PLANET IN PERIL

Moyers & company Climate denial is having a real impact on the lives of those living in the Arctic.  Story here.

Manitoba Co-Operator More of the bacon people bring home will soon come from an expanded Maple Leaf plant in Winnipeg. Story here.

NATIONAL PBSERVER The early results are in and they confirm a catastrophic oil spill from a Husky Energy pipeline has contaminated the North Saskatchewan River, says a new report on the incident released by the Calgary-based company on Wednesday. Story here.

bilaterals.org The TTIP would put in place a parallel judicial system that allows companies to bypass national courts altogether. Story here.

NATIONAL  OBSERVER The reality of the disastrous Husky oil spill in Saskatchewan is finally starting to sink in — quite literally. Story here.

CommonDreams 'It looks like a war zone.’ Story here.

(I wrote the following at least two years ago, while Stephen Harper was still Prime Minister of Canada. Due to technical limitations, I can't seem to keep it in its chronological place on the blog. So I'm leaving it where it is. Just know Harper is (mercifully) long gone from his post.) by Larry Powell Sad, isn’t it?  Canada’s days as an honest broker and a respected, neutral middle power, are over. Prime Minister Harper has transformed my country from a kinder, gentler peacekeeping nation, which strives to mediate disputes and stay out of despicably unjust wars like Iraq, into a would-be petrostate that takes sides, “smites” our enemies, intimidates those whose views differ from his own and sows seeds of hatred based on culture, religion or gender. He actually declared jihadi terrorists (as brutal and evil as they clearly are) as “the most dangerous enemy our world has ever seen.” Has he already forgotten the millions of allied troops who died fighting far bigger ene