Environment & Climate Change Canada
Endangered seabird found in old-growth forest slated for logging near Fairy Creek | Wilderness Committee
Canada talks a mean game but has yet to act on climate reports | Ricochet
Cluster of COVID-19 infections detected among Trans Mountain pipeline workers in Valemount, B.C. | CTV News
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Election 2021: We’re choosing our politicians while the world burns around us
IPCC report on climate change shows ‘there’s no going back’ | The Narwhal
Singh wants to end oil, gas subsidies, and fund renewable energy projects | CTV News
Drill, baby, drill = Burn, baby, burn – In-Sights
$18 billion to fossil fuels: Breaking Down the Numbers – Environmental Defence
Federal election requires serious shift on climate, justice and health | rabble.ca
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Trans Mountain Is a Major Climate Problem
Erin O’Toole supports building Northern Gateway pipeline despite previous cancellation – The Globe and Mail
This election, we need real climate plans not false solutions – Environmental Defence
https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/08/09/no-more-excuses-unimaginable-unforgiving-world-without-drastic-moves-to-cut-emissions-ipcc-warns/
https://breachmedia.ca/u-n-climate-report-scapegoats-human-activity-rather-than-fossil-fuel-capitalism/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/10/Code-Red-Climate-BC-Do-Anything/
https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/climate-and-carbon/methane-burning-through-global-carbon-budget-16286096/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/10/hypocrisy-reaching-new-heights/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-habitat-loss-lower-fraser/
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/08/stop-global-warming-ipcc-report-climate-change-slash-methane-emissions-first/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/16/bcs-ghg-emissions-worse-than-weve-been-told/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/18/Nurses-Doctors-Take-Aim-BC-LNG-Ambitions/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/23/it-was-what-it-was-it-is-what-it-is/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/opinion-oates-election-greenwashing-1.6146254
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-heat-climate-adaptation/
https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/08/election-shouldnt-be-about-climate-crisis-it-should-be-about-curbing-fossil-fuels
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/13/news/canadas-oil-and-gas-sector-filled-federal-covid-emergency-cash?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-caribou-forestry-1.6155121
Fisheries & Oceans Canada
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DFO plan to phase out fish farms still missing as 109 licences set to expire
UBC researchers map Pacific salmon habitat, finding much is lost or inaccessible
Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack arrested as treaty fishery begins in N.S. | CBC News
Coastal First Nations in B.C. demand DFO respect their right to fish
Add Your Voice – Clayoquot Action
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-habitat-loss-lower-fraser/
Natural Resources Canada
Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska shot with rubber bullets paid for by Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. – Peace Brigades International-Canada
Canada’s political parties cannot ‘greenwash’ their way through another election | CBC News
https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/08/09/no-more-excuses-unimaginable-unforgiving-world-without-drastic-moves-to-cut-emissions-ipcc-warns/
https://breachmedia.ca/u-n-climate-report-scapegoats-human-activity-rather-than-fossil-fuel-capitalism/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/10/Code-Red-Climate-BC-Do-Anything/
https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/climate-and-carbon/methane-burning-through-global-carbon-budget-16286096/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/10/hypocrisy-reaching-new-heights/
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-habitat-loss-lower-fraser/
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/08/stop-global-warming-ipcc-report-climate-change-slash-methane-emissions-first/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/16/bcs-ghg-emissions-worse-than-weve-been-told/
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-federal-election-2021-voting-climate/
https://thenarwhal.ca/ipcc-report-un-climate-john-fyfe/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/23/18-billion-fossil-fuel-subsidies/
https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/08/election-shouldnt-be-about-climate-crisis-it-should-be-about-curbing-fossil-fuels
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/13/news/canadas-oil-and-gas-sector-filled-federal-covid-emergency-cash?
https://www.coastprotectors.ca/trans_mountain_climate_cost
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-erin-otoole-supports-building-northern-gateway-pipeline-despite/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/30/this-election-we-need-real-climate-plans-not-false-solutions/
Indigenous Relations Canada
Residential Schools, Good Intentions and the Road to Hell | The Tyee
Canada is Waging All-Front Legal War Against Indigenous People | NewsClick
Wabano Centre health clinic failing clients, former staff say | CBC News
Petition demands Catholic Church’s charitable status be suspended over residential school response | CBC News
Effects of Sask. experimental colony still felt on Peepeekisis Cree Nation | CTV News
Class-action lawsuit alleges ‘widespread’ sexual, physical abuse of Indigenous patients at tuberculosis hospitals | CTV News
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Opinion: Why aren’t we talking about Indigenous communities during Canada’s election campaign? – The Globe and Mail
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-mines-indigenous-women-1.6128059
https://theconversation.com/truth-before-reconciliation-8-ways-to-identify-and-confront-residential-school-denialism-164692
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/coastal-first-nations-in-b-c-demand-dfo-respect-their-right-to-fish/
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/coastal-first-nations-in-b-c-demand-dfo-respect-their-right-to-fish/
Provinces & Territories
Laval investigates after men wearing camouflage caught draining wetland | CBC News
