British Columbia

3 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment Indigenous peoples

Capitalism makes wildfires more destructive

PV August 31, 2023

By D.G. Summer in the western provinces of Canada is now synonymous with wildfire. As the climate crisis continues, the people of British Columbia and Alberta are now forced to reckon with Ottawa’s inaction...

3 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment

With the province on fire, BC’s NDP government must change course now!

PV August 31, 2023

Yet again this summer, wildfires are ravaging Canada, dramatic new proof of climate change directly related to human economic activity – carbon emissions in particular. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that climate...

4 Minutes

Canada Labour

BC Labour Board ruling puts picket lines in the crosshairs

PV January 30, 2023

Federally regulated workers no longer considered “persons” BC Labour Opinion Trouble is brewing for workers on the west coast, where a successful strike action is retroactively being declared illegal by the BC Labour Relations...

3 Minutes

Labour

BCGEU reaches tentative deal with Horgan NDP

PV September 15, 2022

Public support high for union but fragile for government PV Vancouver Bureau After nearly two weeks of limited but highly effective strikes, the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) had reached a tentative three-year agreement...