Monday, April 27, 2015

Kamloops city council discussing #freetransit

Kamloops - CBC News: "The weekly meeting of Kamloops city council was put off yesterday.

Instead councillors held an all-day workshop on a range of issues.

Everything from the cost of riding the bus... to environmental sustainability."

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Canada’s Own Oil Pipeline Problem

WSJ: "TACHE RESERVE, British Columbia—A proposed 730-mile pipeline to ship Canadian oil to a West Coast port brings with it the promise of 4,000 or more jobs along a route that would run through impoverished indigenous communities.

But Chief Justa Monk, who runs a reserve with an unemployment rate that hits 70%, wants none of them—and pledges to block the pipeline alongside the reserve’s territory."