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October 15th 2020

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Digital Fractures report by Canada’s National Observer Disinformation had already played an enormous role in the 2016 Brexit vote and in the U.S. presidential election held the same year. Canadian authorities were issuing warnings, but no one knew how the federal vote would play out. Canada's National Observer News, Politics \| October 15th 2020

Green coalition says more federal action needed for habitat, wildlife protection The Green Budget Coalition published a roadmap Wednesday for a federal green recovery that it says can capitalize on this “defining moment in history.” Carl Meyer News, Energy, Politics, Ottawa Insider \| October 15th 2020

Why some environmentalists are turning away from the BC NDP Out of the B.C. provincial election may come a greener, younger, more climate-savvy legislative body. It's a long shot, but better than none at all. Robert Hackett Opinion, Politics \| October 15th 2020

Deferral areas in B.C.’s new old-growth forest plan a good first step, but not enough The province's new plan for old-growth forest management must also be done in partnership with Indigenous governments, says Jens Wieting. Jens Wieting Opinion \| October 15th 2020

Scarcity is the point, says critic of Ford’s back-to-school fail The Ontario government has so far used the COVID-19 pandemic to push through much of the agenda teachers unions and their backers had been fighting weeks earlier, says one critic, who warns the strategy could hasten calls for vouchers and charter schools. Morgan Sharp News, Next Gen Insider \| October 15th 2020

Vancouver farmers markets look back — and ahead — after pandemic summer COVID-19 didn’t stop Brad Bennick from finding eager customers for his new water buffalo gelato at Vancouver’s farmers markets this summer. Marc Fawcett-Atkinson News, Food Insider \| October 15th 2020

Indigenous fishers in N.S. have lobster taken, van burned as tensions escalate: Chief Mike Sack Since the Mi’kmaq fishery opened last month, there have been tensions on and off the water, with traps hauled from the sea by non-Indigenous harvesters and a boat belonging to a Mi’kmaq fisherman burned at a wharf. Michael Tutton, Canadian Press News \| October 14th 2020

Horgan tries to clarify debate answer on white privilege with Twitter post In a statement issued on Twitter, BC NDP Leader John Horgan says he wished he had given a different answer when the three party leaders were asked how they have reckoned with white privilege. Canadian Press News, Politics \| October 14th 2020

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