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Warren Bell

Warren Bell is a family physician who lives in Salmon Arm, British Columbia.  He is Past Founding President of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

Christy Clark and wolf cull

Christy Clark isn't protecting BC's caribou and killing wolves is a smokescreen

I believe that Premier Christy Clark is just going through the motions of protecting Mountain Caribou for public relations purposes. Carrie Saxifrage’s wonderfully detailed article of a few days ago...
Harper tells Canadians to give up their civil liberties for security reasons

Prime Minister Harper creates Canadian secret police with his scary Anti-Terrorism Act

Opinion: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has introduced a law that threatens Canadians' civil liberties

American Sniper and Stephen Harper make war with words

War hawks and their simplistic "us vs. them" mentality don't make us safer— they put all of us at risk
Harper at Whitehorse Airport with Canadian Rangers

Stephen Harper versus Avaaz: a tale of two worlds

Stephen Harper talks about war against jihadists. Avaaz's approach works better.

Harper preaches pushback against Islamists, and sells weapons to the Middle East

Only days before the murderous assault on Charlie Hébdo staff in Paris by heavily armed men claiming allegiance to Al Qaeda, Prime Minister Stephen Harper refused to support the global Arms...

Stephen Harper continues to make Canada into an international environmental pariah

Once again, showing contempt for international standards and principles, Stephen Harper has turned his back on a shared global norm.  In a stunning display of contrarian behaviour, the Canadian...
Left: Richard Berman, right: Canadian flag

Canadian consulate belongs to group told by "Dr. Evil" to "win ugly" against environmentalists

The Western Energy Alliance includes over 400 members from the oil and gas energy sector. The Canadian Consulate appears to be the only government-related organization listed on the group's website.
BC Ombudsperson (left) and Premier Christy Clark

BC Ombudsperson slams province on environmental protection

Does the provincial government protect BC's waterways? So far, no. But the BC Ombudsperson has caught up with the neglect.

Harper's mobs, oaths and long-term austerity plan

On the path "Stephen Harper has chosen for us."

If Stephen Harper believes in God, why is he indifferent to the environment?

Stephen Harper is relentlessly inclined to political acts that harm the environment. Do his beliefs have anything to do with it?