Carl Meyer
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News, Energy, Politics
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June 10th 2019
Plastic bottle manufacturers will be required to pay for recycling programs as part of a new program banning single-use plastics in Canada by 2021 that the government says will cut carbon pollution and create tens of thousands of jobs.
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Coast Funds, a financing group created and overseen by First Nations in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii, has invested tens of millions of dollars in hundreds of sustainability projects and created over 1,000 permanent jobs in local communities, according to the group's recently released report.
Emilee Gilpin
News, Business, Politics, Culture
| June 10th 2019
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says "genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
The Canadian Press
News, Politics
| June 10th 2019
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A claim that Indigenous men kill 70 per cent of MMIWG was picked up by white nationalist Faith Goldy and a former editor-in-chief of the Walrus. It wasn't true.
Emma McIntosh
Analysis, Politics
| June 7th 2019
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The goal of the marketing efforts is to create more “shareworthy content” that would build public support for the use of pesticides and genetically modified organisms, according to the leaked presentation. It is coming to light at a time when the industry is under scrutiny over public health concerns that could prompt governments to impose tougher regulations that cut into profits.
Carl Meyer
News
| March 27th 2019
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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says the death of a right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence does not appear to be the result of a recent vessel strike or entanglement in fishing gear.
Kevin Bissett
News, Politics
| June 10th 2019
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In May 2016, a wildfire near Fort McMurray forced more than 80,000 people to flee the northern Alberta city, destroyed 2,400 buildings and burned nearly 6,000 square kilometres of forest.
Colette Derworiz
News, Politics
| June 10th 2019
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A Winnipeg food delivery company has apologized for cancelling an interview when a prospective employee asked about wages. “This is becoming the norm," labour researcher Emily Norgang said.
Riley Sparks
News, Politics
| March 14th 2017
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Feminist analyst Alexa Conradi says some Quebec legislators are operating under false assumptions that women who wear head coverings need saving.
Toula Drimonis
Opinion, Politics, Culture
| June 7th 2019
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When Erica Fagan and her fiance started looking for a new apartment in their St-Henri neighbourhood, they thought they had reasonable criteria: they wanted a two-bedroom place where they could bring their own appliances and their cat, Odin.
Morgan Lowrie
News, Politics
| June 10th 2019
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Anyone who wants to buy political ads on Facebook in the lead-up to the federal election will have to be approved by the company, but unpaid content that simply blurs lines —like a recent doctored video of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — will still be permitted on the social-media site.
Teresa Wright
News, Politics
| June 10th 2019
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