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Tribal Journey began in 1989 and has a different destination and host community each year. This year’s Canoe Journey 2023: Paddle to Muckleshoot event spanned 18 days from July 21 to Aug. 7. It involved approximately 10,000 paddlers along with hundreds of canoes and support staff from 65 First Nations Communities across B.C. and Washington. Indigenous paddling teams from as far as Hawaii and New Zealand also travelled to the Pacific Northwest to participate.

New South Wales Treasurer Matt Kean has handed down his first Budget with the state’s forecasted deficit more than tripling to $11.3 billion due to spending during the Omicron and Delta outbreaks.

Fill It Forward Colorado, Maryland, and California have instituted plastic bans and are actively cracking down on waste. With businesses finding ways to comply, 63% of consumers forget their reusable shopping bags when they enter the store, according to reuse company Fill It Forward. With the pandemic making it more difficult to push reuse, the plastic problem has reached new heights, according to the Guelph, ON, Canada-based company’s Founder and CEO Matt Wittek. Prior to March 2020, retailers, restaurants, and everyday consumers were headed in the right direction when ...