The United Nations body that oversees world heritage sites has given Canada a new deadline to address problems in the country’s largest national park. At a meeting this week in Azerbaijan, UNESCO praised Canada for measures it has taken to…
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UN says Canada’s plan to rescue Wood Buffalo National Park needs ‘considerably more effort’
The status of Canada’s largest park as a world heritage site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it. “Considerably more effort will be needed to reverse the negative trends at…
Competing protests clash at Edmonton’s Churchill Square
Sat, Dec 15 – It was a tense afternoon as yellow vest protesters — and counter groups — took to Edmonton’s Churchill Square. Competing demonstrations traded insults — and some punches — while pushing their causes. Albert Delitala reports.
Edmonton rally against UN met with counter-protest
A large group of protesters, many of whom donned yellow work vests, gathered in Edmonton on Saturday to protest the United Nations and to air other grievances. They were met by a group of counter-protesters, many of whom denounced the…
Downtown Edmonton rally against UN, globalism met with counter-protest
Hundreds of protesters descended on downtown Edmonton for the second week in a row on Saturday to protest the United Nations and what organizers refer to as the “global world order.” The protesters, many of whom donned yellow work vests,…