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How the Pandemic Makes Health Reporting More Just
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The math for liquefied natural gas is bad on emissions, revenues, jobs, even offsetting coal in China, finds a new study.
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It will require big systemic shifts, but also smaller things like signage, say experts.
Angela Marie MacDougall Deals with Domestic Violence in the Pandemic. What Would You Ask Her?
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There’s a Drug to Treat COVID-19, but Canada Must Act Soon to Ensure Access
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We Need a ‘Rock Against Racism’ Revival
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As Freedom of Info Dries up in Canada, Feds Blame the Pandemic
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Want to End Systemic Racism? Then Abolish Prisons
COVID-19 has highlighted our indifference to the fate of people — many Indigenous and Black — that we lock up.
Income Inequality Linked to COVID-19 Deaths. And More Science News
The latest roundup of pandemic findings gathered by Hakai Magazine.
How Indigenous Women Are Conquering TikTok
The video app has proved a powerful tool for women sharing their stories and creativity with a big audience.
Clearview, Maker of RCMP’s Facial Recognition Software, Exits Canada
Watchdog says it’s still investigating the AI collector of billions of faces and personal info.
In a Pandemic, Sikhs’ Selfless Service Doesn’t Stop
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Gen Z, You’re Our Greatest Hope
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How Has the Pandemic Taught Us to Cover Health Better?
Tyee health reporter Moira Wyton will share her thoughts in our next Tyee ‘Three Things’ live chat. Join!
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The call rises from advocates, policy experts and, increasingly, corporate leaders.
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Know the History, Then Take Action
Is it really “better” in multicultural Canada? For those who think Canada is largely immune to anti-Black racism, you have some serious work to do.
Get schooled on the history and experiences of Black people in this country and think about ways you can fight the pernicious racism that hurts them in so many ways. Then make action a priority. It’s beyond time.
Sadie Kuehn Wants You to Know BC’s Black History
The Vancouver School Board’s first Black trustee says our ignorance fuels racism.
‘I Don’t Care if You’re Racist. I Care if You’re Hurting Me’
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Will Prosper on How Violence Makes School No Second Home
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A Police Wellness Check Left Me Terrified and Determined to End the Practice
As a Black man, I feared for my life. We need to hold law enforcement accountable before any more lives are lost.
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Canada’s Militarized Police
The sight of U.S. police treating protests as battle zones invites an examination of Canada’s own ramped up militarization of law enforcement. Researchers here found “routine policing represented the majority of SWAT team use.” Such force tends to be visited on “minority groups, those with mental health issues and those exercising democratic rights associated with political expression.” That impulse was on display in B.C. when RCMP in battle gear cleared peaceful Indigenous land defenders opposing pipeline construction. Time to demilitarize police?
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Canada Has Race-Based Police Violence Too. We Don’t Know How Much
It’s not just a US problem. Canada needs a national database for police use of force and deaths.
RCMP Planned to Use Snipers in Assault on Wet’suwet’en Protest, Guardian Reports
Newspaper cites planning documents that called for ‘lethal overwatch’ to ensure pipeline built.
From the Archives: When Indigenous Assert Rights, Canada Sends Militarized Police
It’s become routine, but ignores latest law on rights and title, say experts.
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NDP Leader called incident 'domestic terrorism'
(via CBC)
‘She threw us under the bus’: Internal email shows RCMP commissioner faces backlash over racism comments
(via the Toronto Star)
Spreading rock dust on fields could remove vast amounts of CO2 from air
(via the Guardian)
Saint John wants racial discrimination made a punishable offence
(via CBC)
Anti-racism requires so much more than 'checking your privilege'
(via the Guardian)
How Tracy Sherrod came to lead America’s oldest black publishing imprint
(via Slate)
This town of 170,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over 30 years
(via CNN)
Why a progressive buyer should go for Torstar
(via Briarpatch Magazine)
Sweden has become the world’s cautionary tale
(via the New York Times)
Ottawa, AFN pen agreement to map out funding for First Nations child welfare overhaul
(via CBC)
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Changing BC’s Name from ‘British Columbia’ Is Not a Bad Idea, but It’s Also Not Enough
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Not a bad idea Crawford — however, that kind of symbolism, like the furor over toppling statues, is pretty much smoke and mirrors unless we’re willing to tackle the real day to day problems of racial and economic inequality based — as those things largely are — upon power relationships endemic to the political and economic associations and structures that actually ‘rule’ the province and the country.