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Unsustainable compromises: Trade threats to provincial leadership on climate change

Aug 4 2010 - 7:00pm
Aug 4 2010 - 9:00pm

Location

Millennium Library
251 Donald Street Buchwald Room
Winnipeg, MB
Canada
49° 53' 31.5708" N, 97° 8' 33.2628" W
See map: Google Maps

Faced with federal impotence on the climate file, Canada's provinces are taking independent steps to reduce their carbon consumption. At the same time, new international trade agreements, such as the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), that the provinces areactively negotiating along side the Harper government threaten to undermine these new provincial efforts to mitigate climate change.

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Michael Welch
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michaelwelch121@yahoo.ca
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A Few Words About Madagascar

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On the Games and growth

The ancient Romans were fond of games. So fond that a politician's popularity could hinge on the games that he organized during his tenure as a Curile Aedile, one of the career steps for a man rising in the Roman political establishment. To be known for putting on outstanding games earned a man votes for future positions in government.


Roman games served the purpose of diverting the attention of the common Romans away from many of their problems, and helped to keep them pacified while the elite Romans squeezed the system for all that they could get. Of course this political tool was not unique to Ancient Rome. Entertainment is still commonly used as a means for distracting the population from serious matters.

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Climate change and the limits of growth

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As I write, much of the world's attention is on Copenhagen where the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) is taking place.

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Looking for leadership in climate change battle

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World leaders met in Germany earlier this month to discuss, among other issues, the problem of global warming and how to deal with it.

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B.C.'s carbon circus continues

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British Columbia's carbon circus continues. On July 5 Premier Gordon Campbell published an editorial in the Vancouver Sun titled "Climate change is our problem to solve."
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Sustainable independent media needs a breakthrough

Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a series of five articles that address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet-based -- in Canada. All six articles will appear on rabble.ca. The first three articles explored the reasons why traditional media no longer provide reliable news and information to the Canadian public, and can be viewed HERE, HERE and HERE.

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Globe's pro-business reporting example of bad journalism

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Reporters at the country's most prominent business news publication, the Globe's Report on Business, are at it again -- distorting an important issue: the possible sale of Ontario Crown corporations.

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Why we must limit the influence of corporate media

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WARNING: News from corporate-owned media is bad for our country's health!

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An independent reporter's guide to the 2010 Olympics

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For independent journalists, reporting on the 2010 Games may feel like an Olympic-sized task -- here are a few tips for first-timers.
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BigBoxing in Salmon Arm: Round two

Part two of a two-part story. Click here to read part one.

For two years, community activists in Salmon Arm led the fight against a gigantic Smart!Centres development planned for an environmentally sensitive floodplain. In October 2008, after five nights of emotional public hearings at which hundreds of community members spoke passionately against the plan, the council voted down the development by the narrowest of margins.

With a three-three tie vote, it was a TKO.

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BigBoxing in Salmon Arm: Round one

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Mall R Us: A film by Helene Klodawsky

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The shopping mall has been with us for about 70 years. Helene Klodawsky explores the history, growth and social signficance of shopping malls around the world.

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Think outside the big box

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Last Saturday I got kicked out of one mall and four big bad box stores — a Christmas shopping first for me.

Committee for a Strong and Sustainable Salmon Arm celebrates grand opening

The grand opening of the Committee for a Strong and Sustainable Salmon Arm office.

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BigBoxing in Salmon Arm: Round one
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BigBoxing in Salmon Arm: Round one

Part one of a two-part story. Click here to read part two.

For two years, community activists in Salmon Arm led the fight against a gigantic Smart!Centres development planned for an environmentally sensitive floodplain. In October 2008, after five nights of emotional public hearings at which hundreds of community members spoke passionately against the plan, the council voted down the development by the narrowest of margins.

With a three-three tie vote, it was a TKO.

A year later, the developer is back, slicker and meaner, and the community is gearing up for another bitter fight. Will sprawl development or smart development emerge triumphant this round?

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Saving the West Coast salmon fishery

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The problems facing our sockeye and other fisheries are not secret. Overfishing and habitat destruction are the key culprits. Fixing this will not be painless.

Feast Of Fields Fundraiser

Sep 13 2009 - 1:00pm
Sep 13 2009 - 5:00pm

Location

UBC Farm
6182 South Campus Road
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Phone: 604 822-5092
49° 15' 4.3776" N, 123° 14' 15.4896" W
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FarmFolk/CityFolk presents an annual fundraiser picnic featuring local wines and the best from farmers, food producers, and chefs from across the province.

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