Arthur White
The Value of Water on the West Coast — And Why California Is So Screwed
Amid record-breaking dry spells and conservation edicts in BC and California, a new debate has emerged over the value of water.
While Mulcair, Trudeau Make Their Pitches to Assembly of First Nations, Conservatives Stay Home
The AFN wants to be a bigger player in this year's federal election, but Stephen Harper's party wasn't listening to that message Tuesday.
There's a 'Warm Blob' in the Pacific and It's Partly to Blame for BC Forest Fires, California Drought, Hurricanes
The US climate scientist who named "the blob" says it provides a preview of what climate change holds in store for the West Coast.
Massive Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Pits Dairy Against Beef in Canada
The treaty under negotiation aims to decrease or eliminate import tariffs between 12 Pacific Rim countries. Canadian beef ranchers want in, but dairy farmers insist on protecting their tariffs.
Researchers Love E. Coli Because They Can Make It Poop Plastic
Modified microbes have the potential to help reduce our carbon footprint and our reliance on oil at the same time.
Canadian Prosecutor Wants Proof Accused Fraudster Arthur Porter Actually Died in Panama
Porter, the former hospital chief who is accused of taking $11 million in bribes, died of lung cancer while awaiting extradition to Quebec in a Panamanian hospital on Tuesday, according to his wife and associates.
Canada Puts New Law to Use, Moves to Revoke Citizenship of Convicted Terrorist
Hiva Alizadeh, an Iranian-Canadian, pleaded guilty last fall to explosives possession with the intent to cause harm as part of a terrorist conspiracy.
$500K Offered to Catch Prince Edward Island’s Potato-Tampering Terrorizer
Straight out of a Halloween urban myth, someone has been putting needles in PEI potatoes. Big Potato is on the case.
Canadian Arctic Rangers Are Leaping Out of the 1890s with a Contract for a New Rifle
The burgeoning battle for Arctic sovereignty will soon feature modern weaponry.
Environmentalists Press Canada, US to Eliminate Toxins Seeping Into Great Lakes
Three years ago, Canada and the US said they would draw up a list of “chemicals of mutual concern” regarding the Great Lakes. It still doesn’t exist.
Manitoba Apologizes for Forcibly Removing Indigenous Children From Their Families
From the early 1960s to the 1980s, social workers in Canada took children from First Nations, Inuit and Métis families, without their consent, and placed them in foster care or adoptive homes. Manitoba is the first province to apologize.
A Canadian Muslim Group Has Launched a Hate Tracking Website
Canada’s hate crime rate is far lower than some other countries, and new stats show it's dropping overall. But, incidents are also notoriously underreported.