The Galapagos (nicknamed the “enchanted isles”) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for their unusually high levels of biodiversity—and for inspiring Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection in the 19th century. The archipelago sits in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 1,000 kilometers from the Ecuador coast.
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Chinese oil company gets go-ahead for exploration drilling in Flemish Pass Basin | CBC News
“The
decision was made following a thorough and science-based environmental
assessment process concluding that the project is not likely to cause
significant adverse environmental effects when mitigation measures are
taken into account,” the federal government said in a news release.
decision was made following a thorough and science-based environmental
assessment process concluding that the project is not likely to cause
significant adverse environmental effects when mitigation measures are
taken into account,” the federal government said in a news release.
Coady said through seismic review and independent verification there are an estimated 650 leads and prospects for offshore oil.
But the RCMP
is defending its conduct during the incident, saying its approach to the
blockade was focused on protecting lives and reducing the potential for
injury of all those involved.
The blockade caught the attention of the country in January, when
members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their allies set up checkpoints
along a remote forest road to prevent workers from accessing a
construction site for the Coastal GasLink project. The project is
owned by TC Energy, formerly known as TransCanada Corp.
Note from Steve: The article is a little bias. Yes, it is a project owned by TC Energy but the land they are trespassing on is not theirs. It is unceded land. Blocking workers is not an act of malice. It’s there land. They have a right to say who can be on it and what can be done on it.
Surrey residents add voices to outcry over India citizenship law | CBC News
“You cannot discriminate people on the basis of their religion,” he said. “If you have accepted refugees, you cannot just say Muslims are not welcome, but everybody else can come.”
Low-income rates could rise as StatsCan moves to redraw poverty line | CBC News
The
last time the made-in-Canada measure was updated was in 2008; poverty
rates increased by 2.2 per cent because the financial cut-off used to
define low-income was raised.
last time the made-in-Canada measure was updated was in 2008; poverty
rates increased by 2.2 per cent because the financial cut-off used to
define low-income was raised.
Experts
suggest that a plan by Statistics Canada to recalculate the threshold
by changing the “market basket measure” early next year could lead to a
similar bump in poverty rates.