British Columbia

11/10/21
Author: 
XR Vancouver Outreach Team

#rebelforlife on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations

THE OCTOBER REBELLION IS HERE

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08/10/21
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
A roadblock preventing Coastal GasLink from accessing a site where it plans to drill under the Morice River, or Wedzin Kwa to the Wet’suwet’en. RCMP have visited the site several times since the camp was created on Sept. 24, making two arrests. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

4 Oct 2021

On the scene where Coastal GasLink’s plan to install pipe under the river bed has been halted for 11 days.

At the turnoff, four workers with Coastal GasLink security gather in orange and yellow vests, their voices edged with frustration as they talk above four idling pickup trucks that release a haze of exhaust into the early morning light.

Another pickup faces off against the group, blocking access to the rough and muddy spur road that leads to the pipeline worksite.

07/10/21
Author: 
Theresa McManus
New Westminster is the latest city to oppose a proposed expansion at the Tilbury LNG plant in Delta. Contributed

Oct. 5, 2021

New Westminster is the latest community to oppose the proposed expansion of the Tilbury liquefied natural gas plant in Delta.

At Monday’s meeting, representatives from the Council of Canadians and the Wilderness Committee urged New West to follow the lead of Vancouver, Richmond and Port Moody, which have voiced their opposition to FortisBC’s plan to expand its Tilbury LNG plant on the Fraser River.

06/10/21
Author: 
Ian Mulgrew
RCMP officers carry a woman they arrested at the Waterfall camp blockade against old growth timber logging in the Fairy Creek area of Vancouver Island last May. While law enforcement usually prevails in instances of environmental protests, this week other values triumphed in a B.C. Supreme Court ruling. PHOTO BY JENNIFER OSBORNE /REUTERS file

Sep 30, 2021  

Injunctions have long and often turned the court into a tool for Big Business and Bad Government. This time it didn’t work

Mohandas Gandhi would be proud — civil disobedience won another round in B.C. Supreme Court and the rule of law was defined as much more than simply law enforcement.

Justice Douglas Thompson’s refusal to extend a one-year injunction restricting protests against logging in the Fairy Creek watershed emphasized the impartial status of courts and civil rights are equally important societal values.

06/10/21
Author: 
Matt Simmons, Photography by Ryan Dickie
Josh Rush, member of Wilp Wii Litsxw, fishes at the Lax An Zok fish camp on the banks of the Meziadin River in northwest B.C

Sept. 26, 2021

After waiting for years for support from the provincial government and in the face of declining salmon stock, the Gitanyow are independently forging ahead with new protections under traditional law and custom for some 54,000 hectares of land and water, which are threatened by potential mining projects

On a late August afternoon, under cloudy skies that threatened rain, Gitanyow hereditary chiefs gathered at the Lax An Zok fish camp on the banks of the Meziadin River in northwest B.C. to sign a unilateral declaration. 

06/10/21
Author: 
Andru McCracken & Laura Keil
Chart summarizing delays in completion of each stage of construction across the different spreads (segments) of the pipeline route. Based on analysis by West Coast Environmental Law.

Oct. 3, 2021

According to a new 28-page report by West Coast Environmental Law, the Trans Mountain Expansion Project is going to be delivered late and over budget.

Eugene Kung, a lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law helped assemble the report called: Trans Mountain: Delays into 2023 will add millions to public cost, which can be viewed here: tinyurl.com/TMX-delay

06/10/21
Author: 
Tara Olivetree Ehrcke
Activists stage a “die-in” to protest old-growth logging in Vancouver. Photo: Pa-to-ri-ku.
Tara Olivetree Ehrcke analyzes Canada’s recent snap election and why the issues most important to Canadian voters—such as climate change, housing, and Indigenous rights—failed to translate at the ballot box.
06/10/21
Author: 
Staff Reporter
The issue of fossil fuel divestment has been ongoing on the SFU campus, as recently the group SFU350 painted a mural urging the school to take more action on the climate crisis. However, SFU350 is not the group behind the hunger crisis.@SFU350/Twitter

Oct 3, 2021

Students vow to put pressure on school

A group of students at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby have given their school administrators an ultimatum: it has four weeks to commit to a full divestment from fossil fuels or a hunger strike will commence on Nov. 1.

04/10/21
Author: 
 Susan Rosenthal
Suffering from Capitalism

 October 4, 2021  • 

Does capitalism make us crazy? The short answer is YES! Life under capitalist rule is perilous. We can’t survive on our own, and we can’t rely on society to support us. We live with perpetual uncertainty: Can I pay my bills? Will I lose my home, my job? What happens if I’m sick or injured? Add the constant threat of racism, war, and climate change disasters.

Do you feel safe in this world? I don’t. Every morning, I wake up with a sense of dread, thinking, “OMG. I’m still here, and this is still happening.” I am not alone in this.

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