As Canada Dawdles, Denmark Shows the World How to Stop Mass-Medicating Animals
The Saskatoon Star Phoenix Unlike Canada, Danish farmers must record every single dose of antibiotic they use. Details here.
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‘Extreme Levels’ of Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide Found in Soy Plants
EcoWatch A new study led by scientists from the Arctic University of Norway has detected “extreme levels” of Roundup, the agricultural herbicide manufactured by Monsanto, in genetically engineered (GE) soy. Full story here. Related: Field of Nightmares - Ottawa continues to embrace the widespread use of Roundup on Canadian farms by letting corporate seduction trump scientific evidence.
Another Showdown with PM Harper. Can you Chip In $5 Today?
Forest Ethics ForestEthics Advocacy and a group of concerned citizens are seeking legal counsel to knock the Kinder Morgan pipeline project in B.C. right off its tracks. Full story here.
Unnatural Gas
Winnipeg Free Press Towering flames atop oil wells break the inky darkness in the badlands on North Dakota's Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The flares of natural gas set grass fires on the prairie where Theodora Bird Bear's ancestors hunted buffalo and create a driving hazard on rural roads. Full story here.
Canadian Economy Will Lose Billions to Climate Change: TD Bank
thestar.com By 2050, as much as $43 billion could be sapped from the Canadian economy because of natural disasters. Full story here.
Free Trade: Pathway to Prosperity - or Back Road to Corporatism?
by Larry Powell As globalization reaches a frenzied pace, free trade agreements (FTAs) between nations are coming thick and fast, too. Now, a knowledgable source with impressive credentials is sounding the latest cautionary note about "CETA," the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement which Prime Minister Harper and the European Union signed , in principle last year. Howard Mann PhD (1988): London School of Economics. Master of Laws LL.M. (1984): London School of Economics. Bachelor of Civil Law (1982): McGill University. Senior International Law Advisor to the IISD. Photo credit – Sue Danahy, Ottawa A Canadian expert in international law, Howard Mann, (above) is lending an important new voice to a now-familiar chorus of alarm about " CETA," in particular. For decades, large corporations have been using provisions within existing free trade agreements to sue sovereign nations who pass certain l
Grain, Trains and Autocrats: Farmers Pay the Price for Dismantling Wheat Board
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives There is a direct correlation between the loss of the farmer-elected Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and the current rail transportation boondoggle. Details here.