From: Natural Resources Canada
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced that Simon Fraser University has been selected to establish an urban climate centre in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, through a $22-million federal investment.
In communities across the country, Canadians are feeling the impacts of climate change. By investing in new technologies and projects that reduce pollution and make our communities more resilient to climate change, we can create good, middle-class jobs and help Canadian companies compete in the transition to a low-carbon economy. This commitment is more important than ever as we plan our recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
Posted: Dec 24, 2020 5:29 PM CT | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Whitehorse non-profit Safe at Home has launched its 100 Homes Campaign, which aims to house 100 people by March 31 by matching residents in need of safe, reliable housing with landlords trying to fill their rental properties. (Claudiane Samson/Radio-Canada)
There are no easy answers in how best to link urban and rural areas in Canada, a workshop discussing the issue found Wednesday.
And participants in one breakout discussion found the “us versus them” attitude between cities and towns and villages hinders any progress.
The group, part of a national “think tank” session on links between urban and rural Canada hosted by the College on New Caledonia and the University of Northern British Columbia, also found rural areas are disadvantaged when it comers to attention from provincial governments.
“Seventy per cent of the economy is generated in rural B.C.,” mayor Colin Kinsley told his group of 13, one of three the 50 participants were split into as part of the session. “But we can’t seem to get that through to the lawmakers, because only 19 of the 79 seats are in rural B.C.”
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An initiative aimed at giving the unsheltered population safe places to go to the bathroom is moving forward with installing temporary washrooms.
The Places to Go – Public Restroom Strategy put together with the City of Winnipeg and community partners such as End Homelessness Winnipeg will be opening seven public bathrooms to give those experiencing homelessness a dignified place to go to the bathroom.
“The Places to Go Strategy is about profound human dignity and making sure that Winnipeg’s most vulnerable among us have access to basic human rights and necessities, Sherri Rollins, Winnipeg s Chairperson of the Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks says in a statement.
Winnipeg launches public bathroom project with 3 new temporary facilities
The project, called Places to Go, features three bathroom spaces at 473 Selkirk Ave., 345 Portage Ave. and 26 Osborne St., the city said in a Tuesday news release. Four more are expected to open in the coming days on Martha Street and Furby Street.
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1st phase of Places to Go strategy features bathrooms on Selkirk Avenue, Portage Avenue and Osborne Street
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Posted: Dec 22, 2020 7:55 PM CT | Last Updated: December 23, 2020
In total, seven temporary bathrooms will open in Winnipeg in the coming days, the city says, prior to the opening of permanent facilities next year.(Mike Heenan/CBC)