Monday, July 24th, 2023
Day of ceremony planned ahead of dig for possible unmarked graves on Manitoba First Nation
Ground to be broken Tuesday on expected 4-week-long excavation under church WARNING: This story includes distressing details. Before the sun broke through the sky Monday morning, members of a Manitoba First Nation planned to start a month-long search in a good way. Spiritual advisers were to lead a pipe ceremony in Minegoziibe Anishinabe while a sacred fire was to be lit near where there may be graves of children who were forced to attend residential school. The sacred fire is expected to burn for the entirety of the estimated four-week-longRead more
Ottawa announces plan to phase out ‘inefficient’ fossil fuel subsidies
Environmental group says the plan still has loopholes Ottawa published its plan for eliminating inefficient fossil fuel subsidies today — making Canada the first country among wealthy, heavy-emitting nations to do so, according to the federal government. In 2009, the countries that make up the G20 publicly promised to “phase out and rationalize … inefficient fossil fuel subsidies” over the “medium term.” Such subsidies “encourage wasteful consumption, reduce our energy security, impede investment in clean energy sources and undermine efforts to deal with the threat of climate change,” said the G20 communique. Environment and Climate ChangeRead more