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06/10/21
Author: 
Andru McCracken & Laura Keil
Chart summarizing delays in completion of each stage of construction across the different spreads (segments) of the pipeline route. Based on analysis by West Coast Environmental Law.

Oct. 3, 2021

According to a new 28-page report by West Coast Environmental Law, the Trans Mountain Expansion Project is going to be delivered late and over budget.

Eugene Kung, a lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law helped assemble the report called: Trans Mountain: Delays into 2023 will add millions to public cost, which can be viewed here: tinyurl.com/TMX-delay

06/10/21
Author: 
Tara Olivetree Ehrcke
Activists stage a “die-in” to protest old-growth logging in Vancouver. Photo: Pa-to-ri-ku.
Tara Olivetree Ehrcke analyzes Canada’s recent snap election and why the issues most important to Canadian voters—such as climate change, housing, and Indigenous rights—failed to translate at the ballot box.
06/10/21
Author: 
Staff Reporter
The issue of fossil fuel divestment has been ongoing on the SFU campus, as recently the group SFU350 painted a mural urging the school to take more action on the climate crisis. However, SFU350 is not the group behind the hunger crisis.@SFU350/Twitter

Oct 3, 2021

Students vow to put pressure on school

A group of students at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby have given their school administrators an ultimatum: it has four weeks to commit to a full divestment from fossil fuels or a hunger strike will commence on Nov. 1.

05/10/21
Author: 
Michael Sainato, The Guardian .
Crystal Kan, a storyboard artist, draws signs on union members’ cars during a rally at the Motion Picture Editors Guild IATSE Local 700 on Sunday in Los Angeles. Photograph: Myung J Chun/Los Angeles Times/Rex/Shutterstock

October 2, 2021

From healthcare to Hollywood, workers are demanding higher wages, fighting cuts and seeking better safety and conditions

Tens of thousands of workers around the US could go on strike in the coming weeks in what would be the largest wave of labor unrest since a series of teacher strikes in 2018 and 2019, which won major victories and gave the American labor movement a significant boost.

05/10/21
Author: 
Heather Short
Heather Short

Sep 24, 2021

I've taught students about the climate crisis for years. But they aren't the ones who need to act now

This First Person article is the experience of Heather Short, a scientist and educator who lives in the greater Montreal region. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.

04/10/21
Author: 
 Susan Rosenthal
Suffering from Capitalism

 October 4, 2021  • 

Does capitalism make us crazy? The short answer is YES! Life under capitalist rule is perilous. We can’t survive on our own, and we can’t rely on society to support us. We live with perpetual uncertainty: Can I pay my bills? Will I lose my home, my job? What happens if I’m sick or injured? Add the constant threat of racism, war, and climate change disasters.

Do you feel safe in this world? I don’t. Every morning, I wake up with a sense of dread, thinking, “OMG. I’m still here, and this is still happening.” I am not alone in this.

04/10/21
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
Journalist and professor Sean Holman says Canadian media needs to improve reporting on the climate crisis by humanizing and localizing stories. Photo by John Threlfall courtesy of University of Victoria

Climate change is the largest and most impactful story on the globe, yet Canadian media in particular has done an inadequate job in covering the issue, one expert says.

04/10/21
Author: 
Damian Carrington
People born today will suffer many more extreme heat waves and other climate disasters over their lifetimes than their grandparents. Photo by Tucker Tangeman / Unsplash

October 4th 2021

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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