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31/03/23
Author: 
Verity Stevenson
Pamela Haiala, originally from Congo, looks towards Canada with her son as they wait to cross into Canada at Roxham Road, an illegal crossing point from New York State to Quebec, in Champlain, N.Y., on March 24, 2023. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Mar. 25, 2023

Stunned faces and heartbreak for migrants heading to Roxham as they learn Canada will likely send them back

Changes to Safe Third Country Agreement took migrants by surprise

At 4 a.m. on Saturday morning, two buses from New York City arrived at a gas station in Plattsburgh, N.Y., where groups of migrants carrying luggage and determined to cross into Canada disembarked with no knowledge of the closure of Roxham Road. 

31/03/23
Author: 
CBC News
Multiple officers were involved in the arrests. Police have not said whether anyone they took into custody are suspected of being involved in the alleged 'swarming'. (Submitted by Jennifer Wickham/Gidim’ten Checkpoint)

Mar. 29, 2023

Five people were arrested at a camp on traditional Wet'suwet'en territory in northwestern B.C. on Wednesday.

Sleydo', a spokesperson for the Gidimt'en checkpoint, said Mounties in multiple police vehicles arrived at the checkpoint around 10:30 a.m. PT, though she was not on site when it happened.

"They immediately began arresting people, as far as we know," Sleydo', also known as Molly Wickham, said in an interview with CBC News. 

31/03/23
Author: 
Naomi Klein, Andrea Krombein, Zuzana Modrovic, Robert Patterson, Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Geraldine Pratt
The lack of decent, affordable housing makes it harder for tenants to survive extreme weather events. Image via Shutterstock.

Mar. 30, 2023

Two years after the deadly heat dome, urgent action is needed to safeguard BC’s tenants.

31/03/23
Author: 
Angelique Chrisafis
Protests in Nantes, western France, against Macron's attempts to change the official retirement age. Photograph: Jeremías González/AP

Mar. 28, 2023

Fury over policing tactics has changed dimension of protests against plan to raise retirement age

The depth of the domestic crisis facing Emmanuel Macron can be measured by the growing university barricades and packed student assemblies where angry young people have gathered in recent days to intensify protests and help teenage high-school pupils blockade their lycées.

29/03/23
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski & John Woodside
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland takes questions from reporters before tabling Budget 2023 on March 28 at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa. Photo by Natasha Bulowski

Mar. 28, 2023

The federal government is banking on tax breaks for companies — to the tune of more than $80 billion — to usher Canada into a low-carbon economy, Tuesday’s budget announcements show.

29/03/23
Author: 
Emiko Newman, Eric Doherty
B.C. currently has five new liquefied natural gas projects in play, including LNG Canada. PHOTO BY LNG CANADA /via REUTERS

Mar. 28, 2023

 B.C. is taking valuable steps but the new budget is full of mixed climate signals.

Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that future action to curb emissions will become progressively more difficult — and undoubtedly more expensive — with every increment of warming.

28/03/23
Author: 
Mia Rabson & Laura Osman
A family of asylum seekers from Colombia is met by RCMP officers after crossing the border at Roxham Road into Canada on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in Champlain, File photo by The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

Mar. 24, 2023

Canada and the United States have agreed to have asylum seekers turned back at irregular border crossings across the border, including Roxham Road in Quebec.

28/03/23
Author: 
Julia Conley
Samantha Hull looks for books at the Ephrata Public Library in Ephrata, Pennsylvania on March 2, 2022. (Photo: Kyle Grantham for The Washington Post via Getty Images) (Photo: Kyle Grantham for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Mar. 23, 2023

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