Mike De Souza
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News, Energy, Politics
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May 3rd 2018
“The facts and circumstances which have given rise to this motion are highly unusual and, indeed, extremely alarming,” said the motion, submitted on May 2 to the Federal Court of Appeal by lawyers for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
The Tsleil-Waututh people once used to source most of of their food from the Burrard Inlet. Today, the food they used to rely upon so heavily has all but disappeared.
Threats have been made against her life, but the 55-year-old Honduran journalist shrugs them off as easily as she would an online troll. It’s all in a day’s work when you report on feminism, politics and human rights in a country ruled by corruption, organized crime and men.
The federal government is failing to protect Canadians from toxic refinery emissions pumped into the air at rates far above those in the United States, opposition politicians said Thursday in response to a Toronto Star/Global News/National Observer investigation. Federal MPs said they were shocked and troubled by the findings.
Robert Cribb, Carolyn Jarvis, Rebecca Lindell, Trish Audette-Longo
Residents have long pushed for access to real-time air quality information. But some say the newly-public data doesn’t actually tell residents when the air they’re breathing could be unsafe.
John Helin, mayor of the Lax Kw'alaams Band in northwest British Columbia, was in Ottawa on May 3 to tell Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that his government’s bid to impose an oil tanker moratorium is “imposing on us more hardship, without any consultation."
Ola Al Abbas, a 19-year-old student, came to B.C. with her six sisters, two brothers and her parents. At first, she hated school and had difficulty understanding classes and making friends.
