British Columbia

Canada’s newest health advisory? Natural gas

25/08/23

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Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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Hundreds of doctors, nurses and health-care workers across Canada have issued a public health advisory about natural gas, said Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment president Melissa Lem. Photo by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson/National Observer

Aug. 24, 2023

Hundreds of doctors, nurses and other Canadian health-care professionals have issued a public health advisory on the health harms of expanding B.C.'s fracking and natural gas infrastructure amidst the climate crisis.

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In a Climate Crisis, We Need to De-Grow Higher Ed

25/08/23

Author:

Crawford Kilian

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The Tyee

Students return to the University of British Columbia campus in September 2022. Classes start again soon, but the post-secondary system needs to change in response to these times. Photo via Shutterstock.

Aug. 25, 2023

BC burns and a new school year beckons. Is what we teach out of step with the times?

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‘Today is a good day to die’: Brandi Morin reports from a new RCMP raid at Fairy Creek

25/08/23

Author:

Brandi Morin

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Ricochet Media

Uncle Rico continues to sing and drum as RCMP CIRG officers arrest them at Savage Patch, a camp blockading old growth logging, in Pacheedaht territory near Port Renfrew, British Columbia. All photos by Amber Bracken

Aug. 23, 2023

Inside the fight to save one of the last ancient old growth forests on the planet

Not long past the break of dawn, along a remote road deep in the unceded, forested mountains of southern Vancouver Island, the steady blaring of a conch shell sends a warning through the trees.

A raid is coming.

In the Savage Patch camp, a new front in a years-long struggle over the fate of some of the country’s oldest trees, a small group of forest defenders scurry to pack sleeping bags and douse the fire that kept them warm through the night.

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Playbook for RCMP’s Wet’suwet’en raids provided by former U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan

23/08/23

Author:

Sidney Coles

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Ricochet Media

Kai Nagata, communications director at Dogwood BC, presenting at the third annual Peace and Unity Summit.

Aug. 17, 2023

Presentation highlights darker truths behind violence and intimidation against Indigenous land defenders resisting resource extraction

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A wait-and-see approach won’t cut it for today’s intense wildfires

19/08/23

Author:

John Vaillant

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The Globe and Mail

Smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire fills the air and nearly blocks out the sun in Kelowna. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Aug. 18, 2023

The Beast is back, and this time it’s coming for the news cycle.

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Burnaby Housing Corp Aims for Half-Market Rents

14/08/23

Author:

Christopher Cheung

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The Tyee

More ‘nimble, proactive and direct’: Burnaby will join five existing municipal and regional housing corporations taking direct responsibility for delivering affordable homes. Photo by Christopher Cheung.

Aug. 14, 2023

Why Burnaby Decided to Develop Its Own Housing

BC’s third-largest city is aiming for rents at 50 per cent below market. Here’s how.

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B.C.’s dirty little secret: it is ramping up thermal coal exports

14/08/23

Author:

Derrick O'Keefe

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Ricochet Media

Aug. 14, 2023

As wildfires rage around the world, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison is doubling down on the dirtiest fossil fuel

British Columbia continues to expand its exports of the dirtiest fossil fuel on Earth. And even though Canada’s federal government has promised to end thermal coal exports by 2030, B.C.’s richest person keeps increasing his investment in Canada’s busiest coal export terminal.

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80% of B.C. rivers face high to extreme drought

07/08/23

Author:

Stefan Labbé

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Times Colonist

Level 4 and 5 (high to extreme) drought conditions impacted more than 80% of B.C.'s river basins as of Aug. 4, 2023.B.C. government

Aug. 5, 2023

Persistent dry and hot weather pushed Metro Vancouver to enact Level 2 watering restrictions Friday for the first time since 2015.

More than 80 per cent of B.C.’s river systems face high to extreme drought conditions.

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What is the economic cost of wildfire smoke?

06/08/23

Author:

Benjamin Shingler

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CBC - What On Earth

Air quality in Windsor, Ont., was among the worst in the world in late June, as wildfires raged in northeastern Canada and Quebec. Here, the Detroit skyline is barely visible through smoke and haze on June 29. (Dax Melmer/CBC)

Jul. 13, 2023

When tallying the economic toll of climate change, flooding tops the list in Canada. But the wildfire smoke that has blanketed many parts of North America this summer also comes with a financial cost.

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Study Report - Clearcut logging leads to more frequent flooding, including extreme floods

03/08/23

Author:

Robbie Johnson and Dr. Younes Alila

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UBC News

Clearcut logging history of Deadman Creek and Joe Ross Creek watersheds. Map credit: UBC Faculty of Forestry/David Leversee

Aug 2, 2023 | For more information, contact Lou Corpuz-Bosshart

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British Columbia

BC burns and a new school year beckons. Is what we teach out of step with the times?

Inside the fight to save one of the last ancient old growth forests on the planet

Presentation highlights darker truths behind violence and intimidation against Indigenous land defenders resisting resource extraction

Why Burnaby Decided to Develop Its Own Housing

BC’s third-largest city is aiming for rents at 50 per cent below market. Here’s how.

As wildfires rage around the world, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison is doubling down on the dirtiest fossil fuel

Persistent dry and hot weather pushed Metro Vancouver to enact Level 2 watering restrictions Friday for the first time since 2015.

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