Jason Kenney promises new provincial police force won’t cost Albertans ‘one cent more’ | rabble.ca
Alberta Oil Output Pushes Past Pre-Pandemic High, Grows 86.2% Since 2010 – The Energy Mix
Kenney government should reject new coal mines without review: EPCOR
Opinion: An outright ban should be placed on coal mining in the Eastern Slopes — now | Calgary Herald
Logging proposal near Grande Cache, Alta., could put caribou at risk of local extinction, residents say | CBC News
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/toronto-vancouver-island-protests-shine-spotlight-on-media-access/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-mines-indigenous-women-1.6128059
https://animaljustice.ca/blog/animal-justice-files-complaints-over-horse-mistreatment-abuse-death-at-alberta-chuckwagon-events
https://4earthindex.catladymori.com/britishcolumbia/british-columbia-government-ecocide-genocide-august-2021/
Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada
Toronto, Vancouver Island protests shine spotlight on media access – Goldstream News Gazette
Vancouver Police Shove a Man to the Ground, Then Confront a Witness Recording It | The Tyee
Colten Boushie’s mom says healing won’t happen without RCMP apology | CBC News
Saanich police apologize for inadequate handling of sexual assault survivor’s report – Goldstream News Gazette
Manitoba RCMP investigating video where officer’s knee appears to be on man’s neck | CTV News
Indigenous woman killed in B.C. had said RCMP failed to respond to stalking reports | CBC News
‘Let me breathe’: Manitoba RCMP officer dismissed pleas while pinning man’s neck in arrest, video shows | CBC News
‘Guns are not the answer and now my brother is dead’: Family speaks out after man killed during interaction with police in Fergus | CTV News
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Fairy Creek protesters accuse RCMP of aggression after use of pepper spray – Goldstream News Gazette
Kelowna Mountie charged with assualt in high-profile wellness check on UBCO student – Goldstream News Gazette
Tensions between police and protestors escalating at Fairy Creek
B.C. Prosecution Service announces assault charge against Kelowna Mountie in connection with wellness check | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly
https://pbicanada.org/2021/08/03/ojibwe-water-protector-tara-houska-shot-with-rubber-bullets-paid-for-by-calgary-based-enbridge-inc/
https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2021/08/rcmp-arrest-victoria-buzz-photographer-at-fairy-creek-blockades/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/11/Coastal-GasLink-Receives-Warning-Violating-Wetsuweten-Rights/
https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/21/15/2021BCSC1554.htm
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/old-growth-protesters-allege-rcmp-s-fairy-creek-actions-defy-recent-court-order-1.5546047
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/16/Judge-Rebuked-Illegal-RCMP-Tactics/
https://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/letter-our-taxpayer-money-is-being-used-to-protect-teal-joness-bottom-line/
https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/rcmp-watchdog-gets-more-than-70-enforcement-complaints-from-fairy-creek-blockades/
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/i-expect-there-will-only-be-more-rcmp-watchdog-gets-over-70-complaints-about-fairy-creek-enforcement-1.5562846
https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2021/08/traffic-snarled-at-johnson-street-bridge-due-to-anti-police-violence-protest/
Agriculture Canada
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/08/20/the-sorry-state-of-animal-protection-in-canada.html
Global Affairs, Export Development Canada
Leaked report accuses Canada of covering for mining companies in war-torn Ethiopia ⋆ The Breach
Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(1) Canadian Horse Defence Coalition – Posts | Facebook
‘Confidential’ 2016 EPA Report Linked Monsanto Weedkiller to Cancer • Children’s Health Defense
Live export ban and shorter journeys for livestock confirmed – Farmers Weekly
A Message to the EU: Address the Spiralling Public Health Crisis by Banning Glyphosate – CounterPunch.org
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/bayer-u-s-supreme-court-liability-roundup-cancer-lawsuits/
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/08/20/the-sorry-state-of-animal-protection-in-canada.html
Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies
Canada’s biggest public pensions heavily investing in fossil fuels, new report suggests | CBC News
Suzuki, Atwood, Ondaatje, Lewis Call for Emergency Leaders Debate on Climate | The Tyee
Oil industry lobbied Trudeau government more than Harper Conservatives ⋆ The Breach
Election 2021: Canada needs to spend $10B to retrain oil, gas workers: group
https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/08/09/no-more-excuses-unimaginable-unforgiving-world-without-drastic-moves-to-cut-emissions-ipcc-warns/
https://breachmedia.ca/u-n-climate-report-scapegoats-human-activity-rather-than-fossil-fuel-capitalism/
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/10/Code-Red-Climate-BC-Do-Anything/
https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/climate-and-carbon/methane-burning-through-global-carbon-budget-16286096/
https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/10/hypocrisy-reaching-new-heights/
https://www.straight.com/finance/canadian-centre-for-policy-alternatives-reports-shows-that-cpp-investment-managers-keep
https://ricochet.media/en/3749/canada-talks-a-mean-game-but-has-yet-to-act-on-climate-reports
https://www.facebook.com/CoastProtectors/photos/a.1357268160999108/4541270049265554/
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/08/20/the-sorry-state-of-animal-protection-in-canada.html
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-federal-election-2021-voting-climate/
https://thenarwhal.ca/ipcc-report-un-climate-john-fyfe/
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/23/18-billion-fossil-fuel-subsidies/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/opinion-oates-election-greenwashing-1.6146254
https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/08/election-shouldnt-be-about-climate-crisis-it-should-be-about-curbing-fossil-fuels
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/13/news/canadas-oil-and-gas-sector-filled-federal-covid-emergency-cash?
https://www.coastprotectors.ca/trans_mountain_climate_cost
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/30/this-election-we-need-real-climate-plans-not-false-solutions/