On June 17, after years of resistance from environmental groups, citizens, and opposition parties, the Conservative government signed and approved the Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline. […]
Tag: Native Issues
Bill C-33: Assimilation in the 21st Century
On June 11 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in the House of Commons and offered apologies on behalf of the Canadian government for the […]
RCMP releases count on missing and murdered Indigenous women
After years of demands for a national inquiry into the status of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) […]
2013 in the News: Distraction, more of the same and a few surprises
The world was supposed to end in 2012. It didn’t. In fact, if 2013 in the news is any indication, it didn’t even change all […]
Charlie Angus sings about a very different Sir John A. MacDonald (VIDEO)
For many, Canada’s first Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald may just be the guy on the ten dollar bill and generally a good man. […]
Toronto police arrest Native veteran at Remembrance Day event (VIDEO)
Davyn Calfchild served in the Canadian military and earned three medals over five years. He attended Remembrance Day events in Toronto yesterday not as a […]
SPVM destroy tipi and compare Idle No More activists to occupiers (AUDIO)
Earlier this evening, Montreal police took down and destroyed a tipi that activists had set up as part of the Idle No More Global Day […]
Residential Schools: Time is running out for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Last week, people in several cities around the country held peaceful demonstrations demanding that the government disclose everything that it knows about the crimes of […]
Idle No More: A movement we should all support
Some may see the growing Idle No More movement as simply an aboriginal issue, but in truth it is also a stand against Prime Minister […]
Why we should be #idlenomore
Today is the 12th day of Chief Theresa Spence’s fast. Around Canada, North America and beyond, Indigenous Peoples and their allies are rallying around this […]