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Mike Chisholm

Mike Chisholm has worked across the country as a broadcast journalist and producer with CBC television and radio, CTV and as the national Atlantic correspondent for Global TV. He is a recipient of both a Jack Webster Journalism Award and an RTNDA award for his reporting. His focus with The Vancouver Observer is environmental and political reporting.

Articles

Harper promotes oil sands and Keystone XL in New York
News
Mike Chisholm
May 16th, 2013
Canadian Prime Minister, Premiers and federal ministers on intensive global road trip to promote Alberta crude. Environmentalists and climate change scientists worried.
Kinder Morgan abandoning coal plan: looking for new sites in Pacific Northwest
News
Mike Chisholm
May 10th, 2013
Decision by Kinder Morgan to abandon Oregon coal shipment proposal could mean more coal trains to Canada
Renowned BC ecologist says public hearings into proposed coal facility not enough
Environment
Mike Chisholm
May 6th, 2013
Public hearings not enough if Vancouver is to have an impact on the scientifically-proven and increasingly alarming rate of climate change, says Dr. William Rees.
Suncor spill in Port Moody triggers protest
News
Mike Chisholm
Apr 25th, 2013
Greenpeace says Suncor should be much more cautious about its transparency during and after fuel spills.
Minister hawks Canada as "energy superpower" at international summit
Environment
Mike Chisholm
Apr 3rd, 2013
“If there is a type of energy you are interested in, we’ve got it,” Ed Fast, Canada’s minister of international trade says.
New federal oil spill plan announced but enviros not impressed
Environment
Mike Chisholm
Mar 18th, 2013
More tanker inspections, additional ship surveillance and new legislation to strengthen pollution prevention and response were part of a $120 million oil tanker safety system overhaul announced by...
Peter Kent defends Canada's climate change record
News
Mike Chisholm
Mar 13th, 2013
Federal environment minister defends Canada's climate change record as US casts critical eye North.
Outrage over Port coal expansion grows
Environment
Mike Chisholm
Mar 12th, 2013
Grant Rice knows the feeling of being ignored. It happened eight years ago when the Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD) planned an expansion to its bulk freight dock on the Fraser River. It’s happening again...
Battle over coal heats up in Metro Vancouver
Environment
Mike Chisholm
Mar 11th, 2013
Maureen Coroliuc has firsthand experience of the impact uncovered coal trains rumbling past her White Rock tea shop can have. “It’s a dark black dust. Dust is usually brown. Ours is black, a dirty,...
CSIS spying on citizens at alarming rate, FOIs reveal
Investigations
Mike Chisholm
 and 
Jenny Uechi
Feb 25th, 2013
Citizens engaging in peaceful protests are increasingly under surveillance for "non-violent attacks" to Canada's security, documents reveal.
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