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22/11/22
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Premier David Eby says the new legislation is just part of the government’s response to the housing crisis. Photo via BC government.

". . . BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau said she was concerned that the bills failed to mention non-market housing or protect against real estate investment trusts buying and redeveloping strata housing.. . . " indeed!

Nov. 22, 2022

Two bills aim to increase condo rentals and set housing growth targets for cities.

On Monday, the British Columbia government introduced two bills aimed at easing the province’s housing crisis.

22/11/22
Author: 
Dr. Christopher Applewhaite, Kerri Coombs, Dr. Susan Kuo and Protect Our Province BC
We can protect children in schools from the potentially devastating effects of COVID. Photo via Shutterstock.

Nov. 21, 2022

The group Urgency of Normal published a National Post article that misinforms, denying grave risks from lax school protections.

Just weeks after schools reopened this fall, the National Post published an opinion piece titled “Let the old normal reign in schools without the threat of COVID restrictions.”

22/11/22
Author: 
NBC Bay Area.
Unhoused Individuals to Build Rent-Free Housing in Oakland, CA

Nov. 17, 2022

Oakland, California – It’s been a long-term problem addressing the homeless crisis in Oakland and now those at the center of the fight are trying their own solutions.

A group of unhoused individuals are buying land and building their own community to get people off the street permanently.

The land on MaCarthur Boulevard and 76th Avenue is where they plan to build their own rent-free permanent housing community.

“This dream of Homefulness is a homeless people solution to homelessness,” said Tiny, co-founder of the organization Homefulness.

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22/11/22
Author: 
Erica Gies
A catastrophic atmospheric river caused extensive flooding in B.C.’s Sumas Prairie in November 2021. As governments allocate billions of dollars for rebuilding, experts are proposing more funds be spent on nature-based solutions informed by Traditional Knowledge. Photo: Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press

Nov. 14, 2022

A year after catastrophic floods in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, some are concerned the recovery is too focused on trying to fight water with bigger engineering, instead of embracing a global movement to work with water and prioritize nature-based solutions

This story is part of Going with the Flow, a series that dives into how restoring nature can help with B.C.’s flood problems — and what’s stopping us from doing it.

22/11/22
Author: 
Sarah Shaffi
‘Clear-eyed and – yes – angry’ … Bernie Sanders. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Nov. 17, 2022

It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism, out next year, will argue the world needs to ‘recognise that economic rights are human rights’

Former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is to publish a book outlining “a vision of what would be possible if the political revolution took place”.

22/11/22
Author: 
Sam Gindin
globe encircled by US dollars

"It is tempting to battle capitalist internationalization by countering it with a working-class internationalism. Specific acts of international solidarity are, of course, possible, and an internationalist sensibility is paramount. But we cannot act substantively on the international stage without being strong at home.

19/11/22
Author: 
Jen St. Denis
Experts and advocates say expanding crisis lines, preventive measures and more social supports would be more effective than hiring more police for mental health calls. Photo via Shutterstock.

Nov. 18, 2022

Vancouver’s new council wants to spend $6 million on more police and mental health nurses. Experts say there’s a better way.

[Tyee Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of suicide prevention and mental health distress. It may be triggering to some readers.]

19/11/22
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Primary Author: Munisha Tumato
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Nov. 16, 2022

Extensive research conducted in the early 1990s yielded a practical solution to the climate crisis that would have averted the mushrooming environmental havoc the world faces today, says journalist Geoff Dembicki—but it was buried by Imperial Oil, using a canary-in-the-coal mine report to launch a disinformation campaign that effectively blocked early mitigation of the crisis.

This is among many shocking, yet unsurprising, revelations from Dembicki’s new book, The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change.

19/11/22
Author: 
John Woodside
The education of students in Gabura Upazila, Bangladesh, is facing uncertainty as their school is under threat of being washed away. Photo by Moniruzzaman Sazal / Climate Visuals

Nov. 18, 2022

The clock is ticking to land an agreement for COP27, and Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada will support a proposal to launch a loss and damage fund — with a few conditions.

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