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Trans Mountain expansion hits snag, must re-start drilling beneath Thompson River in Kamloops

01/11/20

Author:

James Peters

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CFJC Today

Oct 29, 2020

KAMLOOPS — Trans Mountain (TMX) has had a major setback in its expansion project through Kamloops.

The pipeline twinning includes a segment beneath the Thompson River that must be installed after Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is completed.

In a statement emailed to CFJC Today, Trans Mountain says installation of the pipe in the segment beneath the river encountered “technical challenges” that require the entire HDD process to be restarted.

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Exploitation of migrant care workers has increased since COVID-19 struck, report says

30/10/20

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CBC News

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CBC News

Oct 28, 2020

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Ecosocialism: The Strategic Debate

30/10/20

Author:

Socialist Resistance

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The Bullet

[Editor: This article raises some important questions (in spite of a number of grammatical errors and typos!)]

October 30, 2020 • Socialist Resistance

Those of us who inhabit planet Earth in the 21st century face a huge problem. Our own species, homo sapiens (modern humans), are trashing the planet at an ever increasing and more destructive rate.

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Biden’s just Trump with a human face, and the two of them share the same enemy

29/10/20

Author:

Slavoj Zizek

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rt.com

Trump & Biden - FILE PHOTOS. © Getty Images / Spencer Platt; Getty Images / Alex Wong

27 Oct, 2020

One of the most thought-provoking articles I’ve read about the unfolding conflicts in the US and elsewhere – maybe everywhere. - Gene McGuckin

The threat of violence erupting over the US election result next week is exposing the limits of liberal democracy, and both candidates’ rejection of left-wing ‘extremists’ is liberal opportunism at its worst.

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Sharmarke Dubow champions climate justice, mitigation through community

29/10/20

Author:

Patricia Lane

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National Observer

Victoria Coun. Sharmarke Dubow gives Maasai visitors a tour of city hall. Photo submitted by Sharmarke Dubow

October 29th 2020

As part of a series highlighting the work of young people in addressing the climate crisis, writer Patricia Lane interviews Victoria Coun. Sharmarke Dubow.

The 1990s were personally tough for me. I spent the decade immersed in action based on climate catastrophe science, trying, and by all accounts failing, to stem the tide. Hardest of all, death and dementia came to my family.

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Canada’s Only Social-Democratic Government Has Been Decisively Reelected in British Columbia

28/10/20

Author:

Derrick O'Keefe

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Jacobin Magazine

New Democratic Party premier John Horgan speaking in Comox, British Columbia, 2017. (BC NDP / Flickr)

Oct. 28, 2020

British Columbia remains the only province in Canada governed by the New Democratic Party (NDP), after the social democrats won a decisive election on Saturday, October 24. Even with several ridings too close to call, and hundreds of thousands of mail-in votes still to be counted, the NDP’s lead is insurmountable, with the party leading or elected in fifty-five ridings, nearly double the BC Liberals’ twenty-nine.

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Alberta Hospital Workers Strike Illegally Amid Pandemic

27/10/20

Author:

Don Braid

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Calgary Herald

Healthcare workers protest during a walkout at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary on Monday, October 26, 2020. PHOTO BY GAVIN YOUNG /Postmedia

Oct 27, 2020

But even if this unrest is quashed, the root causes aren't going away

Here is your definition of a messed-up province.

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw describes a deepening pandemic with 1,440 new cases of coronavirus confirmed over the weekend.

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Bolivia: Left’s overwhelming win a sharp rebuke to Canadian foreign policy

27/10/20

Author:

Bianca Mugyenyi

Link:

ricochet.media

Bolivia: Left’s overwhelming win a sharp rebuke to Canadian foreign policy

OCTOBER 23, 2020

It's time to re-evaluate Ottawa’s pro-U.S. stance on Latin America

In a victory for Indigenous people, Bolivians voted overwhelmingly for the MÁS party last week.

Sunday’s result is a clear rejection of Canadian foreign policy in Bolivia and the region, and this moment should spur a reevaluation of Ottawa’s pro-U.S. stance in the hemisphere, notably its brazen contribution to the efforts underway to overthrow Venezuela’s government.

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Don’t let the second wave sink public transit

23/10/20

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Council of Canandians

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Canada

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Bolivia election is a blow to Trudeau’s foreign policy

23/10/20

Author:

Yves Engler

Link:

The Canada Files

October 22, 2020

Massive support for Bolivia’s Movimiento al Socialismo at the polls is a rejection of last year’s Canadian-backed coup against Evo Morales. The vote was also a blow to Trudeau’s policy of seeking to overthrow left-wing governments in the region.

On Sunday Morales’ former finance minister, Luis Acre, won 55% of the vote for president. His MAS party also took a large majority in the Congress.

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One of the most thought-provoking articles I’ve read about the unfolding conflicts in the US and elsewhere – maybe everywhere. - Gene McGuckin

But even if this unrest is quashed, the root causes aren't going away

It's time to re-evaluate Ottawa’s pro-U.S. stance on Latin America

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