Fact-checking has become partisan. Can it survive the backlash from conservatives and Big Tech? cbc.ca/news/politics/…

World's super-rich have already used their share of carbon for 2025, says Oxfam irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4155…

Home insurance rates likely to spike in 2025 following severe weather events, insurers warn cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

What happened to places that got rid of parking mandates? Take a look at Buffalo, Seattle, and Austin nytimes.com/2025/01/12/bus…

With clock ticking, future of Liberals' dental and pharmacare programs uncertain cbc.ca/news/politics/…

We're excited to announce our virtual winter programming for local electeds. Start your year informed and connected with timely lunch & learn discussions.

We've partnered with an inspiring line-up of organizers, experts, thinkers, and local electeds who are doing

For The Tyee, I list all the ways Trump's complaints about trade with Canada are factually wrong and economically illiterate. Then I show 3 ways Canada subsidizes the US in trade (not the other way around): thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/… #cdnecon #canlab /2

Smudging space, Indigenous identity built in to new hospital in northern B.C. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

What makes for a successful campaign? theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

Students design tiny, cheap, off-grid homes for others to copy cbc.ca/news/science/w…

"The global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from the catastrophic shocks of climate change unless immediate action by political leaders is taken to decarbonise and restore nature." theguardian.com/environment/20…

Join us next Wednesday for Leaving a Legacy with @SchoolFeminist This virtual workshop is developed directly from the findings of Phase one of The Barriers Report: Retaining Progressive Women and Gender Minorities in Local Government. Register today!
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Port Moody calls on province to trial universal basic income in its poverty plan tricitiesdispatch.com/ubi-moody-prov… via Tri-Cities Dispatch

ICYMI: How communities can come together to address their problem theconversation.com/the-city-sympo…

Allowing more homes, in all shapes and sizes, makes it easier and cheaper for communities to tackle infrastructure challenges. sightline.org/2025/01/15/wor…

Argentina’s poor hit hard by Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ measures ‘Everything is so bad’: Argentina’s poor hit hard by Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ measures

The stomach bug making the rounds among the most vulnerable in Canada cbc.ca/news/health/sh…

District of North Vancouver exits X. Will other municipalities follow? cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/con…