By Andy McFarlane, BBC News, 1 September 2009

Climate Camp protesters have made energy giant BP their latest target by protesting against its plans to extract oil from tar sands in Canada. BBC News found out why. Outside a smart, if anonymous, London office building is the last place you might expect to find an indigenous Canadian singing a traditional sundance ceremony song. But the reason for Clayton Thomas-Muller’s presence in St James’s Square, a short walk from the bustle of Regent Street, soon becomes apparent.

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By Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun May 7, 2009
 
Influential former federal minister and leading business executive David Emerson is calling on Canada to lead a new charge on continental integration. He calls his idea Project North America. Says Emerson: “I think the process of integration has to begin with the two leaders, perhaps three,” outlining a joint vision for closer collaboration.

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Jada Voyageur of the Athabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nations describes the affects of the tar sands. Jada was hosted by NOII and UBC First Nations Legal Studies in Feb 2009.

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Thu. Feb. 19 2009. CTV.ca News Staff

The security budget for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be $900 million, government officials said Thursday, ending months of rampant speculation about the massive figure. Initially, Olympic officials estimated that security costs for the Games would come in at only $175 million. Since then, that number has ballooned as security experts grappled with the massive undertaking of dealing with the expected flood of visitors, athletes and officials.

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Friday, 27 February 2009 from 12-5 pm. UBC First Nations Long House. Register: environment.colonialism.justice@gmail.com

12:15-12:30: Registration and Musqueam Welcome:  Ros Campbell, Musqueam Nation, First Nations Law Students Association

12:30-2:30: Environmental Racism and the Tar Sands. Facilitator:  Gordon Christie, UBC First Nations Legal Studies; Andrea Hilland, Associate Director, UBC First Nations Legal Studies; Jada Voyageur, Fort Chipewyan First Nations; Harjap Grewal, Council of Canadians; Chiinuuks Ruth Ogilvie, Tla-o-qui-aht and Checlesaht First Nations, University of Victoria

2:45-4:45: Film Screening: “To the Tar Sands”. Facilitator: Usman Majeed, UBC Colour Connect, No One is Illegal and Director Jodie Martinson present. 

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