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15/04/22
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 Quebec National Assembly chamber - Takashi Toyooka/flickr

Apr. 13, 2022

In what campaigners are calling a world first, Quebec’s National Assembly voted Tuesday afternoon to ban new oil and gas exploration and shut down existing drill sites within three years, even as the promoters behind the failed Énergie Saguenay liquefied natural gas (LNG) project try to revive it as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

15/04/22
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Chris Campbell
B.C. Premier John Horgan.Government of B.C./YouTube

Apr. 14, 2022

Anti-vaccine mandate protests have focused on not being "afraid" of COVID-19.

I often wonder if Premier John Horgan’s handlers wake up with dread each morning wondering if their boss is going to do an interview or hold a press conference.

Horgan seems to have a big heart but it’s not as big as his mouth when it comes to saying things that come across as heartless and privileged.

We all remember back in 2021 and all those heat dome deaths when Horgan blundered into the tragedy to utter that “fatalities are a part of life.”

14/04/22
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Scott Doherty, Gary Fiege, Ben Parfitt and Michelle Connolly
The authors say logs from primary BC forests are made into wood pellets by the UK-based energy giant Drax, whose dominance hurts jobs and competition in the province. Photo from handout.

Apr. 14, 2022

A global wood pellet firm is sending BC forests and jobs up in smoke. A coalition wants an investigation.

British Columbia is nearly four times larger than the United Kingdom. But what the U.K. lacks in size it compensates for in reach — a reach that extends deep into the old-growth forests of Canada’s westernmost province.

14/04/22
Author: 
Damien Gayle
Extinction Rebellion protesters play drums outside Lloyd’s of London as they blocked the entrances to its headquarters. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Apr. 12, 2022

Extinction Rebellion close Lloyd’s of London as activist groups continue their direct action

Anti-fossil fuel activists have vowed to continue blockading oil terminals until they are jailed, as they approached 1,000 arrests for their actions so far.

13/04/22
Author: 
Tori Bedford
Starbucks baristas Kylah Clay, Tyler Daguerre, Ash O'Neill and others celebrate the first union victories at Starbucks locations in Massachusetts, Monday, April 11, 2022.

Apr. 11, 2022

Two Starbucks stores in the Boston area won union elections Monday, becoming the first unionized locations in the state.

Joined by union organizers and supporters from around the state, baristas from Starbucks locations in Coolidge Corner and Allston erupted in cheers and embraced one another as election results were announced by an official from the National Labor Relations Board: 14-0 in Brookline and 16-0 in Allston.

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