The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
MERIDA, MEXICO -- 11/07/09 -- The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced an unprecedented memorandum of understanding with the U.S. and Mexico to cooperate on wilderness con..
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
MERIDA, MEXICO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced an unprecedented memorandum of understanding with the U.S. and Mexico to cooperate on wilderness conservation across North America. The announcement was made at the 9th World Wilderness Congress (Wild 9) in Mexico, where the Minister delivered a keynote...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The National Children Institute (INAC)'s provincial department of Cunene promotes Tuesday, in Ondjiva City, a training seminar on protection and promotion of children's rights.
HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice has announced that a comprehensive study is the most appropriate type of environmental assessment for the proposed Fairview Terminal Phase II Expansion Project. His decision today, was based on a number of reports provided to his office, as Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment Canada, the Canadian Transportation Agency, as well as the Prince Rupert Port...
Bill Longstaff (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The response from our federal government to the Pembina Institute/Suzuki Foundation study "Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity," is predictable. Outrage. "The conclusions it draws are irresponsible," says Environment Minister Jim Prentice, "The kind of economic consequences you see in this report are not necessary if this is done in an orderly way." Unfortunately,...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Don Drummond would be well-advised not to give up his day job as TD Financial's chief economist to try his hand at politics. Mr. Drummond was curious about the regional economic impact of the Conservative government's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below 2006 levels by 2020, and commissioned a study to investigate. So far, so good. His mistake was to ask two environmental groups, the...
Creekside (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
CBC challenges the protesters from the Bill C-311 demonstration in the House two days ago to explain "the discrepancy" between their crappy video clip in which the blood on Jeh Custer's face from his bout with House security is not visible, but then suddenly is visible an hour later when he is interviewed on CBC. Is this incompetent slagging of protesters part of your new look, CBC? Anyway,...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today invited Canadians to cheer on the Olympic Flame as it visits 34 of Canada's national historic sites and national parks on the official route of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, presented by Coca-Cola and RBC and supported by the Government of Canada. To support...
The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
We’re once again grateful to Areva’s North America blog for pointing us towards yet another piece of nuclear hype, spin and propaganda. This time it comes from Jim Prentice, Canada’s Minister for the Environment. Nuclear will play a key role...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
If a planned Alaskan pipeline is built, the Petroleum Age could be over before the Mackenzie line is reconsidered By Peter Foster T he Post ’s John Ivison and Carrie Tait reported yesterday that Ottawa, according to sources, had killed the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline by withdrawing the promise of subsidies. If so, this is welcome news for Canadian taxpayers. Although Environment Minister Jim...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
OTTAWA -- There was no missing it from the air as we landed in Fort Simpson last summer, but Environment Minister Jim Prentice still made sure to point out the future footprint of Canada’s great, and perhaps late, northern pipedream. A clearcut slash ripped straight through the boreal forest and entered the Mackenzie River before emerging to disappear into the southern horizon — the prep-work...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
OTTAWA -- There was no missing it from the air as we landed in Fort Simpson last summer, but Environment Minister Jim Prentice still made sure to point out the future footprint of Canada’s great, and perhaps late, northern pipedream. A clearcut slash ripped straight through the boreal forest and entered the Mackenzie River before emerging to disappear into the southern horizon — the prep-work...
Apartment Therapy - San Francisco (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Coco + Kelley, the blog of Seattle-based designer Cassandra LaValle, has long been one of our favorite reads. Cassandra has a fabulous eye for color, and her style is glamorous without being inac
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Environment Minister Jim Prentice believes the best chance for a political agreement on climate change would exist after the Copenhagen climate change conference, the successor to the largely unsuccessful Kyoto Protocol. Canada insists that it should have less aggressive targets for emission reductions than other countries because of the nature of our energy sector and energy-producing industries....
BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 23, 2009) - On behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry,the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Southern Alberta, today announced the Government of Canada's investment of more than $300 000 to support the 2009 Grey Cup Championship Game and Festival as part of the Marquee Tourism Events Program. We...
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cayoux | 06/04/2008
Game Focus has learned that the Canadian Minister of Industry Jim Prentice will move forward in the coming week and introduce a copyright reform legislation that won’t go unnoticed! The "Canadian Copyright Act" will prohibit the development and manufacturing of circumvention devices and technologies, commercial trade of circumvention devices and technologies, the possession and/or utilization of any...
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