Kelowna residents should be concerned with FortisBC’s plan to truck liquified methane gas from Metro Vancouver to Kelowna and storing it in tanks next to residences.
Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport workers are waging Canada’s longest hotel strike, surpassing 1,300 days on the picket line. Their fight began when the hotel terminated 143 long-term workers, mostly women, after decades of service despite making $33M from the federal government when the hotel was used as a temporary quarantine site.
Website Editor: The Mayor's motion discussed below was passed by the Vancouver Council.
Dec. 11, 2024
Vancouver mayor Ken Sim wants to transfer some of the city's financial reserves into Bitcoin cryptocurrency — and says it will be good for the climate, too. His claim has some experts scratching their heads.
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion drives 900 per cent increase in tanker traffic
The number of oil tankers travelling under the Lions Gate Bridge and into Vancouver harbour has increased from around two a month to around 20 since the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was completed, according to a local researcher.
Right across North America, sky high insurance rates are straining affordable housing providers and the millions who depend on them for shelter, while pushing new housing developments and retrofits out of reach.
Any hope the Liberal Party had that their signature climate policy would cease to be an albatross has been dashed, as allies of the carbon price drop like flies and opponents ramp up attacks. For Liberal strategists, there’s little room left to manoeuvre.
