Hunters will now be able to kill the large cats in Cypress Hills. Critics say the latest move to expand hunting came with little to no rationale or consultation
"...a young adult who previously had both legs amputated below the knees because of frostbite showed up again with frostbite on their hands. Several fingers were amputated." edmontonjournal.com/news/local… “You have a policy that absolutely makes it impossible to set up a decent camp. The result is what we have now — people just curled up under almost nothing, under cardboard, under a tarp,” he said. “They’re just lying in doorways and behind garbage containers and in bus shelters with a bare tarp or a little blanket wrapped around them.” .... “Any suggestion that these deaths were individuals facing homelessness or that this is the cause of their death is complete speculation,” Wishloff said.
Frostbite injuries for people "with no fixed address" jumped in the Edmonton area in early 2024, with advocates drawing a link to increased encampment removals
Once, we thought antibiotics & public health campaigns had eliminated syphilis. Now, Alberta is in the grips of a full-scale syphilis crisis, which is killing babies & leaving newborns with congenital syphilis. How has this happened? In this Senate speech, I provide a disturbing history lesson. In the wake of the Covid pandemic, when public health itself is under political attack, how do we fight back? youtube.com/watch?v=o-PMyu9ChC… #SenateofCanada #syphilis #Alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #publichealth
"An Israeli attack on Oct 25 killed cameraman Ghassan Najjar and engineer Mohammad Reda, who worked for Al Mayadeen, and Al-Manar TV’s camera operator Wissam Qassim" Human Rights Watch found “no evidence of fighting, military forces, or military activity in the immediate area at the time of the attack”...“the Israeli military knew or should have known that journalists were staying...in the targeted building”.
Jean L’Hommecourt Wants You to Know What the Oil Sands Are Doing to Her People and Their Land Jean L'Hommecourt is a Dene member of Treaty No. 8. And she has a lot to say about the #oilsands and local pollution. #abpoli #landbackalbertabeyondfossilfuels.ca/je…
With just days before the fishery opens in the Georgia Strait, W̱SÁNEĆ hereditary chiefs say federal fisheries department hasn’t responded to their assertion of Treaty Rights
By switching your providers to renewable sources, ones that are actually increasing renewable capacity not just trading credits.
I'm already on that! My electricity provider is Alberta Co-operative Energy where for a small premium I can redirect those funds to a premium for their renewable producers many of which I think are just householders with solar panels feeding back into the grid.
Before this I used Bullfrog Energy, which is a way anyone in Canada can green their electricity, natural gas, and even vehicle fuel use by making contributions which Bullfrog uses to fund solar, wind, methane capture, and biofuel projects equal to an equivalent amount as your usage. I'm still using Bullfrog for heating and vehicle fuel.
Just like organic food, I as a consumer pay a premium to support what just should be the norm anyway, while the polluters for the most part do not pay for their "externalities", but I think it's very much money well spent.
I live in a province where the government is actively legislating to sabotage the renewables energy, which was leading
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By switching your providers to renewable sources, ones that are actually increasing renewable capacity not just trading credits.
I'm already on that! My electricity provider is Alberta Co-operative Energy where for a small premium I can redirect those funds to a premium for their renewable producers many of which I think are just householders with solar panels feeding back into the grid.
Before this I used Bullfrog Energy, which is a way anyone in Canada can green their electricity, natural gas, and even vehicle fuel use by making contributions which Bullfrog uses to fund solar, wind, methane capture, and biofuel projects equal to an equivalent amount as your usage. I'm still using Bullfrog for heating and vehicle fuel.
Just like organic food, I as a consumer pay a premium to support what just should be the norm anyway, while the polluters for the most part do not pay for their "externalities", but I think it's very much money well spent.
I live in a province where the government is actively legislating to sabotage the renewables energy, which was leading the nation before the current premier came to power. She is a former fossil fuel industry lobbyist.
Smallholder farmers on Brazil's agrarian reform settlements are restoring the Amazon, showing proving how food production can coexist with healthy landscapes.
An injured girl is pulled from the rubble after an Israeli attack on a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza, early on Wednesday morning [Hasan N H Alzaanin/Anadolu]
85,000 students across #Quebec are slated to strike tomorrow, according to the federation CRUES. It's the first student strike for #Palestine we're aware of since the current wave of solidarity actions began in North America.
How was it organized? Students called general assemblies, mostly at the level of their academic department, where strike motions were put forward and voted on. Strike committees are organizing to picket and disrupt classes that may try to go forward anyway.
In response, some institutions including Dawson, a major junior college, have closed for the day tomorrow for "safety" reasons. Elsewhere, admins have sent threatening mass emails, and tensions will rise with zionists, scab professors, and security as the strike is put into effect.
Keep your eyes on Concordia University, where over 10,000 students will be on strike. Security there have called police onto campus several times since the start of the semester to arrest students.
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85,000 students across #Quebec are slated to strike tomorrow, according to the federation CRUES. It's the first student strike for #Palestine we're aware of since the current wave of solidarity actions began in North America.
How was it organized? Students called general assemblies, mostly at the level of their academic department, where strike motions were put forward and voted on. Strike committees are organizing to picket and disrupt classes that may try to go forward anyway.
In response, some institutions including Dawson, a major junior college, have closed for the day tomorrow for "safety" reasons. Elsewhere, admins have sent threatening mass emails, and tensions will rise with zionists, scab professors, and security as the strike is put into effect.
Keep your eyes on Concordia University, where over 10,000 students will be on strike. Security there have called police onto campus several times since the start of the semester to arrest students.
Quebec's longstanding culture of combative student associations helps make student strikes like this one possible. But in many striking schools and departments, there was no recent precedent to build on, and autonomous organizing was key.
When successful, student strikes force people to choose sides, reveal the violent underpinnings of society and its education system, and, when prolonged, free up time for militant activity.
Thursday morning update! The Concordia admin's intimidation tactics have proven a resounding failure, as most profs in striking departments have canceled class or refused to cross picket lines. Security guards appear wary of escalation, and pickets are proceeding as planned.
A social media post showing an urgent callout for community members to assemble at the Human Rights Monument. The image shows several police officers in discussion with civilians, with text overlay emphasizing the urgency of the situation and the need for community support. The post claims Ottawa Police are refusing the right to peaceful assembly.
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