Natasha Bulowski
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About Natasha Bulowski
Natasha Bulowski is an Ottawa-based journalist. She has covered federal policy for Vancouver and B.C. since Jan. 1, 2022 thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada. Natasha is also a graduate of Carleton University's bachelor of journalism program with a minor in human rights.
Future renewable diesel plant will turn food crops into fuel
Parkland Corporation wants to build a renewable diesel facility at its existing refinery in Burnaby, B.C., and hopes federal dollars will help fund the project.
Elizabeth May wants running mate Jonathan Pedneault to be ‘new face’ of federal Green Party
Elizabeth May confirms she is gunning for Green Party co-leadership alongside 32-year-old human rights expert Jonathan Pedneault, who she says should be the “new face” of the federal party.
Old-growth forests remain at ‘immediate risk’ despite B.C. government promises, report finds
B.C.’s old-growth forests are still in jeopardy despite the province’s pledge to work with Indigenous nations to temporarily ban logging in specific areas, a new report by Stand.earth finds.
Jamaica’s labour minister refutes workers’ claims of abuse at Canadian farms
Jamaica’s minister of labour and social security is refuting migrant workers’ claims that Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program is akin to “systemic slavery.”
Governments squander ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to protect high seas, Greenpeace says
Two weeks of United Nations negotiations for a high seas treaty have ended in failure, with wealthy countries slowing down the process and Russia acting as "a key blocker" in the discussions, says Greenpeace.
Outcry grows over violent online threats against women, racialized journalists
An ongoing pattern of abuse and threats directed at female journalists and female journalists of colour has reached such a crescendo, it's drawing condemnation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and an NDP MP.
Jamaican farm workers in Canada plead to their government to help improve working and living conditions
A group of migrant farm workers sent a letter home to their government in Jamaica this month detailing what they describe as abysmal living and working conditions in Canada.
Energy regulator gives Trans Mountain a ‘break’ on possible oil spill costs, say MPs, environmentalists
Trans Mountain will not have to come up with an additional $1.1 billion to cover the cleanup costs of possible oil spills from its expansion project, the Canada Energy Regulator has decided.
Activists call out ‘lack of political will’ at slow-moving UN ocean negotiations
After a sluggish first week, activists took to the streets of New York City to push delegates negotiating a United Nations high seas treaty to act with urgency.
DNA collection from migrant workers ruled a human rights abuse
A landmark ruling by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found the province’s police force violated the rights of 54 migrant workers during a DNA collection sweep in 2013.