Family car-free for nine years

Yesterday’s sky-high gas prices — $1.36 a litre — were likely met with
ire by most Vancouverites. But Robert Lynds shrugged them off.

Group opposing proposed highway says province not doing proper assessments

TORONTO – A group fighting a proposed highway in southern Ontario says the road would cut through First Nation archeological sites and environmental areas.

Unemployment woes, Afghans sing

The ceremonies are over, the gowns are returned, photos developed and your parents aren’t that proud of you anymore. Now comes the time for many, many of us to sit down in front of the computer or hover that giant Sharpie pen over the newspaper, …

The E-Update – May 20, 2008 – Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network

*The E-UPDATE – May 20, 2008

*The Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network
A Network of more than 30 Member Groups: Many Voices for the Environment

In this E-update you will find:

EVENTS

1. BikeShare S…

Imagine You’re Stuck on a Boat for 3 Weeks – What Would You Bring and Leave Behind?

This Wednesday I’ll be heading out on a three week research cruise to the northeastern sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean – or roughly somewhere around here:

The arrow marks Station P, or Papa: the station farthest east along a 1400km track – Line P – sta…

Balancing nature’s ways

JASPER NATIONAL PARK — Two days after Christmas, Peter
Banfield was driving from Jasper to Banff, listening to Jennifer
Warnes singing a Leonard Cohen song on his CD player, when he was
stopped by a…

Small Steps

Bike to Work Week kicks off today and the Vancouver Area
Cycling Coalition is urging all of us to park the car and pick up a
bike. Incredibly, 64 per cent of Canadians drive to work every day
in a…

City protests, but mayor to pay carbon tax

WILLIAM LAKES I The mayor of Williams Lake says he will
grudgingly pay the carbon tax despite his city’s plans to protest
it, after finance minister Carole Taylor made it clear the upcoming
levy is…

Film Screening: The World According to Monsanto

An acclaimed documentary by filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin on the genetic engineering and chemical conglomerate Monsanto (The World According to Monsanto), makes its English Canadian Premier tonight at the National Film Board’s monthly Green Screen series in Toronto. Marie-Monique Robin will introduce her film at tonight’s screening.