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April 23, 2023 Kenny Stancil

Canadian Dimension: With climate indicators ‘off the charts,’ UN chief calls policies of rich nations a ‘death sentence’

Photo by Billy Wilson/Flickr The World Meteorological Organization warned Friday that climate change indicators are “off the charts,” one day after United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told officials from wealthy countries that their refusal to halt fossil fuel expansion amounts to a civilizational “death sentence” and pleaded with them to

December 1, 2022 Kenny Stancil

Canadian Dimension: Lula is creating a new police unit to curb environmental crimes in Brazil

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the COP27 conference in Egypt. Photo by Oliver Kornblihtt/Mídia NINJA/Flickr. The administration of leftist Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants to establish a new Federal Police unit focused on deterring environmental crimes, Reuters reported Wednesday. The news outlet cited Senator-elect Flavio Dino,

September 13, 2022 Kenny Stancil

Canadian Dimension: Report: 50 million people are trapped in modern slavery worldwide

Child labourer in Pakistan. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Nearly 50 million people were trapped in forced labor or forced marriage on any given day in 2021, according to a new report published Monday, the latest reminder that “the scourge of modern slavery has by no means been relegated to history.”