The impacts of uranium mining on indigenous communities. PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 01 March 2010 03:42

By Heather Tufts

The climate change debate positions nuclear power as a partial solution to carbon emissions according to some scientists and politicians. Uranium mining speculation lacks comprehensive health and safety regulations while the ethics of Canadian exported uranium, which can lead to depleted uranium used in zones of war, needs greater scrutiny. Abandoned uranium mines and the subsequent hazards experienced in forgotten communities have been virtually ignored in Canada leading to tragic, unmitigated circumstances.

 

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Forsey offers "Prorogation Questions & Answers" PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 15:15

Forsey offers "Prorogation Questions & Answers"

Helen Forsey,  January 22 - Daughter of the late Senator and constitutional expert Eugene Forsey,  offered Canadians a concise compilation of questions and answers on the prorogation of Parliament.

     "The rights and wrongs of prorogation have become an important issue for our democracy," said Forsey, who has just completed a book on her father's legacy. "I hope this page of factual information will help resolve some of the confusion and support the movement to restore responsible government." Prorogation Questions and Answers

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January 21, 2010 Supreme Court decision on corporate PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 15:24

January 21, 2010 Supreme Court decision on corporate

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Torture Never Stopped Under Obama PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 19:00

Torture Never Stopped Under Obama

Shamus Cooke -
What is Torture?  It can be physical or physchological,  quick or unhurried.  It implies lasting trauma unbefitting a human.  The U.N. defines torture as:

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 19:00
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No more new licenses or expansion for BC fish farms PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 12:27
No more new licenses or expansion for BC fish farms 

Rod Mariner - 
Please find enclosed a press update from B.C. including: 

"Alexandra Morton: Court declares the province cannot expand aquaculture" (The Straight, 26th January): http://www.straight.com/article-282099/vancouver/alexandra-morton-court-declares-province-cannot-expand-aquaculture
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January 27 2010 Obama PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 12:32

January 27 2010 Obama

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2010 World Economic Forum in Davos PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 14:09

2010 World Economic Forum in Davos

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US interpretation of Article 13 of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 may have influenced Goldsmith PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 28 January 2010 09:08

US interpretation of Article 13 of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 may have influenced Goldsmith

PEJnews -Joan Russow - Global Compliance Research Project -Currently 

in Great Britain there is an inquiry into the Iraq war (Chilcot Inquiry).

The Guardian reported on January 27, 2010  that

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Public not Private Procurement for Sewage treatment in the Capital Region District Victoria B.C. PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 28 January 2010 10:44

Public not Private Procurement for Sewage treatment  in the Capital Region District Victoria B.C.

Public or Private Procurement for Sewage treatment - Press Release From the Greater Victoria Water Watch Coalition

The following has been sent to all the members of the Board of the CRD.

 We have to have a clear case made for the cotinuation of the guardianship of our sewage treatment and water supply in the Capital Region District by you as representatives locally elected to serve us as members of the municipal councils in the Greater Victoria area. As our elected members, you are the ones who will be given  the responsibility tp decide on the procurement plan brought forward to the Core Liquid Waste Management Committee by Ernst and Young Orenda who have been hired to develop this plan .

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Vandenberg Missile Test: "Dangerous, Destabilizing and Provocative". PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:21

Vandenberg Missile Test: "Dangerous, Destabilizing and Provocative".

David Krieger - SANTA BARBARA --  January 28, 2010The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation today condemned Sunday

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