Archive for May 1st, 2008
The tops in green homes
From the outside, Canada’s greenest house is unremarkable – just another dwelling in a massive subdivision in Guelph, Ont. In fact, it’s extraordinary, and putting it together was a challenge that…
The ABCs of building a green school
John Perpich grabs his hard hat and steel-toed boots and starts trudging through the mud to Vancouver’s first green school. He’s not exactly enthused. ”It’s been a pain in the butt,” he shrugs….
Tories get $5M in Q1 fundraising
The Conservatives kicked off the year by blowing away the
opposition parties with $5 million in fundraising from 44,345
individual donors in the first quarter of 2008, new Elections Canada
figures…
More birds die after landing in toxic oilsands
EDMONTON – Canadians expect better environmental protection
to prevent incidents such as the death of 500 ducks earlier this
week in an oilsands tailings pond, Prime Minister Stephen Harper
said…
Students help send bikes to Africa
Pupils at Ridgeview elementary are helping a B.C. high-tech
mogul send thousands of used bikes to Africa.
The carbon tax will be a cash cow
When Finance Minister Carole Taylor introduced the provincial
budget in February, I questioned how the government could call it
balanced when it clearly showed spending in excess of revenue.
The computer conundrum
Turn it off or leave it on?
Ducks’ deaths not doing ‘anybody’s image any good’: PM
Canadians expect better environmental protection to prevent incidents such as the death of 500 ducks earlier this week in an oilsands tailings pond, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday
Dead ducks hurting Alberta’s image: PM
Canadians expect better environmental protection to prevent incidents such as the death of 500 ducks earlier this week in an oilsands tailings pond, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday

