Is it worse than we thought?
Archive for December, 2009
Plight of the humble bee
Monday, December 21st, 2009Medical isotopes and reactor proposed for Saskatchewan
Friday, December 11th, 2009Medical isotopes explained
Friday, December 11th, 2009Talk-blocker Canada recognized in Copenhagen
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009[Editor's note: ActUpInSask.org has some great coverage of the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. According to the site, Saskatchewan is the world's third-largest per-capita carbon emitter. Our official position? "Saskatchewan will oppose any initiative that will unduly hurt our economy and see these monies go out of our province. We'll be firm in that position [...]
Dec/Jan issue
Friday, December 4th, 2009
This time The Sasquatch is full to the brim with too much of everything: too much red tape restricting our access to information; an overwhelming prairie cherry surplus; an oversupply of hogs; politicians who are obsessed with job creation; and too much carbon in the air.
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Give me the whole story
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009by Shayna Stock
THE SASQUATCH
Dec/Jan 2009
(Vol I No. 6)
For most species in this part of the world, winter is all about conservation of energy, hibernation and resourcefulness. So it strikes me as ironic that the mid-winter holiday season has come to embody such excess. I don’t need to inform you about the commodification of holidays that [...]
Alcohol costs are regulated. Why not food?
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Inadvertent food security lessons from Sask Liquor
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009This stimulus plan is just job porn. And guess who’s getting screwed?
Me, myself and the climate
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Extending our sense of self-interest to include climate change mitigation
Hog industry on the ropes
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Government’s transition package wrong-headed, say critics