Stefan Labbe
Solutions Journalist at Glacier Media Group
Journalist at Freelance
Covering Climate & Environment for Glacier Media. Words in @guardian @NewsHour @globeandmail | Tips? [email protected] | Threads at stefan_labbe
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1 week ago |
biv.com | Jami Makan |Graeme Wood |Mario Canseco |Stefan Labbe
TORONTO — Strength in the technology, base metal and financial sectors helped Canada's main stock index gain more than 200 points in late-morning trading, while U.S. stocks also climbed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 213.89 points at 24,080.42. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 125.52 points at 40,650.31. The S&P 500 index was up 28.99 points at 5,434.96, while the Nasdaq composite was up 86.48 points at 16,917.96.
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1 week ago |
timescolonist.com | Stefan Labbe
Protecting the most at-risk old growth forests in two B.C. timber supply areas would lead to $10.9 billion in economic benefits over the next century, a new report has found. However, those gains would be wiped out if logging were to carry on as it is today across the Prince George and Okanagan timber supply areas, concluded the environmental consulting firm ESSA Technologies in a report published Monday.
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biv.com | Stefan Labbe
A B.C. judge has rejected a proposed nation-wide class action lawsuit alleging a company sold various paint thinners at different price points when the contents were in fact identical. Released Friday, the decision from B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joel Groves weighed arguments against Recochem Inc. that alleged the company engaged in deceptive marketing and made false representations to consumers. To explain the allegations, judge Groves opened his decision leaning on a piece of television history.
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1 week ago |
biv.com | Stefan Labbe
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has turned down an attempt by the federal government to strike multiple lawsuits seeking damages for Canada's decision to effectively end salmon aquaculture in the Discovery Islands. In four separate court actions, Mowi Canada West Inc., Allen Diving Ltd., James Walkus Fishing Co. Ltd. and Cermaq Canada Ltd.
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2 weeks ago |
timescolonist.com | Stefan Labbe
The deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada has been handed a reduced prison sentence of 51 days after a panel of three B.C. appeal judges ruled a previous sentence was too harsh. Angela Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, was previously sentenced to 60 days imprisonment and 75 hours of community service after she was charged with seven counts of criminal contempt for defying multiple court orders.
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Vancouver’s @themetalsco says it will now seek U.S. approval for deep sea mining in international waters As the U.S. administration reportedly weighs an executive order, the head of the @UN seabed authority warned the move would violate international law https://t.co/cIxNQYiQaZ
Climate change could improve grape-growing conditions in British Columbia -- at a cost https://t.co/d9KjKJMCSu
"...imagine a set of nested dolls, where the biggest doll on the outside determines the shape of the ones inside." @zoeyunker reports on B.C.'s "transformational" plans for its forests, asking the question: Do they live up to the hype? https://t.co/66wL1ej4as