Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forward amid a dire political landscape. His campaign succeeded by offering real solutions to working-class concerns – including on climate policy and its connection to New Yorkers’ material conditions.
An unprecedented 630 people registered to speak Wednesday against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s controversial proposed budget in a marathon city council session that could stretch into next week.
Vancouver has long been recognized as a global leader in sustainability, a city that others look to for bold environmental action and progressive urban governance. Which is why the reported proposal by Mayor Ken Sim to eliminate or significantly weaken Vancouver’s climate and sustainability department is not just concerning — it is dangerously short-sighted.
As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.
The projected cost of a $100-million water pipeline stretching more than 50 kilometres from the Peace River to drought-stressed Dawson Creek is nearly five times greater than what the city received in property tax revenue last year.
Parched, the city has proposed piping water in. And selling it to the very industry some say caused the problem.
After three years of drought, the City of Dawson Creek has reached a dangerous tipping point as the Kiskatinaw River, its only drinking water source, falls to levels never before seen.
About a year ago, a wildfire in Jasper prompted a mass exodus from the town. More than 25,000 residents evacuated from their alpine home before a third of its buildings burned. It’s a stark example of the reality most municipalities are grappling with across Canada — that more floods, fires and smoke are here, exacerbated by emissions they have little local control over.
Why Trans Mountain wants to expand when the oil pipeline isn't even full
Pipeline is operating at about 80%, while tankers are only 70% full
A little more than one year after completing construction of the Trans Mountain expansion oil pipeline, the Crown corporation is pursuing two different methods to increase how much oil can be exported.
The move comes at a time when the pipeline still isn't operating at full capacity.
