TransCanada Corp. proposes west-east pipeline for 2017
TransCanada Corp. has proposed converting 3,000 km of natural gas pipeline into use for crude oil transportation. This pipeline would ship oil from Alberta and…
Alberta
Notes from the Northern Boreal: A wandering bird biologist’s field journals
My ‘birder’ origin story My name is Bryce Hoye, and I am a “birder.” We come in a variety of morphs, us birders: some are…
Remembering Robert Kroetsch
Celebrated author and former professor of the University of Manitoba Robert Kroetsch has passed away. On June 21, a week from his 84th birthday, Kroetsch…
Bring it on
The same people that bitch and moan every time the price of fuel goes up continue to purchase gas-guzzling vehicles every time the price of…
The aligning of dead ducks
Tar-sands major player Syncrude plead “not guilty” in court last week to two charges laid after 1,600 migratory birds, mostly ducks, died horrible deaths in…