Taylor C. Noakes

4 days ago | cultmtl.com | Taylor C. Noakes

The cancellation of Montreal’s Canada Day Parade is a disgrace, especially this year. That said, I’m not too surprised that the parade was cancelled for the second year in a row. I’m surprised the city didn’t anticipate that this was likely. Once again, parade planner Nicholas Cowen didn’t apply for the permits. Perhaps planning a parade is beyond Cowen’s capabilities.

2 weeks ago | desmog.com | Taylor C. Noakes

Experts are urging caution after the secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) told delegates to the Global Energy Show Canada that there is no oil peak on the horizon, and that energy demand will increase by 24 percent by 2050. “The fact is that oil demand keeps rising, hitting new records year on year, is a clear example of what I’m saying,” Haitham al-Ghais said during his keynote address Tuesday, opening the convention in Calgary.

2 weeks ago | ecotopical.com | Taylor C. Noakes

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2 weeks ago | cultmtl.com | Taylor C. Noakes

Canada needs to curb corporate greed and break up grocery monopoliesThe carbon tax is gone. So is Justin Trudeau. Yet food prices continue to rise faster than overall inflation. It should be obvious by now that neither Trudeau nor the carbon tax had any impact on your grocery bills. Corporate greed and government ignoring its regulatory responsibilities have.

2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Taylor C. Noakes

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appeared to suggest she would consider amending her blanket opposition to the so-called West Coast tanker ban if the federal government were to assist in the development of an oil export terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. For weeks Premier Smith has been calling for a major oil pipeline project to B.C.’s northern coast and an end to the tanker ban as part of a list of demands to newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney.