British Columbia

21/12/20
Author: 
Chad Pawson
 
Workers with the SA Energy Group work on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in this undated photo. (Trans Mountain)
18/12/20
Author: 
Theresa McManus
Dr. Tim Takaro took to a tree along the route of the Trans Mountain pipeline this summer to protest the project.File

Dec. 18, 2020

Pipeline opponents have filed court documents aimed at halting the project.

New Westminster city council stands behind efforts to halt construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

Council issued a statement Dec. 18 regarding its opposition to the pipeline expansion project and its support for a recent court application by land defenders, who are hoping to stop the pipeline project. Council is concerned about its proximity to the sensitive riparian area of the Brunette River.

18/12/20
Author: 
Marc Lee and Seth Klein
Will Canada say Yes to a Clean Energy Economy? arindambanerjee / Shutterstock 4

Resource development has long been central to BC’s economy. But commodity prices swing, industries consolidate and patterns of demand change over time. When they do, resource industry workers are often left holding the bag.

18/12/20
Author: 
Alexandra Morton
Photographer Tavish Campbell took this photo in early May of a lice-infested young pink salmon found near Discovery Island. TAVISH CAMPBELL
 
December 13th, 2020 

Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan, MP for South Shore—St. Margarets, Nova Scotia, will make a decision within the next week that will decide the fate of the Fraser River sockeye salmon.

17/12/20
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
The decision followed consultations by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) with the Homalco, Klahoose, K’ómoks, Kwiakah, Tla’amin, We Wai Kai and Wei Wai Kum First Nations, which ended at the beginning of the month, about whether to renew licences for the fish farms that operate in their traditional territories.

December 17th 2020

Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan announced Thursday that controversial fish farms in the Discovery Islands on the West Coast will be phased out over the next 18 months.

17/12/20
Author: 
David Thurton

Dec 17, 2020

 

Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline in Kamloops, B.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)

15/12/20
Author: 
CBC - The Early Edition

The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn

Life as a care aide worker during the second wave

Vivian Luk speaks with a care aide workers about what she is going through as she goes through the deadliest wave yet.

Aired: Dec. 15, 2020

Listen here.

15/12/20
Author: 
CHEK News
Adrian Dix
December 15, 2020
 

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British Columbia’s minister of health says the provincial government’s long-promised temporary pandemic pay is on the way to eligible healthcare workers who haven’t received it.

During Monday’s COVID-19 update, Adrian Dix, the province’s health minister, apologized for the lengthy delay and assured workers they would be getting the money.

12/12/20
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Salmon - Wilson Hui/Flickr

Another example of governments’ “new denialism”: make green promises and mouth/legislate commitments to reconciliation with First Nations, but just keep on trampling both in the service of fossil fuel industry profits.

  • Gene McGuckin

Dec. 11, 2020

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