British Columbia

Drug User Liberation Front founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum are back in court arguing their compassion club members’ constitutional rights were violated by part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

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BC Resets Labour Landscape for 5,000 Long-Term Care Workers

02/12/25

Author:

Andrew MacLeod

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The Tyee

Care aide Edil Bukid said the changes are ‘about dignity for workers, for seniors and for their families who trust us.’ She was joined by the HEU’s Lynn Bueckert, MLA Susie Chant and Health Minister Josie Osborne for the announcement. Photo for The Tyee by Andrew MacLeod.

Dec. 2, 2025

The government will also continue funding some pandemic wage increases.

A Hospital Employees’ Union official said Monday that an agreement with the British Columbia government to bring some 5,000 workers at 100 care homes back into the sector’s main bargaining unit is a win for the union and seniors.

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British Columbia

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Did the climate world misread Carney?

01/12/25

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Dec. 1, 2025

Mark Carney, the central banker, was the thought leader the climate movement needed: someone who could translate the reality of climate change into the language of finance. As prime minister, he is torching the country’s climate policies, while pouring government time and resources into new fossil fuel infrastructure. To state the obvious, these are not the decisions of a climate champion.

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A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit

01/12/25

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

The plan to daily pump 1.4 million more barrels of bitumen includes expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, shown here being buried in Abbotsford, BC, in 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 1, 2025

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

Lo and behold, Prime Minister Mark Carney, a global banker, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a petro-populist à la Donald Trump, have big energy plans for Canadians.

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The method to Mark Carney’s madness

29/11/25

Author:

Max Fawcett

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National Observer

Mark Carney's "grand bargain" with Alberta represents a big swing on an important issue for the prime minister. Photo by Natasha Bulowski

"Gripping Article/Discussion on Carney Pipeline Deal "- Gene McGuckin

Nov. 27, 2025

Liberal prime ministers aren’t supposed to get standing ovations in Calgary, much less from a room packed full of mostly-Conservative business leaders and provincial cabinet ministers who spent the better part of a decade honing their hatred of the Trudeau government. But Mark Carney, for better or worse — more on that in a moment — is clearly not your average Liberal prime minister. After all, he got two standing ovations.

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CleanBC review: B.C. isn't close to meeting climate goals and LNG development makes path tougher

28/11/25

Author:

Alec Lazenby

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Vancouver Sun

Kitimat has long been an industrial hotbed, including the new LNG Canada plant, seen here flaring in the background. Photo by Government of B.C.

Nov. 26, 2025

Independent reviewers Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz said it's time to set more realistic climate targets for 2030 and beyond

B.C. needs to “recalibrate” its approach to climate action and have a serious conversation about how expanding liquefied natural gas fits into the province’s goals of reducing emissions, according to an independent review of the government’s CleanBC plan.

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Media Release: CleanBC Review directs government to cleaner, safer and more affordable transportation direction

28/11/25

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Bike Hub

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Bike Hub

Nov. 26, 2025

The newly released independent CleanBC Review shows how implementing the existing CleanBC plan would improve affordability, health, and safety.

“Protecting children and future generations from climate disasters can make life better and more affordable now,” said Eric Doherty, BC Climate Emergency Campaign transportation working group lead. “The Review points out that improving public transit, walking, rolling and cycling makes life more affordable, while also reducing carbon pollution.”

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LNG Is the ‘Elephant in the Room’ at BC Climate Plan Update

28/11/25

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood and Zoë Yunker

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The Tyee

Having been recruited to evaluate BC’s climate plans, Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz pronounced them achievable — but at risk if the province’s LNG industry rapidly expands. Photo for The Tyee by Zoë Yunker.

Nov. 26, 2025

The province’s plan to reduce emissions can be salvaged. But expansion of gas exports needs scrutiny, reviewers say.

B.C.’s road map to lower carbon emissions and reduce global warming is working, but it needs adjusting to account for economic shifts, the affordability crisis and regional differences, says a team tasked with reviewing B.C.’s CleanBC climate plan.

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