David Gray-Donald is a settler media worker in tkaronto (Toronto). He was the publisher of Briarpatch from 2017-2019, is the current publisher of The Grind magazine in Toronto, and is a co-author of the new book The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-called Canada. He worked as a climate campaigner at Environmental Defence from 2022 to March 2023.
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Northern forests on the chopping block
Logging has nearly quadrupled in the last 10 years, and northern residents are raising red flags about the pace of clear-cutting -
Saskatoon welcomes premiers with climate justice protest
While Canada's premiers visit Saskatoon, Treaty 6 territory, activists are camping out for four days in Kiwanis Memorial Park to urge action on climate change. -
Sask Wildfire operations funding remains “inadequate”
Despite minor funding hikes for wildfire operations over the past four years, the budget this year is only three-quarters of what it was in 2007-08. As wildfires become more frequent and serious, what is our government going to do about it? -
How do we close the renewable energy gap for low-income people?
Low-income people spend more money on energy costs. Regina's Wascana Solar Co-op is thinking about how to make renewable energy accessible for low-income people. -
Student strike!
On March 15, Regina students gathered in front of the Saskatchewan legislature building as part of a global youth action to push for concrete measures to be taken to address climate change. -
University of Regina refuses to name funders of fossil fuel research
Professor Emily Eaton is taking the University of Regina to court to force the University to release details of funding for research related to oil, gas, coal, petroleum, carbon capture, climate change, and alternative energy. -
Geothermal power plant to be built with $25.6 million from feds
A major geothermal power generation facility is set to be built in Estevan, SK, Treaty 4 territory. -
4,000 households cut off of housing supplement before application process closed
The Ministry of Social Services says that “approximately 4,000 cases were closed between December 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018.” Unless those 4,000 people who had been cut off appealed the decision before July 1, they would never be eligible to receive the supplement again. -
Saskatoon Co-op strike continues
Workers on strike at Co-op locations in and around Saskatoon have been braving sub-zero temperatures and snow on the picket lines. -
The Fight for $15 in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has the second-lowest minimum wage in the country – but there's hope in a fledgling fight for a living wage.