons of bitumen oil from Alberta leaked into a suburban Arkansas neighbourhood after an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured this weekend. Twenty-two...
View ArticleFTW Friday: Sweet news for bees
sweetclipart.comCanada now has a working group dedicated to figuring out bee mortality. On July 9, environmental group Sierra Club Canada shared a press release announcing the group’s formation, which...
View ArticleFriday FTW: Chilean indigenous group wins environmental lawsuit against...
Here at This Magazine we’re hard at work on our Corporate Hall of Shame issue (coming in September!), an annual roundup of shady company dealings, corruption, lies, and a lot more. It can be pretty...
View ArticleWTF Wednesday: pipeline company wants to build through B.C. Grizzly sanctuary
Photos courtesy of Wayne McCroy and The Valhalla Wilderness Society Amid the whirlwind of controversies surrounding rape and consent, I’m reminded of the cliché, “raping the land”. It’s a grisly...
View ArticleFriday FTW: an in vitro meat and greet
I eat meat. I like the taste of it, and each day I witness my belly’s lust for the stuff dupe my mind into concordance. It’s simple. I look at a cluster of cooked chicken strands in a shawarma sandwich...
View ArticleFTW Friday: This Week in Protests
“The protesters should fall in love with hard and patient work – they are the beginning, not the end. Their basic message is: the taboo is broken; we do not live in the best possible world; we are...
View ArticleFriday FTW: Keystone Pipeline protested, everybody wins!
It’s a rare thing when a video surfaces surrounding a Keystone XL pipeline when all sides come out looking good. Such is the case in the video above at an event in Boston regarding Obama’s Health Care...
View ArticleCanadians need better protection from oil sands cleanup liabilities
This year, Canada celebrates its 150th birthday. Ours is a country of rich history—but not all Canadian stories are told equally. In this special report, This tackles 13 issues—one per province and...
View ArticleWhy are Saskatchewan parks losing crucial funding?
This year, Canada celebrates its 150th birthday. Ours is a country of rich history—but not all Canadian stories are told equally. In this special report, This tackles 13 issues—one per province and...
View ArticleShould Canadians live on former industrial sites?
Montreal’s Lachine Canal. Photo courtesy of MTLBlog. The Lachine Canal is emblematic of Montreal’s revival. Tourists write about it. Modern condos sprout up next to it. A bike path running along the...
View ArticleNew ecological project takes stock of Calgary’s amphibian life
Photo courtesy of Miistakis Institute. A woman in a coral windbreaker peeks through cattails on the periphery of a marsh, her rubber boots camouflaged by vegetation and mud as she strains, clipboard in...
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