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Government must do more to address First Nations' water woes | Feb 15 2017 | David Suzuki | The David Suzuki Foundation and Council of Canadians have published a report card rating government progress on its commitment to ending drinking water advisories in nine First Nations in Ontario.
Propaganda against Barrick Gold Corp
A conversation on 'Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America' | Feb 15 2017 | Redeye Collective | A new book by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the environmental and human rights abuses that occur as a result.
Justin Trudeau and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
What are the chances feminist Trudeau will provide Canadians with a national gender equality plan? | Feb 15 2017 | Doreen Nicoll | Justin Trudeau, self-proclaimed feminist, is looking more misogynous with each passing day.
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Women in poverty are falling into debtors' prison, reports Elizabeth Fry Society | Feb 14 2017 | Penney Kome | Women are going to jail in Canada, especially Indigenous women, because they are unable to pay fines for small infractions.
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Lawsuits pile up as Kinder Morgan opponents prepare next pipeline battleground in the courts | Feb 14 2017 | Alyse Kotyk | Whales, corruption and contempt for Indigenous rights are just some of the court cases that activists hope will halt the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion project.
Winter fishing on ice of Assynoibain & Red River
Songs Upon the Rivers | Feb 9 2017 | Braden Alexander | The histories of Indigenous communities and European explorers contain stories that have been lost in history. A new book presented by Sébastien Malette seeks out the forgotten stories.
11 wishes for 2017 that will make Canada greener, more just and more equal | Feb 7 2017 | Cheryl McNamara | Last January, KAIROS released its wish list for the year -- 10 plus one hopes for the federal government and the provinces to fulfill. Two of these were realized. Here are our wishes for 2017.
March in Bucaramanga, Santander against Eco Oro Minerals and other companies
Colombia's resistance to Canadian mining interests is multi-faceted and fearless | Feb 7 2017 | Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo | Indigenous people, Afro-Colombians, union leaders, farmers, students and academics in Colombia confront Canadian mining companies.
Joe Brusky, Love Resist Divest by the Overpass Light Brigade
Build the opposition to Trumpism in Canada | Feb 3 2017 | Maya Bhullar | New networks of organizers are building locally and globally to oppose the attacks on everything we believe in. Here are some Canada-focused tools to fight back against Trumpism.
Indigenous people are fighting for us all | Feb 1 2017 | David Suzuki | It's ironic that after a history of facing genocidal policies, North America's original peoples are leading a struggle on behalf of us all.
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Prosperity mine demonstrates environmental assessments more critical than ever | Jan 31 2017 | Jamie Kneen, Sean Nixon | Review panels need enough information during (not after) an environmental assessment to decide whether projects will likely have significant environmental effects.
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Pipeline resistance grows as Trump revives Keystone XL and Dakota Access megaprojects | Jan 26 2017 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | It will take more than the stroke of Trump's pen to quash the vigorous resistance to the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines, or the growing global demand for urgent action to combat climate change.

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Mi'kmaq-led struggle against Alton Gas in Nova Scotia KenS said... There is a lot of cross fertilization between this and No DAPL. Mi'kmaq have been at Standing Rock...
Launch of Espaces autochtones - Radio-Canada swallow said... Awesome! I hope they step up coverage on the news as well -- my sense is that people are pretty...
Young Indigenous politicians are leading the Manitoba NDP robbie_dee said... Quote:The mood was mainly sombre and the cash-bar business was mainly brisk as Manitoba New...
Alberta mother's battle puts spotlight on First Nations medical care rejections mark_alfred said... Alberta mother's battle puts spotlight on First Nations medical care rejections   Quote:An...
NDP confronts Liberals on Dept of Justice denying 3000 residential school survivors justice due to a technicality mark_alfred said... CBC article on it:Indigenous affairs minister to look into rejected residential school cases...
'Nation to Nation'? Indigenous people and the Trudeau government swallow said... Quote: If Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau wonders how to honour his historic promise of...
Israeli terrorists kill Palestinian baby, critically wound rest of family lagatta said... More on this atrocity from Al Jazeera, with a video report. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/...
AFN asks Ottawa to declare all Aboriginal languages official lagatta said... I certainly agree with this in principle, and there are several languages spoken widely in northern...
quiet champion Carey Price urges First Nations youth to be "confident" lagatta said... Yes, I really liked that. Important message, and amazingly, he doesn't sound full of himself. in
Missing and murdered. Leah Anderson, 15 years old... and others lagatta said... Teresa Casandra Robinson of Garden Hill, Manitoba, age 11.  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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