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FrenchAs the COVID-19 virus continues to spread and have unprecedented impacts on every level of society around the world, we are faced with the harsh reality that the system of …
Celebrating International Women’s Day with our Candidates.
International Women’s Day is a day to recognize and give appreciation to the contribution and work of women in our society. Often the unsung heroes of our day to day …
With the growing threat of Zoonotic diseases, the time to ban the global wildlife trade is overdue.
Zoonotic diseases are defined by Health Canada as pathogenic agents, “including bacteria, parasites, fungi, and viruses that can be passed from animals to humans.” The spread of the Coronavirus worldwide …
Bill C-205 Ag-Gag Goes Federal.
On February 18th, Conservative Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food, John Barlow MP for Foothills, AB, introduced Bill C-205, An Act to amend the Health of Animals Act. The wording …
Say No to Teck Frontier oil sands
If Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Wilkinson approve the Teck Frontier oilsands mega-mine, it means the promise of net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 was just another climate crisis …
The Division of Animal Powers
Any animal advocate who wants to get political needs to understand what level of government can help them with their cause. Different animals are served by different levels of government. …
British Columbia to expand misguided wolf cull
By Trev Miller, Cranbrook Friends of Animals Society Jan 8, 2019 — In a short time men and women will get into helicopters carrying guns before drenching the ground in …
The Defining Decade
Despite the popularization and public awareness of global climate breakdown being embedded in our minds since 2006 and the release of the film An Inconvenient Truth, the distractions of economic uncertainty, …
Alberta brings “ag-gag” laws to Canada.
Alberta has passed third reading in their legislature of Bill 27, the Trespass Statutes (Protecting Law-Abiding Property Owners) Amendment, in a move that will have a deeply chilling effect on …
Speaking up
By Mark Reed, supporterVictoria, British Columbia Some of you may have read the story “The Growth of Vegan Living: What’s it All About?” in the September issue of the free, …