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Share Safeguarding the rainforest is a critical priority because of the ecosystem’s planetary importance. Recent increases in deforestation and fires in the region have made this even more urgent. The new research, published in the Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law (RECIEL), says using human rights law to protect the Amazon is more likely to have stronger prospects, as campaigners wouldn’t need to submit information about more than one nation for it to be upheld. Courts would only need to judge that environmental damage violated the rights of either certa...

Albertans born in 1946 or earlier can book COVID-19 vaccine appointments starting Wednesday Starting Wednesday at 8 a.m. MT, Albertans born in 1946 or earlier will be able to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine appointment. Appointments can be booked online or by calling 811. There's expected to be high demand, so the province is asking people to be patient.  The appointments will be booked at 58 sites around the province, between 8:20 a.m. and 3:40 p.m., seven days a week. Those hours will be extended as more doses arrive. More than 230,000 seniors will be eligible.  Family members are allo...

Author of the article: Bill Kaufmann Publishing date: Feb 22, 2021  •  February 22, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Fariview Baptist Church held an in-person Sunday service on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The church has said it would defy current capacity restrictions that limit in-person faith gatherings to 15 per cent of fire code capacity. Photo by Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia Article content A Calgary church already ticketed for violating COVID-19 restrictions is vowing to continue defying health regulations, partly in support of Edmonton-area worshippers whose pastor has been jaile...

Author of the article: Bill Kaufmann Publishing date: Feb 22, 2021  •  February 22, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Fariview Baptist Church held an in-person Sunday service on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The church has said it would defy current capacity restrictions that limit in-person faith gatherings to 15 per cent of fire code capacity. Photo by Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia Article content A Calgary church already ticketed for violating COVID-19 restrictions is vowing to continue defying health regulations, partly in support of Edmonton-area worshippers whose pastor has been jailed...

Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Edmonton Remand Centre on Feb. 20 to show their support for pastor James Coates who remained in custody after being charged with breaking Alberta’s COVID-19 rules and refusing to comply with his bail conditions.