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Matteo Cimellaro
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News, Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
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December 6th 2023
Ottawa continues to underinvest in disaster preparedness and mitigation on First Nations despite ballooning recovery costs from the worst wildfire season on record, according to documents shared with Canada’s National Observer.
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“There's all sorts of reasons why it's challenging for governments to deliver on commitments, so that's the person who ultimately is cracking the whip, saying we've got to get this done faster," says former federal environment and climate change minister Catherine McKenna.
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News, Politics
| December 6th 2023
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Efforts at COP28 to insert weasel words like “unabated” are linked to false narratives about technologies like carbon capture, utilization and storage, allowing us to have our cake and eat it too.
Kyla Tienhaara, David McLagan, Myra J. Hird
Opinion
| December 6th 2023
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The funding helps 15 coastal First Nations conserve B.C.'s ‘Galapagos of the North’ and move forward with a network of marine conservation areas that spans two-thirds of Canada's West Coast.
Rochelle Baker
News, New News, Island Insider
| December 6th 2023
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Britain's polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world — a “lucky” encounter that enabled scientists to collect seawater samples around the colossal berg as it drifts out of Antarctic waters, the British Antarctic Survey said.
Sylvia Hui
News
| December 5th 2023
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On Monday, Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Nova Scotia’s Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables Tory Rushton put out a joint statement announcing their decision to reject the $1.5-million bid from Inceptio Limited, a Scotland-based company.
Cloe Logan
News
| December 5th 2023
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“Young people want to get involved. They want to fight the climate crisis first-hand, and they deserve training and good jobs in the process, which is what New Democrats want to see happen,” said Laurel Collins, NDP environment critic, at a news conference in Ottawa announcing support for the youth corps concept.
Abdul Matin Sarfraz
News
| December 5th 2023
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An Indigenous elder sits at a table telling a Blackfoot story about the Frank Slide in southern Alberta's Crowsnest Pass.
Colette Derworiz
News
| December 5th 2023
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Scientists are turning to a low-cost radio-based technology to help solve the mysteries of declining bird populations.
Sara Van Note
News
| December 6th 2023
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