Canada

24/08/20
Author: 
Martin Lukacs and Tim Groves
The Vancouver Police Department’s $500,000 SWAT Mobile Command Centre ‘wouldn’t be possible’ without support by donors to the Vancouver Police Foundation, says an explanatory video by the force.

Aug. 24, 2020

Corporations and rich individuals quietly funnel money to Canada’s police forces, subverting, say critics, democratic control.

Canadian police forces have received millions of dollars from oil companies, banks and financiers, through shadowy charitable foundations that have little public oversight and increasingly serve as a “cash cow” of private money.

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22/08/20
Author: 
Christine Thuring
Christine Thuring - Tree Sit Aug. 21, 2020

Aug. 21, 2020

Reflections from my first day living in the tree tops above Holmes Creek. The aim of this occupation is to protect and defend the trees, land and waters from needless destruction, to preserve the salmon run of the Brunette, and thus the ecosystem function of the region. The Trans Mountain Expansion has lost its relevance, its costs have ballooned, its markets are drying up, and now even its insurers are dropping it.

Watch video here.

21/08/20
Author: 
Stephanie Wood
Fraser River sockeye salmon returns in three of the past five years have seen record lows. Photo: Watershed Watch / Flicker

Aug 17, 2020

Even a low-ball prediction for the number of sockeye returning to B.C. river was too high and First Nations and conservationists say government mismanagement and lice infestations are partly to blame

Scientists at the Pacific Salmon Commission knew 2020 wouldn’t be a great year for Fraser River sockeye salmon — but they didn’t know it would be this bad.

20/08/20
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Bill Morneau resigned as finance minister today. He also said that he won't seek reelection in his Toronto riding.

 August 17th, 2020

Today's resignation of Canada's finance minister, Bill Morneau, has been the talk of the chattering classes in Ottawa and Toronto.

But here in southwestern B.C., he'll always be remembered as the man who forced an economically absurd pipeline on residents of this region, including the Coast Salish peoples.

15/08/20
Author: 
Kurtis Baute

Kurtis is doing a great job of keeping the planet informed on TMX and has promised a new video each day(check youtube - you can subscribe to the page)  You may wish to subscribe to this you tube page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3hXMsJbt3c

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