@ August 31, 2003 # No Comment Yet
The Canadian edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is printed on Ancient Forest Friendly paper (100% post consumer recycled, processed chlorine free paper). That's not only good news for Canada's ancient rainforests and the vast boreal forests that stretch across the north of Canada, it's also good for forests around the [...]
@ August 30, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Toronto is filled with great restaurants that are working hard for your business, so give it to them! on Tuesday September 9th, Toronto restaurant owners are hoping that tens of thousands of people will abandon brown bag lunches and cooking at home to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in the city's restaurants. The “Put Your [...]
@ August 29, 2003 # No Comment Yet
For Starbucks executives and lawyers, it may have been simple: force HaidaBucks, a small, under-funded business in a tiny Canadian village on a remote island, to change its name. Unfortunately for Starbucks, it has turned into a “David vs. Goliath” legal and PR nightmare that won't go away, with thousands of people across Canada and [...]
@ August 29, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Fair Vote Ontario (FVO), a project of Fair Vote Canada, today released the names of more than 100 prominent ontarians who are petitioning the provincial political parties to support a public process that will lead to the adoption of a fair voting system for Ontario. Among those supporting the petition are former Ontario Lieutenant Governor [...]
@ August 28, 2003 # No Comment Yet
As Submitted by MMCOttawa, Ontario, August 25, 2003 It takes a lot of courage to fight a fire, courage which has been on display the past few weeks as fires have ravaged parts of British Columbia. Even Prime Minister Jean Chretien came out of his seclusion to view the human toll of the tragedy and [...]
@ August 27, 2003 # No Comment Yet
On Saturday, August 23rd, well over 500 people gathered amid the luxury condos, 'fine dining' establishments and upscale boutiques of Toronto's Yorkville district for a huge feast. Homeless people came to dine. Residents of nearby poor communities turned out. First Nations people brought their support and solidarity. Immigrant neighbourhoods under attack were represented. Trade unionists and social justice activists [...]
@ August 27, 2003 # No Comment Yet
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Maude Barlow, the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, is listed on a “watchlist†of people that Mexican police and military will be observing very closely in Cancun, Mexico, site of the 5th WTO Ministerial Meeting, according to a leaked document made public yesterday by the Mexican newspaper Reforma. Ms. Barlow [...]
@ August 27, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Roy Whyte CDM Aug 27 2003 With the unprecedented high prices for gasoline at the pump oÂne thing is becoming very evident – Canadians have had enough. Stand around the water cooler and it will not take long before someone mentions the price at the pumps. Most Canadians will rail oÂn about the taxes and [...]
@ August 26, 2003 # No Comment Yet
Vancouver:For Immediate Release The BC Liberal Government's plan to closely integrate the province's electricity system with the power grid in the western United States through an entity known as Regional Transmission Organization West (RTO West) will destabilize the province's transmission system and greatly increase the possibility of blackouts and catastrophic system failure. If implemented, the [...]
@ August 26, 2003 # No Comment Yet
BC Hydro – and our affordable Public Power – is being sold to a foreign multinational! A lawsuit is the only way to stop this privatization. For more than 40 years British Columbians have had the third-lowest electricity rates in North America, with reliable delivery of clean, non-polluting hydro-electric power, thanks to the investments made [...]