As drought in B.C.’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50% last year. Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli
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Fracking’s Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC | The Tyee
A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.
In this preview to his lecture this Wednesday, award-winning veteran journalist Stephen Maher speaks to how social media has changed everything, the Canadian response to Charlie Kirk’s murder, the problem of “news deserts” and whether future journalists will need rich parents. #uspoli #canpoli
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Stephen Maher on News in Polarized Times | The Tyee
Ahead of his UVic talk, the political reporter on ‘partisan sorting,’ media ‘hucksters,’ MPs applauding Charlie Kirk and more.
Andrew Nikiforuk: Unfortunately, these claims that nuclear power can provide cheap energy security or reverse the persistent failure of national and global policies to reduce CO2 emissions is an illusion. #abpoli #canpoli
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The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked | The Tyee
Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis.
“There are worse examples a young person could follow.” 🎬 #RobertRedford
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The Robert Redford Effect | The Tyee
Movies shape our sensibilities. And so could the star actor whose charisma enfolded ideals.
“Like the post-pandemic fashion boom that had us rejecting comfy clothes for extravagant outfits, I’m on a daily Vancouver duel against monotony and practicality.” 🧥
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Look Out, Vancouver! I’m Dressing for Joy | The Tyee
Regional blandness was getting me down. Here’s how I turned things around.
Canadian employers have been ordering workers back to in-person work through blanket return-to-office policies. On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
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Back-to-Office Orders Are Destructive and Unnecessary | The Tyee
For no reason, employers are risking a disease surge, hurting parents and setting back equity.
Adam Olsen: By framing the decision as a threat to property owners, the attorney general risks stoking public fear and scapegoating First Nations for a problem they did not create. #bcpoli
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The True Threat to Private Property? Ignoring Indigenous Title | The Tyee
The Cowichan decision isn’t an ‘unintended consequence.’ It’s the predictable result of generations of political inaction.
A B.C. Supreme Court justice has dismissed the Xatśūll First Nation’s request to overturn a provincial decision allowing the expansion of the Mount Polley mine’s tailings facility.
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Mount Polley Can Continue Tailings Expansion, BC Supreme Court Says | The Tyee
Xatśūll First Nation had applied to stop construction on the project.
The Tyee looks at three critical and vastly different means to store carbon in the West, examining how these ecosystems capture carbon, the restoration work they require and why Canada should take them seriously as solutions. Kristen de Jager reports.
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Want a Carbon Fix? It’s Closer than You Think | The Tyee
While Canada bets big on engineered tech, experts say nature still offers our best climate solutions.
Amazon workers in Delta have won the battle to unionize after the BC Labour Relations Board found the company committed “serious” offences to try and block an organizing drive. #bclab
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Amazon Workers Win a Union as Company’s Tactics Slammed | The Tyee
BC’s labour board grants automatic certification because of an unfair anti-union campaign. Amazon plans to fight.