British Columbia

10 COVID Facts Dangerously Downplayed - Especially re Kids

24/12/22

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

Link:

The Tyee

COVID-19 is airborne, so why aren’t health officials loudly prioritizing mask wearing and filtering air in schools and workplaces? Image via Shutterstock.

Dec. 21, 2022

We should be rallied to defend ourselves and our kids. Our leaders offer timid silence.

As the pandemic evolves, the failure of current public health policies now shines clearer than a midnight star. The assumption that hybrid immunity — vaccines combined with infections — would end COVID’s relentless evolution has fed the pandemic, not starved it.

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British Columbia’s Big Lie

23/12/22

Author:

David Broadland

Link:

The Evergreen Alliance

Dec.13, 2022

The BC government is committing a 220,000-square-kilometre, biodiversity-killing, climate-destabilizing fraud on its own citizens and the international community.

THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF WRITING over the past year about the “Big Lie” in American politics: A deliberate, gross distortion of the truth, repeated over and over, even in the face of evidence that what’s being claimed is false.

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Climate and the holiday storms of 2022: ‘I don’t think people realize just how much trouble we’re in’

23/12/22

Author:

Allison Hannaford

Link:

National Observer

A Canada Post letter carrier crosses a snow and ice covered road while delivering mail in Burnaby, B.C., on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Dec. 22, 2022

Like many Canadians, Colin McCarter is awaiting his father’s arrival to celebrate the holidays with him and his family in North Bay, Ont. However, he warned his dad about the impending storm and the challenges he may face on his nearly 400-kilometre drive north from the Greater Toronto Area.

McCarter, the Canada Research Chair in Climate and Environmental Change at Nipissing University in North Bay, thinks about extreme weather a lot. His studies revolve around how disturbances like climate change impact our landscape.

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Canada’s biggest certifier of sustainable forests faces greenwashing accusations

23/12/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

Link:

National Observer

A processor strips the bark and branches from a log in Copper Canyon on Vancouver Island, B.C. Photo by David Stanley / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Dec. 23, 2022

Canadian environmental groups have levelled another greenwashing complaint — this time at the largest certification scheme for sustainable forestry in North America.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certifies 115 million hectares of forest within Canada’s borders for companies.

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Building a Collective Movement Could be a Solution to Transit Woes: Free Transit or Fixing the System?

20/12/22

Author:

H.G. Watson

Link:

The Bullet

Website editor: This article makes some very good points about 'free transit' campaigns and more.

Dec. 19, 2022

Ottawa’s light-rail transit system has made headlines in the last years – but not for any good reasons. Trains don’t work in the cold. Technical problems cause frequent delays, and a derailment once led to all the trains being taken out of service for weeks. On top of this, Ottawa’s city council voted to increase fares.

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Action Required: Zain Haq is a 21 year old climate activist who is facing deportation - sign to stop this

16/12/22

Author:

Stand Earth

Link:

Stand Earth

9 December 2022

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Lobby group tries to sell the world on gas as ‘green’ answer to energy security

15/12/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

Link:

National Observer

Two children walk across the land in Ethiopia to get water during the drought. Photo by UNICEF Ethiopia / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Dec.14. 2022

The international gas lobby playbook hinges on rebranding planet-warming natural gas as green and key to energy security, new documents reveal.

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The BC Government’s Struggle to Respond to the Gig Work World

14/12/22

Author:

Zak Vescera

Link:

The Tyee

Thousands of people work in the gig economy in BC without basic protections like minimum wage and WorkSafeBC coverage if they get hurt on the job. Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec. 14. 2022

Uber and the rest have changed the game, and solutions are complex — and slow. Part one of two.

Workers, unions and experts say B.C.’s government is dragging its feet on pledges to improve conditions for drivers and food courier workers eking out a living in the digital gig economy.

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Forest protection should be a high priority at COP15

14/12/22

Author:

Rob Miller

Link:

National Observer

We know these ancient forests are worth more standing. We understand the consequences of losing them. There is a sense of urgency for change. We need binding agreements from international negotiations like COP15. Photo via Flickr

Dec. 14, 2022

During Biodiversity Day at COP27, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault committed $855,000 to ensure non-profit environmental groups and Indigenous partners can participate at COP15, the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal. This funding levels the playing field as industries increasingly send their paid representatives to participate in the negotiations.

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B.C.’s new Premier David Eby hits the ground running

13/12/22

Author:

Seth Klein

Link:

National Observer

But what early climate signals can be found in B.C. Premier David Eby's new cabinet and their mandate letters? asks Seth Klein. Photo via Province of British Columbia/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Dec. 13, 2022

The past few years have hit most British Columbians hard — from COVID-19 to floods and fires to the escalating cost of living. The new premier has hit the ground running, delivering an ambitious string of initiatives in his first weeks.

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British Columbia

We should be rallied to defend ourselves and our kids. Our leaders offer timid silence.

The BC government is committing a 220,000-square-kilometre, biodiversity-killing, climate-destabilizing fraud on its own citizens and the international community.

Uber and the rest have changed the game, and solutions are complex — and slow. Part one of two.

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