Stephanie Wood
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Indigenous rights: how Bolivia got ahead of Canada
While Canada stalled on the UN Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Bolivia has long been held up as a global leader. → Read More
Damage to caribou habitat caused by industry, Suzuki Foundation says
Rachel Plotkin says we have all the data we need to save boreal caribou. “We just need the political will,” she said. → Read More
Vancouver pledged to be the world’s greenest city by 2020. Will it be?
The city is a hub for green technology, but still faces hurdles to reach its zero-emissions targets. → Read More
Courts deny most First Nations injunctions
A study of 100 cases found First Nations were denied 81 per cent of the injunctions they filed against corporations. → Read More
'Where were you 10 years ago?' Musqueam activist asks climate strikers
As thousands show up for a glimpse of Greta Thunberg, Musqueam land protector asks the crowd tough questions. → Read More
The climate is changing: Greta to march in Vancouver today
Sustainabiliteens, a youth climate advocacy group in Vancouver, will lead a march alongside Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in an historic moment today. → Read More
B.C. tables United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples bill today
B.C. will be the first province to legislate the landmark international document on Indigenous rights. → Read More
Singh talks reconciliation and affordability on election night
Singh and May focused on reconciliation on election night, while Trudeau and Scheer were quiet. → Read More
Four Indigenous candidates, four parties, on the issues that matter this election
Profiles of one candidate from each major party, and the issues affecting ridings in northern Ontario, Nunavut, Saskatchewan and Vancouver Island. → Read More
Trans Mountain pipeline demanded teens cover legal costs — then changed its mind
Four teens argued that the TMX expansion infringes on their rights. They lost in court, and the corporation initially asked that they foot the bill. → Read More
How the launch of the Canadian Energy Information Centre could fill major gaps in energy data
The idea of a Canadian Energy Information Centre represents the one thing everyone that works in Canada's energy sector — from environmentalists to oil and gas workers — agree on: that Canada needs reliable energy statistics. → Read More
For activists, CSIS-spying revelations were cold comfort
Idle No More organizer Tori Cress says the surveillance state's interest in protest movements has always been “a given.” So what did we learn from the heavily redacted Protest Papers? → Read More
Okanagan Nation will have unprecedented role in new national park
The practice of establishing parks without Indigenous involvement could be changing. On Tuesday, the Okanagan Nation, provincial and federal governments signed a iʔ sc̓ax̌ʷtət, or a memorandum of understanding, to work together in creating a national park reserve in nxʷəlxʷəltantət, also known as the South Okanagan-Similkameen area. → Read More
First Nations plan how to reform B.C. justice system and revitalize Indigenous laws
'We're not developing a strategy that's going to sit on a shelf somewhere," said lawyer Doug White, chair of the BC First Nation Justice Council. "We're developing a strategy that will be guiding the work of every single person in the criminal justice system in this province.' → Read More