THUNBERG TO JOIN CLIMATE MARCH AT LEGISLATURE

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg will rally in Edmonton on Friday. The 16-year-old will join Edmonton youth and other activists in a climate strike at the Alberta legislature, according to Climate Justice Edmonton. The rally will begin at 11 a.m. in a downtown park and end at the legislature. It will be the latest in a series of rallies that have drawn thousands to the legislature grounds demanding government action on climate change. The strikes are inspired in part by Thunberg, whose weekly strikes in Sweden sparked a global movement for climate action. Environment Minister Jason Nixon has said the Alberta government won’t meet with Thunberg, but hopes she takes time to learn how the province has some of the greenest oil and gas rules in the world.