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25/12/21
Author: 
Brett Wilkins
An Apple Store employee helps customers at International Plaza in Tampa, Florida on November 26, 2021. (Photo: Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Dec. 24, 2021

"We are Apple. We deserve a respectful workplace. We deserve paid sick time. We deserve protection on the frontlines. We deserve proper mental healthcare."

A group of Apple employees organized a Christmas Eve walkout, demanding better working conditions and calling on customers to not shop in the tech giant's retail or online stores.

23/12/21
Author: 
Robin Scher, Independent Media Institute

Dec 15, 2021

Power drain: The web burns about as much electricity as the aviation industry. (Photo credit: Pacific Disaster Center/Flickr)

Power drain: The web burns about as much electricity as the aviation industry. (Photo credit: Pacific Disaster Center/Flickr)

20/12/21
Author: 
The Associated Press
Gabriel Boric

Dec 19, 2021

A 'historic day' as Boric secures leftist revival in Latin America

Chile's president-elect Gabriel Boric gestures to supporters after his victory in the presidential run-off election in Santiago, Chile, on Sunday. (Matias Delacroix/The Associated Press)

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19/12/21
Author: 
The Canadian Press
Forest

Dec. 16, 2021

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it is finalizing plans with First Nations that have indicated support for plans to defer logging in certain old-growth forests, while it continues talks with nations that need more time to decide.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it is finalizing plans with First Nations that have indicated support for plans to defer logging in certain old-growth forests, while it continues talks with nations that need more time to decide.

19/12/21
Author: 
Emma Gilchrist
Militarized police move in to breach a tiny house at Coyote Camp in Gidimt'en territory near Houston, B.C., on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal

Dec. 17, 2021

When the RCMP arrested two journalists on Wet’suwet’en territory in November, it set off a debate about journalistic ethics — which almost entirely missed the point

On Friday, Nov. 19, snow blanketed the ground as heavily armed RCMP officers descended upon a tiny house occupied by Wet’suwet’en land defenders in northwestern B.C. 

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