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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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28/03/23
Author: 
Jean Swanson
Vancouver’s Broadway corridor has rentals galore. Will tenants be uprooted and forced from the neighbourhood? Illustration by The Tyee.

Mar. 28, 2023

Vancouver’s city council is dealing with the pace of development at its Wednesday meeting.

27/03/23
Author: 
Amnesty International
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Mar. 24, 2023

Amnesty International Canada condemns the U.S. and Canadian governments’ agreement to expand, rather than rescind, the Safe Third Country Agreement in response to border crossings at Roxham Road.

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