Tomorrow, March 29th 2014, between 8:30pm and 9:30pm, we'll be celebrating Human Achievement Hour. This one-hour event coincides with Earth Hour, an annual event where governments, businesses and individuals dim or shut off lights in an effort to raise awareness about...
With announcements coming as regular as church bells ringing on a Sunday morning, it is clear that regardless of reason, risk and ratepayers' pocketbooks, the Selinger NDP government will push Manitoba Hydro into a potentially devastating expansion. With the Clean...
An animated version of Stephen Moore's talk - America's Energy Boom: How It Will Save U.S. Manufacturing and Recharge The U.S. Economy.
Is it still possible to hold future electricity rate increases to the rate of inflation? Following nine years of rate increases well above the rate of inflation, Manitoba Hydro's $30-billion plus plan includes increasing electricity rates by four per cent every year...
For the defiant act of holding church services despite public health orders, Alberta pastors James Coates, Tim Stephens and Art Pawlowski were arrested and jailed. Some, including those within the faith, think the pastors should acquiesce to the government edicts....
More than 500 years ago, Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press revolutionized the world of letters. Instead of having to painstakingly copy books by hand, books could be printed by the thousands. The very first book that came off Gutenberg’s printing press was the...
While the rest of the world complains about soaring gasoline prices, Venezuela has a different problem: gasoline is almost free and its price is dropping.
Neither consumers nor taxpayers will ultimately benefit from Manitoba’s intervention in natural gas markets.
The Manitoba government’s policy of using eletricity profits to subsidize natural gas consumption further distorts an already confused energy market.
Wind power’s inadequacies are hidden by a veil of government subsidy and inadequate data on performance and cost
With gas prices skyrocketing, people are looking once again at ways to save energy. I haven’t heard anyone suggest bringing back the 55 mile per hour speed limit, though, so I guess I should be grateful for small favors. One suggestion that does make sense to me is to encourage telecommuting and work at home.
Manitoba’s electricity rates are half the North American average. But the government-subsidized low prices are artificial – subsidized by other Canadians through the equalization program.
The Frontier’s conversation with Jim Harris, Leader, the Green Party of Canada.
If Manitoba priced its hydro-electric resource at market rates, it would garner about a billion dollars more in annual revenues.
It’s no accident that bus and subway riders are mostly young and poor. They take public transit not because it’s the better way, but because they can’t afford to drive. The moment they get a little older and a little better off, they move to the suburbs and buy a car.