British Columbia

04/12/20
Author: 
Chris Campbell
Burnaby has the third-most expensive rents in Canada. Photo Glacier Media files

Dec. 2, 2020

Burnaby has some of the most expensive rents in Canada

Renters in low- to moderate-income households in Burnaby have access to a brand-new rent bank.
A rent bank is a homelessness prevention tool that helps to provide housing stability for renters in low- to moderate-income households, who are unable to pay rent or utilities due to unanticipated expenses or emergencies that compromise their ability to pay.

02/12/20
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Work camps like this one at the LNG project in Kitimat should be shut down to protect Indigenous communities from COVID-19 risks, say Wet’suwet’en chiefs. Photo from LNG Canada.

Dec. 1, 2020

Female chiefs say COVID-19 risk means work on oil and gas projects shouldn’t be classed as an essential service.

 

Members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation are calling on B.C.’s public health officer to shut down work camps operating on their territory as COVID-19 numbers rise in northern B.C.

01/12/20
Author: 
Geoff Dembicki
Experts in Canada and beyond see overlapping solutions to two crises: housing affordability and climate change. This series talks to more than 20 of them. Illustration for The Tyee by Nora Kelly.

Nov. 30, 2020

First in a five-part series exploring the case for a Green New Deal for Housing.

26/11/20
Author: 
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Skyrocketing land prices make it difficult for many mid-sized farms, like this one near Vancouver, B.C., to break even. It's one factor contributing to land inequality worldwide. Photo by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

November 26th 2020

More than two-thirds of the world’s fields, ranches and orchards are owned by one per cent of its farmers, according to a report released Tuesday.

Land inequality — the concentrated ownership of land — is skyrocketing globally, including in Canada and the U.S. It’s a trend driven by large-scale industrial farming and export-oriented agricultural policies with wide-ranging impacts on everything from food security to climate change.

25/11/20
Author: 
Natalie Southworth

Groups Say Federal Government Must Change Course with TMX, Recoup Billions of Unspent Tax Dollars

 

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