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11/03/24
Author: 
Ian Urquhart
Firefighting personnel battle wildfires across British Columbia. Photo supplied by Flickr/Government of B.C.

Mar. 5, 2024

For a generation now, governments have played a dangerous, costly game with wildfire in British Columbia. Government must do many things to win this game. It must prevent wildfire outbreaks, put fires out and help communities recover from the aftermath. Unfortunately, wildfire is in first place.

Climate change is the biggest culprit here. It has pushed B.C. across the threshold to a new reality. Wildfires are now more frequent, intense and costly.

11/03/24
Author: 
Gavin McGarrigle, Scott Lunny and Kelly Johnson
Halting the export of raw logs and adding value-added manufacturing in BC is one step to preserving jobs and strengthening communities. Photo by David Stanley via Flickr, Creative Commons licensed.

Mar. 11, 2024

After years of decline, it’s time for a united effort to help workers and communities.

11/03/24
Author: 
Nick King

Mitigate Crises Now--Future Societies Might Be Less Capable

Mar. 11, 2024

Background to ‘Pre-Polycrisis’ Hazard Mitigation

11/03/24
Author: 
anessa Buschschlüter
Many Cubans struggle to get hold of milk and even children who are entitled to the subsidised rations have been going without

Feb. 29, 2024

Cuba's government has for the first time asked the UN's food programme for help as food shortages on the Communist-run island worsen.

The World Food Programme (WFP) said it had received an unprecedented official request from the Cuban government for help providing powdered milk to children under seven years of age.

The request is a sign of the seriousness of Cuba's economic crisis.

11/03/24
Author: 
Angela Giuffrida
Crickets: The market for edible insects in Europe is forecast to reach €2.7bn (£2.3bn) by 2030. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian

Jan. 31, 2024

Italy gives go-ahead to insect flour for human use

Nutrinsect defies Italian food purists with cricket flour that can be incorporated into range of foods

A company that produces flour made from crickets has become the first in Italy to be given the green light to sell food made from insects for human consumption, defying Italian food purists and even a government attempt to curb its use.

10/03/24
Author: 
Pearls And Irritations, Consortium News
photo: South Africa presenting its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice at the Hague, Jan. 12, 2024. ICJ, Wikimedia Commons.

Mar. 8, 2024

Note:  If you can, donate to Palestinian-led groups, such as the Union of Agricultural Work Committees – Palestine, that are providing direct food aid in Gaza.  March 9 was the Global Day of Fasting in Solidarity with the People in Gaza

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09/03/24
Author: 
Carl Gibson
Image Credit: Charlie Neibergall/AP

And progressive Canadians should prepare to support an immigrant surge from the south that surpasses the 1960s flood of draft dodgers.

      -- Gene McGuckin

Mar. 6, 2024

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08/03/24
Author: 
John Vaillant
David Erickson/Associated Pressb - Texas fire

Mar. 2, 2024

Mr. Vaillant is the author, most recently, of “Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World.”

On Thursday, as flames from the Smokehouse Creek fire raced eastward across the Texas Panhandle for the fourth straight day at speeds faster than a person can run, a cold front, driving a snow squall, swept southward over the Great Plains. In an elemental collision, the fire and snow met east of Amarillo, the swirling flakes joining and then melting into the smoke and ash of the colossal prairie fire.

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