“It’s so painful to realize some of the local initiatives are directly undermined by weak provincial and federal policies where government seeks to reduce emissions with one hand and increase emissions with the other by building fossil fuel projects,” he [Jens Wieting] says. “It’s so important for municipalities to increase pressure on senior levels of government to stop pursuing policies that are destructive and undermine local progress.” 

Sept. 19, 2022

Sept. 19, 2022

09.18.2022

Sept. 16, 2022

Collectively refusing to work overtime can be illegal in Alberta, highlighting Canada’s poor labour standards.

A couple of weeks ago, workers who install scaffolding at a Suncor Inc. site in Alberta were informed by their employer that if they didn’t stop refusing “voluntary” overtime, they could be fired, fined or possibly jailed. 

A good-news story about the far right for a change:

Sept. 13, 2022

High school senior Shiva Rajbhandari won elected office in Boise, defeating an incumbent school board trustee backed by local extremists.

Sept. 15, 2022

Dental care promise has advocates—and private industry—on high alert

Clashing priorities as dental care advocates, Canadian Dental Association seek to fill in program details

The NDP is hinging their continued support of the federal government on the launch of a dental care program next year. But exactly how the program will be designed—and for whose benefit—remain major questions, and the pressure is on the Liberal Party to provide answers. 

Spread this around BC. There will be more in coming days.

Sept 13, 2022

Sept. 12, 2022

George Monbiot thought he’d seen it all. Then he took a closer look at dirt and worms.

It’s sometimes easy to forget that in addition to being a globally recognized and respected authority on environmental issues, George Monbiot is also an exceptional prose writer.