What Haunts Canada’s Banks? A Green Pivot from Oilsands
RBC admits fearing climate action could trigger defaults on billions in heavy oil loans.
Finalists Announced for the 2022 Land Awards
BC leaders in sustainable, equitable and socially just land use and real estate will be honoured June 9.
BCGEU Pans BC Decision to Expand Private Long-Term Care
Health Minister Adrian Dix defends Vernon contract and says government is working to increase public health care.
If You Want to Live on Salt Spring, You Need to Be Rich
Looking for work and housing, writer Lori Fox spends a summer as a farmhand. An excerpt.
Another 165 British Columbians Killed by Toxic Drugs
Six years after a public health emergency was declared, the toll continues to mount.
Anti-Safe Supply Report Panned by Critics
Alberta MLAs commissioned the research as part of a controversial safe supply review.
Sweet, Sweet Fantasy Babies
What the escapist allure of ‘Old Enough!’ says about us.
Writing About the Post-COVID Class War
‘Romanticism is part of the story that the upper middle class tells itself about us.’ An interview with Lori Fox.
‘Exhausting and Heartbreaking.’ The Other Side of Eased COVID Measures
For those at risk, the end of masks and vaccine passports means a life of isolation and fear.
How to Revive Canada’s Child-Care Workforce
Early childhood educators need far more support for federal government plans to work.
Two DOXA Films Explore the Legacy of Hydro in BC
‘We can’t just plug everything up and act like there’s not going to be ramifications.’
That Feeling of a Waking Dream
Fiction, phantoms and what haunts us now are the stuff of a new Richmond art show.
A Visit with Climate Crisis Hunger Striker Howard Breen
What is gained, and forfeited, when pushing the limits of compassionate coercion to the edge of death?
The Legal Battles of Vancouver’s Bling King
The man behind Montecristo Jewellers is fighting big fines for alleged violations of Canada’s anti-money-laundering act.
Competitor Cries Foul over BC Government $2-Million No-Bid Contract
Alacrity Foundation was awarded the business training work without open competition to ensure value for money.
BC’s Mental Health Act Will Be Overhauled
Attorney General David Eby says ‘dated’ legislation will get a ‘significant modernization.’
A Kenney Minister’s Actions Are Under Fire. Now There’s a BC Twist
A Vancouver law firm will look into three incidents of alleged unprofessional conduct from Tyler Shandro.
Where Did Vancouver’s Children Go?
New data show fewer kids in many neighbourhoods. What’s the impact? Where are families moving? The latest in Hot, Hot Housing.
Athabasca University’s Big No to the Kenney Government
President Peter Scott of the large virtual school rebuffs pressure to move staff to the town that bears its name.
Elon Musk Colonizes Another Space
This time he’s invading planet Twitter. Expect plunder and retreat.
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A Kenney Minister’s Actions Are Under Fire. Now There’s a BC Twist
A Vancouver law firm will look into three incidents of alleged unprofessional conduct from Tyler Shandro.
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Two DOXA Films Explore the Legacy of Hydro in BC
‘We can’t just plug everything up and act like there’s not going to be ramifications.’
Finalists Announced for the 2022 Land Awards
BC leaders in sustainable, equitable and socially just land use and real estate will be honoured June 9.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
Elon Musk Colonizes Another Space
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What Haunts Canada’s Banks? A Green Pivot from Oilsands
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National
What Haunts Canada’s Banks? A Green Pivot from Oilsands
RBC admits fearing climate action could trigger defaults on billions in heavy oil loans.
Anti-Safe Supply Report Panned by Critics
Alberta MLAs commissioned the research as part of a controversial safe supply review.
Writing About the Post-COVID Class War
‘Romanticism is part of the story that the upper middle class tells itself about us.’ An interview with Lori Fox.
A Visit with Climate Crisis Hunger Striker Howard Breen
What is gained, and forfeited, when pushing the limits of compassionate coercion to the edge of death?
Reported Elsewhere
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American women can obtain abortions in Canada if Roe v. Wade falls, minister says
(via CBC)
Conservative MPs, senators ordered not to comment on leaked draft US Supreme Court decision to strike down abortion rights
(via the Globe and Mail)
Canada needs Indigenous-led fire stewardship, new research finds
(via UBC News)
Comox Valley Regional District goes to court to halt ship-breaking at Union Bay
(via the Times Colonist)
Feds’ proposal on Holocaust denial a very bad idea
(via Canadian Dimension)
Teachers' association in BC renames building after its first Black president
(via CBC)
The tiny boulevard gardens of East Vancouver are a lesson in reclaiming urban space
(via the Globe and Mail)
Iconic hall of UBC Museum of Anthropology now demolished for redevelopment
(via the Daily Hive)
BC had a provincial police force once before. Why did it vanish?
(via CBC)
Elon Musk, Twitter and the future: His long-term vision is even weirder than you think
(via Salon)
Culture
If You Want to Live on Salt Spring, You Need to Be Rich
Looking for work and housing, writer Lori Fox spends a summer as a farmhand. An excerpt.
Sweet, Sweet Fantasy Babies
What the escapist allure of ‘Old Enough!’ says about us.
Writing About the Post-COVID Class War
‘Romanticism is part of the story that the upper middle class tells itself about us.’ An interview with Lori Fox.
That Feeling of a Waking Dream
Fiction, phantoms and what haunts us now are the stuff of a new Richmond art show.
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Learning from Mother Trees
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We're only now learning about the key role ancient mother trees play in mature forests. It reinforces the need to eliminate high-grading and continued rape of B.C.’s forests — as if we needed an additional signal.
We can prosper by recreating healthy, diverse forests and protecting them forever. But this will require watershed-based stewardship, inspired and led by local people with millenia of local knowledge and deep concern grounded in rigorous learning.