What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view
(via the Guardian)
Voting tops the list for the world’s leading climate scientists in a year when billions of voters go to the polls.
Hundreds of jobs affected as Canfor makes cuts in northern BC
(via CBC)
The company is closing its mill in Bear Lake, indefinitely curtailing a production line at Northwood pulp mill in Prince George and suspending redevelopment of its facility in Houston, B.C.
Writer and journalist Rex Murphy dead at 77: National Post
(via CBC)
Rex Murphy, the Newfoundland-born pundit and wordsmith whose writing and often-blistering commentaries were the focus of a decades-long career in Canadian media, has died at the age of 77, according to the National Post.
Want to eat this snake? What if it was dead, bleeding from the mouth and covered in poop? What then?
(via Defector)
When Vukašin Bjelica attempted to take a close-up photo of the vigorously struggling snake, the snake suddenly went limp. Its mouth gaped and hung open, completely lifeless. “I was heartbroken,” he said. “I thought I must have somehow accidentally hurt it and killed it.” Bjelica returned the snake to the ground and was thinking about what to do when the snake suddenly came alive — flicking its tongue, raising its head and darting away. “You can imagine my surprise,” Bjelica said.
Sudan conflict: Genocide committed in Darfur, HRW says
(via BBC)
The RSF is accused of committing ethnic cleansing against Massalit and other non-Arab communities.
The most hated band in recent history is suddenly beloved — and even cool. What happened?
(via Slate)
Floating on the Atlantic, the band put on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
Man charged in assassination of Hardeep Nijjar came to Canada and enrolled in hospital administrative studies
(via the Globe and Mail)
Before Karan Brar was accused of one of Canada’s highest-profile murders, he was a teen eager to leave his hometown in India’s Punjab state to study abroad.
Naheed Nenshi’s 2019 letter asking UCP to suspend unionized Calgary employees’ contract rights sparks sharp rebukes
(via Alberta Politics)
Instead of apologizing for making a mere mistake, the former Calgary mayor’s response seemed slippery.
Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage
(via the Guardian)
If passed, the groundbreaking measure could be a model for other states to hold fossil fuel companies liable.
Scientists discover a ‘phonetic alphabet’ used by sperm whales, moving one step closer to decoding their chatter
(via Smithsonian Magazine)
Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot patterns in recordings of the marine mammals’ vocalizations, uncovering the “building blocks of whale language.”
