Author Archives: Greg Fry

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 10:13 Police south of Montreal are patrolling an ongoing blockade ...
Feb 21, 2020

Coronavirus fears similar to what Vancouver Olympic organizers faced with H1N1
Dr. Mike Wilkinson is well-versed in the threat of a pandemic ahead of an Olympic Games. With the opening of the Tokyo Olympics just over five months away, there is rising uncertainty d...
Feb 20, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the RCMP have offered to move...
Feb 20, 2020

Blockade supporting Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs on rail line in Edmonton
EDMONTON - A blockade has been set up on a Canadian National Railway line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in Br...
Feb 19, 2020

Top earners pay more in B.C. budget that includes record capital spending
VICTORIA - Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit...
Feb 18, 2020

Trudeau cancels Caribbean trip amid pressure to end pipeline protests
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has cancelled his planned trip to the Caribbean this week amid criticism over his government's handling of a series of anti-pipeline protests that have disrupted...
Feb 18, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Via Rail is preparing to resume part of its passenger rail service as anti-pipeline pr...
Feb 17, 2020

Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - The federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline and...
Feb 12, 2020

Arrests made as anti-pipeline protesters block Vancouver ports, defy injunction
VANCOUVER - Police have begun enforcing a court injunction preventing protesters from blocking several entrances to the Port of Vancouver and at DeltaPort, south of the city. Officers arrived at ...
Feb 10, 2020

New presumptive case of the novel coronavirus in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - There has been a new presumptive confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in British Columbia. B.C. health officials said Tuesday the latest case is a woman in her 50s who li...
Feb 04, 2020