Posts from ‘Climate’
Why my family got rid of our gas stove
The day my daughter accidentally left our gas stove on still haunts me. So many things could have gone wrong. So many things did go wrong. It was the ...
The anti-aging hack no one’s talking about
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University in California who’s gained huge popularity for his podcast about physical and mental health. It’s called the Huberman Lab, and it ...
Trans Mountain starts operations after 12-year battle
It was springtime and the blossoms were out in North Burnaby. I remember knocking on doors and gathering with neighbours to push our MLA to take a stand against ...
Springing into Action
A trip to Kwikwetlem territories At the beginning of spring, I took a trip over to Coquitlam where the incredible volunteers with the Tri-cities Force of Nature Alliance organized ...
Caught on tape: RCMP officers laugh about brutal arrests
At least four different members of a controversial RCMP unit laughed about police brutality, people with disabilities and the campaign for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in ...
Oil and gas lobbyists target B.C. government 1,032 times in nine months
In less than a year since energy minister Josie Osborne was sworn in, she, her staff and related crown corporations have had 600 meetings and other interactions with oil ...
Time to turn up the heat on B.C. politicians
Environment minister George Heyman now has a sidewalk mural the size of a bus to remind him of his core mission. It says “END FRACKING” and “protect our communities ...
Enbridge demands emergency extension for Westcoast pipeline
Enbridge is asking environment minister George Heyman to issue an emergency order exempting the company from a key deadline. Under B.C. law, permits for the Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission ...
Climate advocates greet new BC Cabinet with anti-fracking protest
Unceded Territories of the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations — A new alliance of environmental groups called Frack Free BC erected fracking rigs on the front lawn of Government ...