Sep 092019
 

Source: Xinhua Editor: yan   STOCKHOLM   Swedish prosecutors had interviewed two new witnesses over the summer as part of the ongoing investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said Monday in a statement. They had also re-interviewed five individuals who were interviewed in 2010, the statement said. “During the summer, we […]

Sep 092019
 

The plan also promises to phase out all use of glyphosate, the world’s most common weed killer, by December 2023. The broad-spectrum herbicide often ends up killing the native plants insects rely on. My feelings won’t be hurt if you scroll past my feedback, to the article! Hopefully the “research” won’t be headed up by […]

Sep 072019
 
2019-09-03  Swiss Development Aid, Nestlé and Water Privatization, with thanks to Defend Democracy Press

You may want to view this on the Defend Democracy website,  click on Swiss Development Aid, Nestlé and Water Privatization.   Canadians should be aware, important information. = = = = = = = = = = = = = By Franklin Frederick Translation: Tamanna Kohi Last February, the Government of Switzerland announced the creation of […]

Sep 072019
 
2019-09-04  Bayer’s Roundup Woes Deepen as Germany Bans Key Chemical,  Wall Street Journal

Preface to the article,  MY EXCITEMENT: From: Sandra Finley Sent: September 7 To: Ruth.Bender  (The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) journalist who wrote the article below) Subject: RE: Bayer’s Roundup Woes Deepen as Germany Bans Key Chemical Enormous thanks to you, Ruth, and to the WSJ for publishing this article. I am from the farmlands of […]

Sep 062019
 

(I dunno – – Is this a “Public-Private-Partnership“?   The Government hands the thing over to a Consortium of Transnational Corporations;  tax-payers just provide the money.  We become the bankers.  Does that automatically make us partners? ) Background to the Ottawa Citizen article below,  by Gordon Edwards: Covered for the first time in Canada’s national […]

Sep 062019
 
2019-09-06  (A Good News story)  Swedish Foreign Minister to Resign from Her Post,  TeleSur

. . .   spearheaded Sweden’s most feminist foreign policy . . . https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Swedish-FM-to-Resign-from-Her-Post-20190906-0006.html?utm_source=planisys&utm_medium=NewsletterIngles&utm_campaign=NewsletterIngles&utm_content=13 The article – short – –  is copied below.  If you want the original, copy and paste the above URL into your browser.  /S) Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom attends a news conference at the end of a summit, to address Palestinian […]

Aug 312019
 
2019-08-31  Wendell Berry on Caretaking, with thanks to Daily Good and to Orion Magazine

“DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers “good news” to 245,044 subscribers.” Easy to sign up for their news feed; easy to unsubscribe.  When overloaded I unsubscribe for a spell.  I was grabbed by today’s . . . Wendell Berry on Caretaking “In 2018, Helena Norberg-Hodge sat down with Wendell Berry for a far-reaching discussion. […]

Aug 282019
 
2019-08-06   The Liberal Government Says It is Looking to Privatize Municipal Water Systems Across Canada,  PressProgress

NOTE:  The CIB (Canada Infrastructure Bank) in contrast to the Bank of Canada (BofC), see Banksters: Index.   News Canada’s biggest public sector union calls the public-private scheme risky and expensive August 6, 2019 The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is looking to pressure cash-strapped municipalities into using Public-Private Partnerships to refurbish or replace water and […]

Aug 282019
 
2016-10-26  Water from Revelstoke area being bottled in Vancouver (while re-building local plant), Revelstoke Review

New owners of Revelstoke water bottling plant shipping water to Vancouver facility while they re-build plant by Alex Cooper Marke Antonsen The new owners of the Revelstoke water bottling plant are selling their product in the United States and in town. Revelstoke Artesian Spring Water can bought at the Esso gas station and Big Eddy […]

Aug 252019
 

Return to INDEX In regard to the “Strathcona Resolution”  to stop the export of groundwater from B.C. (NOTE:  Links to More history on Water Export is under HISTORY in the INDEX) As at August 2019: Ontario exports groundwater but is currently under a moratorium, triggered by drought and citizen opposition. Newfoundland did have a moratorium, […]