British Columbia

20/04/20
Author: 
Jesse Firempong & Priyanka Vittal
Alberta oil sands. Photograph by Andrew S. Wright. / Image of the novel coronavirus

April 20th 2020

How far is too far?

It’s a question that’s been debated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau eyed broader emergency powers for the federal government and left the door open to using cellphone data to track compliance with physical-distancing rules.

20/04/20
Author: 
Stephanie Ip
occupation of Strathcona school - Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism

April 19, 2020

The occupation was an effort to call attention to the DTES population at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic and the city's perceived lack of action, said advocates.

[Red Braid Alliance's facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/redbraidalliance/]

A number of Downtown Eastside homeless advocates have been arrested following an overnight occupation at a Vancouver school.

17/04/20
Author: 
Chris Campbell
Extinction Rebellion protesters at Trans Mountain's Burnaby tank farm. Submitted

APRIL 15, 2020

Trans Mountain’s tank farm in Burnaby was the scene of a protest today (Wednesday), with the company accused of not following social distancing measures amid the COVID-19 crisis.

14/04/20
Author: 
James Peters
Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Apr 14, 2020

KAMLOOPS — Trans Mountain has confirmed its pipeline expansion construction schedule within Kamloops has been pushed back.

In a memo addressed to the Canada Energy Regulator dated April 1, Trans Mountain says construction in the Kamloops Urban Area will begin in June, 2020. This is a revision from the previous schedule, which had Kamloops construction beginning this month.

Construction in the Black Pines area is scheduled to begin in August, 2020.

04/04/20
Author: 
Kristen Pue
motel - photo Frank Michel

Apr. 3. 2020

Cities need to find apartment or hotel spaces for people experiencing homelessness

rom health and safety to the economy, COVID-19 is revealing the penny-pinching of Canadian governments to be pound-foolish.

03/04/20
Author: 
Jessica Wallace
Pipe for Kinder Morgan's planned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is piled high on Mission Flats Road in Kamloops. Construction in the urban area of Kamloops is expected to begin in April 2020 and continue through to June 2021, subject to approvals. Photograph By DAVE EAGLES

Apr. 2, 2020

The company said it expects a peak of 240 workers, including a number of local and Indigenous people, on the job in Kamloops. Trans Mountain said it is working with the Kamloops Accommodation Association to identify interest and capacity at hotels, motels and RV parks

A Kamloops councillor is calling for Trans Mountain pipeline expansion construction to be postponed, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

03/04/20
Author: 
James Peters
TMX construction site = Image Credit: CFJC Today
Apr 02, 2020

KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops councillor is calling on federal and provincial officials to call a halt to Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline expansion construction within city limits.

Denis Walsh says expansion activities are scheduled to begin soon for TMX’s ‘Kamloops Urban Special Project’, which would lay new pipe beneath the Thompson River.

Walsh doesn’t think the project, which will require hundreds of construction workers, is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

03/04/20
Author: 
Robert Hackett
RCMP officers cross the bridge leading to Unist'ot'en Camp in Wet'suwet'en territory in northern British Columbia on Feb. 10, 2020. Photo from Unist'ot'en Camp on Twitter
April 2nd 2020
 
As the global pandemic marches on, governments scramble to mitigate it and cobble together economic aid packages. Mass climate protests and the Wet'suwet'en solidarity blockades, just a few weeks ago, seem like a distant memory.
03/04/20
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood 
Hereditary Chief Dsta’Hyl makes regular patrols through Wet’suwet’en territory to tell pipeline workers to go home. They aren’t listening, he says. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.
31 Mar 2020

Union of BC Indian Chiefs calls for Coastal GasLink to halt work to reduce COVID-19 threat.


Amanda Follett Hosgood is the Tyee’s northern BC reporter. She lives amidst the stunning mountains and rivers of Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.
 

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