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The RCMP Sent Its Pipeline Protest Unit to Pro-Palestinian Rallies

02/02/24
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Link: 
The Tyee
People gather at an October 2023 Vancouver rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza. The RCMP has confirmed it sent a controversial policing unit to rallies in cities across southern BC, but wouldn’t confirm specific dates or locations. Photo by Jen St. Denis.

Feb. 2, 2024

Referring to the demonstrations as ‘pro-Hamas,’ the force said C-IRG’s mandate and scope are expanding.

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British Columbia
Canada
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Indigenous Peoples
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Canada Pension Plan Pours $100M into Fracking, LNG, as Biden Puts Industry Under Microscope

02/02/24
Author: 
Primary Author: Mitchell Beer
Link: 
The Energy Mix
bank building - Unsplash/Pixabay
Jan 30, 2024
 
The pension fund that manages retirement savings for more than 21 million Canadians allowed US$100 million of those funds to be invested in industries now under the microscope after the Biden White House announced it would apply a climate test to liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, a research and advocacy group says.
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Oil firms forced to consider full climate effects of new drilling, following landmark Norwegian court ruling

02/02/24
Author: 
Daria Shapovalova
Link: 
phys.org
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain - Norway Coast

Jan. 31,2024

Norway's district court in Oslo recently made a decision on fossil fuels that deserves the attention of every person concerned about climate change.

This ruling, which compels energy firms to account for the industry's entire carbon footprint, could change the way oil and gas licenses are awarded in Norway—and inspire similar legal challenges to fossil fuel production in other countries.

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Sign-Ups Surge for Free Transit in French City

01/02/24
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Ingolf/flickr - train
Feb. 1, 2024
Montpellier, France has become the latest European city to offer free public transit for local residents, fulfilling a campaign promise by Mayor Michael Delafosse before he was elected in 2020.
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Climate Change
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Are you breaking cultural glass? - "Stubborn Optimism" Postponing Needed Climate Action??

01/02/24
Author: 
Marc Lopatin
Link: 
Resilience
HSBC building

Feb. 1, 2024

Last month, global bank HSBC was accused of duping the public for helping to raise £37 billion for companies investing in new oil and gas fields. It shines an urgent light on why meaningful climate action remains largely illusionary.

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Climate 'Not Mentioned' in Alberta Water-Sharing Talks

01/02/24
Author: 
Bob Weber
Link: 
National Observer
Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says negotiations between water licence holders in three southern Alberta river basins will open this week. Schulz shakes hands with Premier Danielle Smith in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Jan. 31, 2024

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

EDMONTON — Lance Colby saw what was coming.

The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens. But Colby, chair of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission in central Alberta, had already begun such discussions.

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How Hope's Politicians Changed Minds on Pride Flag

01/02/24
Author: 
Tyler Olsen
Link: 
Fraser Valley Current
District of Hope with rainbow flag!

Jan. 30, 2024

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British Columbia
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Are the provinces trying to break Canada?

01/02/24
Author: 
Max Fawcett
Link: 
National Observer
Ontario Premier Doug Ford participates in a discussion with future Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the 2019 Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Feb. 1, 2024

Of all Pierre Poilievre’s familiar slogans, there’s one that stands above the rest: Canada is broken. There’s no shortage of irony there, not least because what little we know of his proposed plans and policies revolve almost exclusively around breaking things, whether it’s the CBC or Canada’s climate change policies. But the most ironic thing of all is that while Poilievre pretends Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are breaking the country, its conservative premiers are busy doing exactly that.

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
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TIMELINE: Police Violations Against Women Journalists in Canada

01/02/24
Author: 
Women Press Freedom
Link: 
Women Press Freedom
Timeline of a rising pattern of police violence against women journalists in Canada

Jan. 2024

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Canada’s op-ed pages offer one-sided support for Israel, study shows

01/02/24
Author: 
Jeremy Appel
Link: 
The Breach
Canada’s op-ed pages offer one-sided support for Israel, study shows

Jan. 25, 2024

Almost 90 per cent of opinion columns recently published by Canada’s major newspapers defended Israel’s war on Gaza

A small fraction of recent opinion articles published by Canada’s major newspapers expressed opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza or support for the idea that Israel should be held accountable, an analysis by The Breach has found. 

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