By Jeremy Appel, Alberta Native News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
(ANNews) – First Nations perspectives need to be front-and-centre in any response to the climate crisis, Indigenous delegates to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow say.
Continue reading Indigenous COP26 delegates want to be heard by governmentsBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
When B.C. Supreme Court Justice Emily Burke served her ruling on a long-fought case between Blueberry River First Nations and the province in late June, unequivocally determining the B.C. government breached the Nations’ Treaty Rights by permitting and encouraging widespread resource extraction, she noted B.C.’s regulatory regime for industrial development is broken.
Continue reading How the Blueberry ruling in B.C. is a gamechanger for the Site C dam, extractive industries and Indigenous RightsBy Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
While floods and other extreme weather events take up most of the popular attention on climate change’s health impacts, some medical students want to learn, and in turn teach, that it goes much further than that.
Continue reading Young med students want to learn more about planetary healthBy Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
COVID-19 cases appear to have stabilized or decreasing in most parts of British Columbia, but more than 450,000 people who have chosen not to be vaccinated remain at much greater risk of illness and death.
Continue reading Unvaccinated People Drive Up COVID Cases, Hospitalizations and DeathsBy Norman Galimski, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
CityWest’s $45.4 million Connected Coast project to further connect the North Coast to just less than 140 communities officially started on Oct. 29.
Continue reading $45.4 million CityWest Connected Coast project breaks ground
