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Morgan Sharp
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News, Next Gen Insider
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September 3rd 2020
In the second instalment of this series on Toronto’s climate action protest movement, a Colombian expat goes from never attending a climate strike to helping plan for the first global street event of the COVID-19 era.
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More in today's news
Five environmental organizations released an analysis of the government’s recent emissions modelling, which shows that under current federal regulations, Canada will only reduce methane emissions by 29 per cent by 2025.
Premila D'Sa
News, Energy, Ottawa Insider
| September 3rd 2020
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Forty per cent of plastic ends up as waste in the oceans, as litter on the land, and disposed of by uncontrolled burning. Less than 10 percent of plastics is really recycled.
Kingsmill Bond
Opinion
| September 4th 2020
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Premier John Horgan said the 5.7-kilometre subway line will extend SkyTrain service from VCC-Clark Station to Broadway and Arbutus in Vancouver and create a transit system he hopes will be “the envy of North America.”
Premila D'Sa
News
| September 4th 2020
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Julia Smith is lucky. Her pigs have a date with the butcher. That was far from guaranteed, says the Merritt, B.C. rancher and president of the Small-Scale Meat Producers Association. B.C. abattoirs and butcher shops are in short supply, Smith explained, limiting the availability of local meat in the province — and recently announced changes to provincial abattoir laws might not do much.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| September 4th 2020
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“We try to create opportunities through our programming where (youth) can learn from more established artists to hone their artistic skills … and put your fingerprint on your city,” said Nia Centre executive director Alica Hall.
Vjosa Isai
News, Next Gen Insider
| September 3rd 2020
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An analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA has shed new light on the impact of global heating and cooling on the American mastodon.
Nicola Davis
News
| September 4th 2020
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Is it time to forget about your carbon footprint?
Kate Yoder
News
| September 4th 2020
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From the archives
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Jessica Scott-Reid
Opinion
| November 6th 2018
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