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Hope Lompe
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News, Island Insider
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August 28th 2024
Groups say the B.C. Coastal Marine Strategy should be the first step toward a law to protect coastal habitats from shoreline development, but similar attempts out east have not gone to plan.
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Van Bergeijk joined a crowd of more than 300 protesters outside the Township of Wilmot council meeting on Monday, demanding an immediate halt to the expropriation of 311 hectares of farmland. They argue that this “forced acquisition” by the Region of Waterloo would have a devastating impact on Ontario's food security, farmers' livelihoods and the environmental health of the community.
Abdul Matin Sarfraz
News
| August 28th 2024
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When Breshna Hellali's family immigrated from Afghanistan in 2022 following the collapse of the democratic government, they believed that securing a rental home would be a process they could navigate.
Breshna Hellali
Opinion
| August 28th 2024
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Across the world, farmers are turning waste biomass into biochar, which can be used to improve their soils, boost the yields of their crops and create a new source of income — all while sequestering carbon.
Matt Simon
News
| August 28th 2024
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Renewable energy is already well on the way. Now, researchers on the East Coast are turning their attention to increasingly complex energy storage solutions to empower wind, solar and geothermal to help it truly supplant fossil fuels.
Zack Metcalfe
News, Climate Solutions Reporting
| August 28th 2024
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At least 91 candidates will be on the ballot for the Sept. 16 byelection in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, according to Elections Canada. Seventy-nine of them are linked to the Longest Ballot Committee, a group protesting Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system.
Maura Forrest
News, Politics
| August 27th 2024
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A union representing McGill University law professors said its members walked off the job on Monday, the first week of classes for the fall semester, over what it described as the school's anti-union tactics and refusal to negotiate in good faith.
Morgan Lowrie
News
| August 27th 2024
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From the archives
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Max Graham
News
| October 18th 2023
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