So Much Polar Ice Has Melted That Maps Have to Be Redrawn

Care2

When people discuss immediate victims of climate change, they list endangered species and island dwellers… yet never cartographers. WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CARTOGRAPHERS? Full story here.

Wikileaks Leak Shows Data Sovereignty Threat

Wikileaks
A leak of documents from the Trade in Services Agreement negotiations show Australia and other negotiating parties (including Canada) would be prevented from ensuring sensitive customer data remains in the country of origin. Full story here.

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Approval of Northern Gateway Pipeline in Canada Violates Human Rights.

Amnesty International

Amnesty International calls on federal government to reverse decision. Full story here.

Council of Canadians Opposes Northern Gateway Pipeline

The Council of Canadians opposes the Northern Gateway pipeline and stands in solidarity with the many First Nations and frontline communities opposed to this destructive project. The Harper cabinet approved the pipeline, but Indigenous, environmental and citizens’ organizations in B.C. are vowing to do everything they can to stop the project. Full story here.

This Isn’t Over - Declares Environmental Group. We Can Still Stop Enbridge.

The Sierra Club

The federal government has just approved Canada's Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, subject to the 209 conditions set out by the Joint Review Panel last year. Details here.

Harper Approves the Gateway Pipeline

Larry, By now I’m sure you’ve heard the federal cabinet has approved Enbridge’s Northern Gateway proposal for B.C.’s north coast. Yes, the news is saddening and far from surprising, but you and  I both know this fight is far from over.

Holding Power to Account - a Postmortem

by Larry Powell

As its name implies, the conference promised a lot. 

"Holding Power to Account. Investigative Journalism, Democracy and Human Rights." 

Big concepts. Big ideas. 

And it delivered. 

I am thankful to have been part of it.

More than three hundred people from 15 countries attended the event this past weekend, sponsored by the CBC and University of Winnipeg.

They heard Adrienne Arsenault, a foreign correspondent with CBC TV's flagship newscast, The National, tell a terrifying tale about an assignment she was on in an African nation.

PinP Declares Manitoba's Minister of Agriculture a Liar.

by Larry Powell

Manitoba's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Ron Kostychyn, (r.) is a liar.

Way back in September of 2012 (over 1 1/2 years ago), Kostyshyn  promised me he would read a peer-reviewed article I had written. Entitled "Field of Nightmares."  It appeared in the well-respected Canadian journal "Alternatives - Canada's Environmental Voice." It documented much of the research which has been done, linking the popular herbicide "Roundup" to adverse effects on the health of livestock, wildlife, crops and even humans. It also placed the official position of the Government of Canada on the record, which was, it was "aware of the research, but, it did not raise immediate risk concerns that would have triggered regulatory action.”

Massive Plan Unveiled to Save Lake Winnipeg (Canada), the World's 10th Largest Freshwater Lake

CBC News

A multimillion-dollar plan to help save Lake Winnipeg by reducing the blue-green algae poisoning the lake was announced Wednesday by the Manitoba government. Details here.

Related: Dangerous Ditches. Manitoba’s “war on weeds” comes complete with powerful herbicides, questionable spraying practices and collateral damage.

Scum on Lake Winnipeg. PLT photo.

State of Emergency Declared in Municipality in Southwestern Manitoba (Canada) Due to Excess Moisture

Manitoba Co-Operator

Forty miles of RM of Edwards roadways are closed due to water. Details here.

Manitoba Honeybees Hit Hard Over Winter

The Manitoba Co-Operator

Honeybee on flower. Larry Powell P in P photo.

Manitoba’s beekeepers are feeling the sting of high winter losses, coupled with the pain and expense of overseas bee imports. Details here.

Related: Are Canada's Pesticide Regulators on the Take? Canadian Authorities Refuse to Protect Precious Pollinators From Known Toxins. Is Something Crooked Going on Here?