The 17-year-old activist founded the Fridays for Future movement that has inspired students to skip school and join protests demanding faster action on climate change.

A new reading of the centuries-old Rök runestone suggests its creator was afraid of a new round of climate change.

The report from Sierra Club BC found 3.6 million hectares of clearcut forest are contributing more carbon emissions than they can absorb until new trees mature.

For these students, the climate crisis is an issue they've been forced to take on, they say, and now they want to see change.

"We'll ensure that everyone has the opportunity to train for and succeed in the jobs that we are going to [create]," said NDP environment critic Ian Arthur.

The scientists behind the letter say a few "invalid" names among the 11,000 signatures do not diminish their very real warning.

Shannon Sterling joined thousands of other scientists around the world in signing the World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency letter.

The letter includes 29 simple graphs illustrating everything from atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases to livestock numbers to extreme weather events and wildfire losses.

Fresh on the heels of her visit to Alberta, Thunberg will attend a climate strike in Vancouver on Friday morning.

By Sunday afternoon, several layers of graffiti had been painted over the piece, including a French slur.