By Michael Potestio, Kamloops This Week, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Rosanne Casimir said today is bittersweet, noting she had hoped Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would have been there on Sept. 30, the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Continue reading Prime Minister visits Tk’emlúps te SecwépemcBy Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Environmental groups are calling on the federal government to step in after oilsands tailing ponds grew by 90 million cubic metres in 2020 despite a drop in oil production, according to a report released last week by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).
Continue reading Alberta’s tailings ponds are growing & Environmental groups want the Feds to interveneBy John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As Parliament gears up for a new legislative session, a new poll from Abacus Data shows Ottawa lagging behind what a majority of Canadians want when it comes to climate action and implementing a just transition for fossil fuel workers.
Continue reading Poll finds most Canadians want a just transition — and not a dollar more for TMXNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
In the run-up to the UN’s crucial climate conference at month’s end, global leaders have laid the foundation for an international framework to protect nature and halt the collapse of biodiversity worldwide while also curbing global warming and protecting human health.
More than 100 nations committed to the Kunming Declaration on Wednesday, a promise to put the natural world on a path to recovery by 2030.
Continue reading Preventing biodiversity collapse critical to COP26 climate goals, say world leadersBy Norman Galimski, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The abrupt closure of nearly 60 per cent of B.C. salmon fisheries this summer has left commercial harvesters “financially devastated,” according to a survey by the United Fishermen & Allied Workers’ Union (UFAWU-Unifor).
Continue reading B.C. commercial harvesters “financially devastated” by fisheries closures
