NDP candidate Rachel Blaney said she is honoured to represent North Island-Powell River for a third term.
“I’m just incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue this work that I really love,” she said.
Continue reading Rachel Blaney on her re-election and the NDPBy John Woodside, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Annamie Paul says there’s a fight over the future of the Green Party, and she’s not up for any more punches.
On Monday morning, after months of infighting and a federal election campaign that saw the party’s support drop to 2.3 per cent of the popular vote from the 6.5 per cent it recorded in 2019, Paul announced she would begin the process of stepping down as leader.
Continue reading Annamie Paul leaves a struggle ‘for the soul’ of the Green PartyBy Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Gold River, BC – A new land-based steelhead fish farm is being proposed in Gold River at the site of a former pulp and paper mill that closed in the ‘90s.
Continue reading New land-based fish farm proposed in Gold RiverAt least six protesters have been arrested in this latest phase of the ongoing confrontation between TMX construction crews and self-styled ‘land defenders.’ The immediate struggle is to prevent workers from clearing more than 1,300 trees along the pipeline route through Burnaby. This was to have been carried out between Aug 1 and Sept 15th. The arrests began on September 7th, but a coalition calling itself “Protect the Planet STOP TMX” (PPST) has occupied this site since August 3, 2020.
Continue reading Confrontation over the pipeline continues in BurnabyNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
West Coast conservation groups are worried Ottawa is backtracking on a recent commitment to close the bulk of commercial salmon fisheries as a radical measure to save endangered stocks.
Continue reading Is Ottawa breaking its promise to close fisheries and protect wild salmon?
