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Shaena Lambert

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Shaena Lambert is the award-winning author of the novels Petra and Radiance and the short story collections Oh, My Darling and The Falling Woman. Read more about her work at shaenalambert.com.

8 Articles

The tiny lichen that could stop Teal-Jones from logging Fairy Creek’s old-growth

A rare species of lichen recently discovered around Fairy Creek could hold keys to stopping old-growth logging in the area — and show us how nature creates wet zones that halt wildfires.
News | September 11th 2021

I witnessed police attacking Canadians practising civil disobedience at Fairy Creek

The RCMP trucks pull up, a flurry of slammed doors. As at least 15 officers form a phalanx, facing the protesters, the singing is over and the mood feels adrenalin-soaked, militaristic.
Race to a Safer World
News | August 22nd 2021

Atwood, Ondaatje, Egoyan and 167 Canadian writers urge Trudeau to change the climate story

Canadian writers jump into the Climate Debate: Open Letter regarding Climate Accountability Bill signed by over 170 acclaimed writers, including Ondaatje, Atwood, Atom Egoyan, Eden Robinson.
Opinion | May 21st 2021

70-year-old grandmother faces a week in jail for blockading Kinder Morgan tanker terminal

Laurie Embree drove 400 kilometres from 108 Mile House to participate in the protest. She is a mother of four, a grandmother of three.
Trans Mountain
Opinion | June 20th 2018

Got Consent? What part of ‘no’ does Kinder Morgan not understand?

We’re sure that Justin Trudeau would make an amazing, honest and sincere-sounding apology if there was an oil spill in Georgia Strait. A really good sorry, like so many men in the wake of #MeToo. But we want more than that. We want to be listened to now.
Opinion, Energy, Politics, Culture | May 9th 2018

The Warrior Song of Ta’ah Amy George

When the Tsleil Waututh (People of the Inlet) found out in 2012 about Kinder Morgan’s expansion plans (twinning the pipeline, dredging Burrard Inlet, increasing tanker traffic seven-fold to transport toxic bitumen to China), they held a community gathering on their reserve across the inlet from Kinder Morgan’s Westridge facility.
Trans Mountain
Opinion | April 28th 2018

The warriors and the Watch House

The Watch House is something new, both in the Kinder Morgan fight and in protest politics. Its presence is at the very heart of what could become Canada’s Standing Rock. At the same time, it is emerging as a place to reconcile differences, as Indigenous and non-Indigenous gather under its roof.
Trans Mountain
Opinion | March 25th 2018

'Welcome to the wild side, Mum' — A day with the Kinder Morgan pipeline opponents

Saturday marked a new level of resistance in the protests against Kinder Morgan, as twenty eight people from varied walks of life blocked the gates to the Kinder Morgan tank farm facility in Burnaby.
Opinion | March 19th 2018

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