Canada

02/09/20
Author: 
Rising Tide North America Collective

The Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline is spilling into drinking water aquifers, on sacred sites, and feeding catastrophic climate change, and this pipeline wouldn’t be possible without major insurers backing the project.

31/08/20
Author: 
Alexandra Morton
Aug. 29, 2020
Hello,
 
I hope all of you are doing OK with the pandemic we find ourselves in.
 
I am writing because the Minister of Fisheries has a critical decision that will influence the future of the Fraser River sockeye and all species of BC wild salmon.  The 2020 Fraser sockeye forecast return is much lower than last year, which was the lowest in the history of Canada.  We are watching extinction in play.
 
31/08/20
Author: 
Patrick Brethour

[Very interesting. I'm wondering when the other shoes might start dropping.  Those shoes could include evolving employment insurance into a "benefit" too small to actually live on, thus forcing people to take low-wage jobs. Or, it might transform, slowly or quickly, into what right-wingers want--a catch-all payment that replaces free health care, education, and other social services, which can then be privatised and charge fees. Gene McGuckin - ecosocialistsvancouver.org]

Aug. 30, 2020

29/08/20
Author: 
Jon Milton
'Dollarama is our Amazon': Warehouse workers organize against unsafe conditions, 'misery wages'

Rally aims to force retail giant to back down on plans to cut pandemic pay boost

28/08/20
Author: 
Lois Beckett
Teachers hold a ‘#Return2SchoolSafely’ protest in Phoenix, Arizona, on 15 July. Photograph: Ross D Franklin/AP

15 Aug 2020

Arizona public school district forced to abandon plans after more than 100 teachers and staff members called in sick

[Editor: What about in Canada?  The situation isn't so different!!]

An Arizona public school district was forced to cancel its plans to reopen on Monday after more than 100 teachers and other staff members called in sick.

28/08/20
Author: 
Chris Campbell
A banner hung on the Kensington overpass that spans Highway 1 in Burnaby. Submitted photo

Aug. 27, 2020

People opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project blanketed Burnaby overpasses on Wednesday afternoon.

28/08/20
Author: 
Tom Philpott
Selection of packaged meats - Caption: The soil that makes one of the globe’s most important farming regions so productive is vanishing before our eyes.’ Photograph: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler/ Grid Engine/ CC0

August 28th 2020

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears in the National Observer as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

28/08/20
Author: 
Emma McIntosh
Ontario Premier Doug Ford (left) and Environment Minister Jeff Yurek, pictured in 2018. A growing number of First Nations are speaking out about Ford's Bill 197, which the premier said was aimed at helping Ontario's economy. File photo by Alex Tétreault

August 28th 2020

The Ford government is poised to face a second court battle over its controversial COVID-19 economic recovery bill, this time from a group representing 133 First Nations in Ontario.

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