British Columbia

Black Lives Matter Vancouver March Tomorrow!

18/06/20
Author: 
Black Lives Matter
BLM

This important march is at Jack Pool Plaza tomorrow  (4PM on June 19).

 

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British Columbia
Protest - Revolt
Social
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Sumas First Nation calls for independent probe into latest Trans Mountain oil spill

17/06/20
Author: 
Carl Meyer
Link: 
National Observer
The Sumas Pump Station on the morning of June 13, 2020 showing the oil spill before cleanup. Trans Mountain photo

June 17th 2020

The chief of Sumas First Nation is calling for an independent investigation into the Trans Mountain pipeline, following an oil spill this past weekend near a significant burial ground for the community.

Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan’s office says it is monitoring the situation closely and expects all companies to “adhere to the highest standards of safety and environmental stewardship.”

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
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'This Is Why We Continue to Fight': Indigenous Leaders Outraged as Trans Mountain Pipeline Spills 50,000 Gallons of Crude Oil

16/06/20
Author: 
Jake Johnson
Link: 
Common Dreams
An estimated 50,000 gallons of crude oil leaked from the Trans Mountain pipeline at the Sumas Pump Station in Abbotsford, British Columbia on June 13, 2020 (Photo: Trans Mountain Corporation)

June 15, 2020

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
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Aerial photos show Trans Mountain oil spill threatens local aquifer

15/06/20
Author: 
Wilderness Committee
 
Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Oil - Pipelines
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Trans Mountain Crude Pipeline Is Shut After Spill in B.C.

14/06/20
Author: 
Robert Tuttle
Link: 
bloomberg.com
June 13, 2020

The Trans Mountain pipeline was shut after an oil spill was discovered at a pump station in British Columbia early Saturday.

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Oil - Pipelines
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B.C. has its own militarized, violent and yes, racist cops

14/06/20
Author: 
KaiI Nagata
Link: 
Dogwood BC
Police
JUNE 4, 2020
 
Their next mission? Punch another pipeline through Indigenous lands

Canadians can shake our heads at police brutality in the United States, but the same tactics and equipment are used in our country, with alarming numbers of Black and Indigenous people hurt and killed.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Climate Change
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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MAKE RENTERS WHOLE

07/06/20
Author: 
Vancouver Tenants Union
Link: 
Vancouver Tenants Union
No Rent Debt

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated working people and their incomes. The jobs lost during the lock down have been disproportionately low-paying jobs held by vulnerable renters. Thousands of renters have already missed paying some or all of their rents over the last few months, and have no prospect for continued income in a global economic depression.

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British Columbia
Social
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B.C. opens Sunshine Coast forest — home to some of Canada’s oldest trees — to logging

07/06/20
Author: 
Judith Lavoie
Link: 
The Narwhal
An ancient yellow cedar in an area of Dakota Ridge that's listed as a new cutblock by BC Timber Sales. Photo: Elphinstone Logging Focus

 Jun 5, 2020

Local conservation group asks province to cancel cutblocks containing ancient yellow cedars and unofficial bear sanctuary

A new plan plotting the course of the logging industry on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast over the next five years has placed a treasured forest, home to some of Canada’s oldest trees and an unofficial bear sanctuary, on the chopping block. 

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Category: 
British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Forestry
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No criminal charges for people arrested during injunction enforcement on Wet'suwet'en territory

07/06/20
Author: 
Chantelle Bellrichard
Link: 
CBC News

Jun 05, 2020

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Category: 
British Columbia
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Protest - Revolt
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Employers, Workers Agree: BC Labour Laws Don’t Work Right Now

03/06/20
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Link: 
The Tyee
Darcy Dawson: ‘It’s not our fault the virus came out, so we should be able to come back to our jobs as we left it.’ Photo supplied.

June 1, 2020

Long layoffs mean employees lose the right to return to their jobs and businesses face big severance costs.

At 57, Darcy Dawson figured his job as a server in the restaurant at the Holiday Inn and Suites in downtown Vancouver would be his last before retirement. Then the COVID-19 pandemic arrived and Dawson became one of the 400,000 people in the province thrown out of work.

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Category: 
British Columbia
Labour - Unions
Social
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