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Canada's Top Court Rejects BC Bid to Halt Trans Mountain Tar Sands Project

<p>Protesters at a rally in Vancouver to show opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline on September 9th, 2017.

Standing With Labor, Farmers, and Climate Groups on Trump Trade Deal, Sanders Vows to Vote Against NAFTA 2.0

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"In my view, we need to rewrite this trade agreement to stop the outsourcing of American jobs, to combat climate change, to protect the environment, and stop the destructive race to the bottom."

Iran Says Military Shot Down Ukraine Airliner in 'Disastrous Mistake' Amid Heightened Tensions With US

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The admission, which confirmed conclusions from intelligence agencies, came as...

#WouldYouShootMeToo Hashtag Trends After Reports Canadian Mounted Police Asked Snipers to Target Indigenous Protesters

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Climate Strike Canada member Emma Lin holds up a sign in protest of revelations that Canadian security forces wanted to train snipers on Indigenous protesters.

"How far is Canada willing to go to protect the billionaires who run the oil...

'Monstrous': Docs Show Canadian Mounties Wanted Snipers Ready to Shoot Indigenous Land Defenders Blockading Pipeline

Feelings Hurt by 'Two-Faced' Trudeau and Laughing NATO Leaders, Trump Leaves Summit Early in a Huff

Rights Groups in Canadian Court Because 'The US Cannot Be Considered a Safe Country for Refugees'

27 Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Canadian Parliament Sit-In Demanding Green New Deal

As Trudeau Clings to Power, Progressives in Canada Celebrate Victory of 'Green New Deal Squad'

Study Predicts 'Frightening Future' for North American Birds, With Two-Thirds of Species Extinct by 2100 If Earth Warms More Than 1.5 Degrees

'Bird Emergency' as Study Shows North American Bird Population Has Fallen by Nearly One-Third in Less Than 50 Years

New Report on Trans Mountain Pipeline Highlights 'Dangerous' Construction Hot Spots

New Poll Shows 58 Percent of Canadians See Socialism Positively

'Absolutely Ludicrous': Canadian Election Officials Tell Green Groups That Ads Urging Rescue of Planet Earth Could Be Illegal

Fracking Boom in US and Canada Largely to Blame for 'Massive' Rise of Global Methane Levels: Study

Indigenous and Green Groups Fighting Against Pipeline Urge 2020 Democrats to Take 'NoKXL Pledge'

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It's Zero Hour: Activists Chain Themselves to Pier To Block Shipment For TMX Pipeline

At least five activists were arrested Tuesday for blocking a shipment of pipeline for Canada's much-hated TMX project by locking themselves to the dock in Vancouver WA where it was to be unloaded. The action by Portland Rising Tide was the third targeting the port for its role in transporting particularly heavy, dirty Alberta tar sands crude for a $7.4 billion project that environmentalists, First Nations, and many others view as a disaster in the making.