By Matteo Cimellaro Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Pink paint splashed over artist Tom Thomson’s iconic Northern River. A topless protester interrupts the Juno Awards with environmental messages of “land back” and “save the Greenbelt” across her torso. A shutdown of key bridges and intersections throughout Ottawa. These are some of the protest actions by Last Generation Canada, an environmental activist group formerly known as On2Ottawa. Now, the group is rebranding to align with an international climate movement network called A22, as it prepares for a new wave of direct action and demands in the nation’s capital. The new name is an amendment of Last Generation’s counterpart in Germany, which maintains this is the last generation to stop climate collapse, while also being the first to effect change in society. A…
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