Ecology/Environment

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.

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: 
ain4estflyingsquad
 
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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.

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