Rolling with the punches in Ontario

Wow. We have been welcomed with (almost) open arms by the Indian team. We met up with the Indian boxing team after not seeing them for almost two years. They arrived in Canada on May 19 to train and spar with Canadian boxers. They often travel for these kinds of training camps to gain [...]

From Yorkton to the Leo’s…

I just got back in yesterday from the 61st Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival where my film Yellow Sticky Notes was up for Best Animation and I was up for Best Director Fiction. It is the longest running festival of its kind in North America and is like no other film festival I’ve ever [...]

B.C. industry lines up against carbon tax

Facing a half-billion-dollar hit from British Columbia’s looming new
carbon tax, the province’s major industrial players are banding
together in hopes of convincing the government to return more of…

Alberta promises study in wake of toxic oilsands leak

The province has begun to piece together a scientific picture of environmental contamination in the oilsands region, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach said Tuesday.

University under fire for culling wolf population

EDMONTON — The University of Alberta is under fire for
keeping mum about its controversial experiment to sterilize some
wolves and kill others in a bid to boost elk numbers in the
province.

Holmes unveils home plan for Okotoks

CALGARY – Canada’s favourite contractor, Mike Holmes, is ready to build
a sustainable community of energy efficient, environmentally friendly
homes in the rolling foothills just outside Okotoks — and…

B.C. industry lines up against carbon tax

Facing a half-billion-dollar hit from British Columbia’s looming new
carbon tax, the province’s major industrial players are banding
together in hopes of convincing the government to return more of…

SaskPower’s clean coal project lacks money from oil industry

SaskPower’s proposed $1.4-billion clean coal project at Boundary Dam
Power Station at Estevan needs a buyer for the captured carbon dioxide
to be economically viable, according to the project’s…

Gordon Campbell’s Free Ride

Harvey Oberfeld has a blog called “Keeping it Real” and he thinks that the BC media have been much too easy on Mr Campbell.
He is a retired journalist and he still keeps a professional eye on what passes for news and comment in the mainstream media. And when someone like that says that if the [...]

Day One of the Workshop

Everyone is really tired.

No one wants to write.
They want to go back to the hotel eat a $5 chocolate bar from the hotel fridge, sleep, watch t.v. and wait for a creative vision.
They all promise to come tomorrow on time or they will buy Meghna (DOXA youth coordinator) many expensive cups of coffee.
They will [...]