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Greens End Deal to Back NDP, Citing Policy Failures

10/02/26
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Link: 
The Tyee
Green Leader Emily Lowan: ‘It’s become clear that the BC NDP is ceding their values to corporate interests.’ Photo via BC Greens.

Feb. 9, 2026

‘They haven’t fought for unions or stood up to the one per cent.’

The BC Green Party is ending its formal support for the NDP in the legislature, citing the government’s failure to make enough progress on key issues.

“It’s become clear that the BC NDP is ceding their values to corporate interests,” Green Leader Emily Lowan said in a statement Monday morning. “This government isn’t willing to support workers — they haven’t fought for unions or stood up to the one per cent — we will.”

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Labour - Unions
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British Columbians want gas out of buildings, cleaner alternatives: poll

10/02/26
Author: 
Rhiannon Fox Melissa Lem Emiko Newman Sunil Singal Alexandra Woodsworth
Link: 
National Observer
Polling clearly demonstrates that the higher your knowledge about the causes of climate change, the more likely you are to support climate policies. Photo: Pikrepo.com

Feb. 10, 2026

The final months of 2025 were not kind to those concerned about the fate of our planet.

Rollbacks of hard-won climate policies and plans swept across the country like the seasonal flu. Vancouver city council passed an aggressively anti-climate budget despite hundreds of people showing up to speak to council in opposition. 

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British Columbia
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
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Pierre Poilievre’s new governing council stacked with corporate lobbyists

08/02/26
Author: 
Harrison Samphir & Martin Lukacs
Link: 
The Breach
Pierre Poilievre

Feb. 4, 2026

Lobbyists and anti-abortion activists on influential body are a contrast to Conservative Party’s public messaging

While Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promised to fight for Canada’s “common people” at a national convention this past weekend in Calgary, his party elected a governing council full of lobbyists working for some of the country’s most powerful corporations.

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Canada
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$5 Billion in Transit Cuts a Huge Step Backwards

08/02/26
Author: 
Environmental Defence
Link: 
Environmental Defence
High speed rail

Feb. 2, 2026

Statement from Sam Hersh, Clean Transportation Program Manager

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Category: 
Canada
Climate Change
Environmental Groups
Social
Transportation
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US Coerces Others to Blockade Cuba

07/02/26
Author: 
Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch
Link: 
Popular Resistance
photo: Tens of thousands of Cubans honor 32 killed in US attack on Venezuela. Miguel Díaz-Canel/X.

Feb.6, 2026

The White House’s decisions aim to energetically destroy an island already burdened by a US economic blockade.

Several politicians and experts have warned that Trump’s decision could lead to a humanitarian crisis.

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Global
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USA
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Crown corp. reviewed U.S.-bound arms exports over potential transfer to Israel

07/02/26
Author: 
Raffy Boudjikanian
Link: 
CBC News
Israeli soldiers are seen looking toward Gaza this month. A internal report obtained by CBC News shows the Crown corporation in charge of international arms transfers in Canada has looked into whether shipments destined for the U.S. were potentially being used by Israel. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Feb. 5, 2026

Redacted internal report by corporation's human rights body obtained by CBC News

As Ottawa publicly defended its largely permit-free procedure to send Canadian arms and munitions to the United States, the Crown corporation overseeing international transfers conducted a review of the final destination of those shipments, CBC News has learned.

Obtained through an access to information request, the assessment's main text is mostly redacted — including its conclusions.

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Canada
Global
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Carney replaces EV sales mandate with rebates and regulations

06/02/26
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Link: 
National Observer
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association President Flavio Volpe shows Prime Minister Mark Carney, front right, the Project Arrow 2.0 prototype vehicle during a tour of an auto-parts plant, Woodbridge, Ont., February 5, 2026. Photo by: Eduardo Lima / The Canadian Press

Feb. 5, 2026

Another Justin Trudeau-era climate policy is now history: Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrapping the electric vehicle sales mandate and replacing it with “more stringent” fuel-efficiency standards and EV purchase rebates.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Oil - Pipelines
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It’s time for something bolder than Carney’s path of appeasement

06/02/26
Author: 
Nick Gottlieb
Link: 
Canadian Dimension
Photo by Gatis Rozenfelds/Flickr

Prime Minister Carney’s now-famous speech at Davos outlined a vision of Canada charting a path as a “middle power” between increasingly belligerent “great powers” dominating a lawless planet.

But his speech left out something critical.

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Canada
Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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USA
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Even Full-Time Workers Struggle to Afford Food in Canada: Study

06/02/26
Author: 
Isaac Phan Nay
Link: 
The Tyee
The cost of food rose 27 per cent compared with five years ago and is expected to rise by up to six per cent this year, according to research by Dalhousie University. Image via Shutterstock.

Feb. 6, 2026

Researcher Tim Li says it’s a sign that wages aren’t keeping up with inflation.

A quarter of Canadian families are facing food insecurity even when most have a breadwinner working a permanent, full-time job, new research suggests.

Researchers from the University of Toronto’s food insecurity research program analyzed Statistics Canada income data to better understand how Canadians’ jobs affect their access to food.

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Canada
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Climate disruption: 19 C in February: Heat records fall across B.C., raising questions about winter's future

06/02/26
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata, Amber Wang
Link: 
CBC News
Prince George Iceman spokesperson Sylvia Masich makes her feelings known about unseasonably warm weather that has melted the ice on the city's outdoor ice oval on Wednesday. (Jason Peters/CBC)

Feb. 4, 2026

Repeated ridges of high pressure have prevented winter from setting in

Repeated ridges of high pressure have been driving temperatures in B.C. up into the double digits, with daily heat records falling in at least a dozen cities from Vancouver to Cranbrook to Dawson Creek.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Global
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