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We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Letters to The Sun, May 11, 2021: Implement the Old Growth Strategic Review’s recommendations Back to video And yet, no one is saying forestry jobs aren’t important. No one wants the last giant cedar to fall. What’s also familiar is a B.C. NDP government once again struggling to implement the recommendations of another independent review of our old growth management. The Old Growth Strategic Review...

"The home of the future is looking a lot like the home of the past" The coronavirus pandemic has forced many to rethink how they use their homes. Director of Londons Museum of the Home Sonia Solicari outlines six ways that future homes could be informed by the past. Lockdowns have challenged how we think and feel about our homes. At the heart of many conversations about the future is the issue of increased home working. How can design adapt to changing needs and behaviours? What will we gain a...

Posted: May 6, 2021 Wildsight calls for immediate protection of old growth One year has passed since the release of A New Future for Old Forests, a thorough provincial old growth report, yet little has been done to stop old growth logging. Premier John Horgan and the BC NDP promised to fully implement the report’s recommendations. But instead of an immediate deferral of critically threatened old growth, our globally unique ancient forests continue to be loaded onto logging trucks, stated Wil...

By: News 9 OKLAHOMA CITY - At $288 million – the citys brand-new convention center is said to be the single largest construction project in city history. A massive glass building rises up on the eastern edge of Scissortail Park and it is quite the site. But that’s nothing compared to the view from inside out. Most of the meeting rooms and open space overlook Scissortail Park. As does a huge veranda, offering those who visit a glimpse of what Oklahoma City has to offer. “You’re not ...

By: News 9 OKLAHOMA CITY - In a city where success stories are sprouting up like wildflowers, one may be the most unlikely to bloom of all. A big, boxy 50-year-old building thats time has come and gone, its brand-new replacement gleaming just two blocks away. And yet, the city’s old convention center could be on the verge of a comeback as stunning as the citys renaissance itself. “Frankly, there wasn’t another use for this building on the horizon,” said former mayor Mick Cornett. “W...

A Fair Transition for Midwest Coal Counties Don Barrett/Flickr James Gignac, lead Midwest energy analyst | May 4, 2021, 6:00 am EDT Across the country, including here in the Midwest, we are transitioning away from coal as a fuel source. While this brings important emission reductions and new opportunities for clean energy development, we still don’t do a great job supporting communities and workers who directly affected by the ...

Untapped Ventures (Untapped) announces it has been accepted in the exclusive Global Startup Studio Network (GSSN) community. The partnership with GSSN and its curated connections to founders, investors, and other studios will help Untapped as it is scaling quickly and actively growing its studio and fund teams, and, building its community of founders, investors, corporates, partners, and advisors.  This community and the resources shared within are highly valuable and as such, the membership...

Companies are rushing to get permits before protection comes for critical areas, advocates say. Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett. SHARES In the year since the government received a report recommending increased old-growth protection, approvals jumped 43 per cent. Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance. New mapping released today by the Wilderness Committee i...

Posted: May 2, 2021 “Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary John Horgan’s NDP government won’t say it officially, but a recent article circulating in the media makes it obvious he’s given the forest industry the green light to liquidate the remaining old growth timber in B.C. and cash in on current high lumber prices. The article entitled “A Strategy for Forests that Benefits All British Columbians,” claims less than one per cent of the timber left in the province is logg...

Date Time Share Economic Reactivation Needs Productive, Fiscal and Institutional Structural Reforms to Move Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable A special issue of the CEPAL Review on COVID-19’s economic and social effects in the region was presented during a webinar led by Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary. The region of Latin America and the Caribbean has been the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the most harmed in economic and social terms. This is due t...