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Mayors, councillors and other local politicians have immense power to advance climate policies that reduce carbon emissions and prepare us for extreme weather. However, we are seeing many municipal governments rolling back climate policies, setting up a false choice between affordability and climate action. Meanwhile, municipal climate champions working to enact sustainable policies have been […]…
Every election season, we are bombarded with messages to vote, vote, vote! And two common feelings can arise in response: does my single vote make that much of a difference in the outcome? And does it really matter who wins when we get the same corporate-influenced decisions either way? Mark Carney weaseling his way into […] The post Getting just three people to vote will make a difference…
I’m an immigrant from Iran. I lived in my hometown of Tehran until my mid 20s. I then moved to Syilx (Okanagan) territory for a PhD program in Interdisciplinary Sustainability Studies at UBC-O, and now live on the territory of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. I was in middle school when the […] The post Meet Yazdan, Dogwood’s New Municipal…
The fake letter showed up on a family’s doorstep in Britannia Beach, warning the residents to leave their home and “remove all personal property, structures and improvements,” because the Squamish Nation was coming to take the land back. The fraudulent document, which reads like it was generated by an AI chatbot, was signed with the […] The post Who’s behind the backlash over Indigenous rights in…
BC Hydro confirmed this week it is considering another hydroelectric dam on the Peace River (this one called “Site E”), as well as damming the Homathko River above Bute Inlet. It’s part of a growing scramble for new electricity, as the public utility grapples with outsized promises our politicians have made to global LNG investors, […] The post BC Hydro scrounges for electricity to feed LNG, AI…
Jeffrey Epstein visited British Columbia regularly, was encouraged to buy real estate and even applied for temporary residency the year before his death in a New York prison cell. Despite his criminal conviction for buying sex with a minor, Epstein traveled freely to Vancouver, booked massages, convened meetings and cultivated relationships in B.C. He and […] The post Jeffrey Epstein’s love affair…
On Thursday, November 27, 2025, Alberta premier Danielle Smith and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, teamed up to announce a Memorandum of Understanding around a new oil pipeline project stretching from the tar sands to B.C.’s north coast. What Smith and Carney lack in judgement, they make up for in audacity. Dogwood was part of […] The post A plan for a plan appeared first on Dogwood .
The scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump is fueling backlash to an American-owned gas project in Canada, after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he will try to fast-track Ksi Lisims LNG with public money. Both Liberal and NDP politicians pushing the MAGA-backed, Korean-built export terminal are getting nervous – as the release of the […] The post Epstein, Trump … and Mark…
The B.C. legislature has set up a special committee to seek public input on democratic and electoral reform. This blog is adapted from Dogwood’s submission. To have your say, log in or create an account and submit your comments by 2 p.m. PT Friday, July 25. What do you call a place where 17 per […] The post Fixing our voting system is just the start appeared first on Dogwood .
