Global Climate Strike in Regina
The #ClimateStrike was in Regina again this morning, and hundreds of people marched from the RSM to the Legislature to show their displeasure with the government for doing nothing to…
The #ClimateStrike was in Regina again this morning, and hundreds of people marched from the RSM to the Legislature to show their displeasure with the government for doing nothing to…
Archie Graham, 15, and his mates were supposed to be in school today: “What’s the point in going to school if we can’t use that knowledge in future because there…
SaskPower has yet to build a mere Megawatt of solarpower, but has now canceled the ability of solar installers to accept new work in the province. They went way farther…
Despite a ticking clock to cut emissions drastically, SaskPower is opting to continue to burn low grade coal instead of support faster adoption of solar power. They’re cutting a successful…
Climate Strike Canada/Facebook A group of more than 450 youth, most of them Canadian, are declaring they won’t have children until they see the federal government taking sufficient action…
Photo by Vincent Yu/AP I could tell you that the global population in 1955, the year my father was born, was 2.7 billion people. I could tell you that that…
If you planted native species in your garden then you deserve a pat on the shoulder. Your efforts have helped the butterflies return from dangerously low population levels. In Toronto…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ann Pettifor discusses how a Green New Deal will pay for itself while making use of readily available sources of financing. And…
Doing Politics Differently? By Mark Christopher Warrior In 2012 the “Harper Government” announced it was prepared to fund one third of the cost of building Victoria’s first sewage plant and…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Kerri Breen reports on the public’s understandable frustration with Canada’s political system. Don Martin offers a prime example as to why that’s…
Ms Soapbox and her daughter were admiring the statues in the Borghese Gallery in Rome when Amnesty International published an open letter expressing its concern that Mr Kenney’s decision to…
The Camp Fire burns near Oroville, Calif, Nov. 11, 2018. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images As the devastating effects of the climate crisis continue to be felt around the globe…
Climate activists block the road junction at Oxford Circus in central London on April 18th, 2019, during an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. Photo: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images. The…
Winnipeg, Sept. 2, 2019 – (l-r) Paul Graham and David Nickarz at the annual Labour Day March. Photo: David Nickarz Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May has said that…
The idea of a “just transition” is appearing everywhere these days, most notably in the preamble of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which refers to the need to take “into…
Dear John Horgan and Carole James, Just a note should you care to hear from me. I will almost certainly be voting Green in the upcoming federal election next year,…
Despite being only 2.4 kilometres long the bike lane on Bloor street in Toronto was heavily contested. It was debated in local politics for decades and was only declared permanent…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Greg Wilpert interviews Julia Wolfe about the contract between soaring incomes for CEOs, and stagnant ones for workers. And David Cooper observes that…
View of the refinery from the Fourth Congress of Biological Diversity, Paraguana. Photo by Quincy Saul/Ecosocialist Horizons Ian Angus is interviewed by Rebel News, a critical source of news and…
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Binyamin Appelbaum discusses the folly of having turned economic decision-making over to people who somehow saw income inequality and the concentration of wealth…