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Peace River Valley, 2020. Image credit: Garth Lenz. Used with permission.
First Nations exercising treaty rights to fight tar sands and Site C development
Maya Bhullar | RAVEN is a Canadian NGO whose mission is to raise legal defence funds for Indigenous peoples to defend their treaty rights and the integrity of their traditional lands and cultures.
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Peace River, 2018. Image credit: Garth Lenz. Used with permission
West Moberly First Nations seek access to crucial information about Site C safety and cost
Ana Simeon | West Moberly First Nations will be in court March 29 and 30 to request BC Hydro and B.C. government documents that provide key information about the Site C dam project.
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George VI and Queen Elizabeth greet chieftains of the Stoney Indian Tribe in Calgary, who have brought a photo of Queen Victoria, 1939. Image credit: National Film Board of Canada/Wikimedia Commons
Abolishing the monarchy would not end Canada's treaties with Indigenous peoples
Aidan Simardone | Going from a monarchy to a republic would not affect Canada's treaties with Indigenous people. To argue otherwise is to argue against Indigenous sovereignty.
RabbleTV
Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society offers healing and support to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Jase Tanner | Tracy Draper, program coordinator of the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, speaks about the organization's work and reflects on what's needed to address the issues faced by her community.
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Labour fights right-wing racist ad on Facebook
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour | A right-wing group is running an ad saying racialized groups should not get vaccine priority. The Canadian Labour Congress is running an online campaign against the ad.
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Water faucet. Image credit: Sasikan Ulevik/Unsplash
Canada still failing to fix water crisis in First Nations communities, says AG
Pam Palmater | This week, Canada's auditor general released her report on whether Canada is providing enough support to ensure that First Nations have access to clean drinking water. The answer was a clear no.
RabbleTV
2021 Women's March
Libby Davies on the tragedy of missing and murdered women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Jase Tanner | Former Vancouver city councillor and former NDP MP Libby Davies discusses the issue of missing and murdered women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
RabbleTV
2021 Women's March
Downtown Eastside community gathers for 30th Women's Memorial March
Jase Tanner | This episode documents the 30th annual Women's Memorial March in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The march, which first took place on Valentine's Day in 1992, commemorates lost loved ones.
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Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Image credit: Nancy Girard Bégin/Flickr
Canada continues shirking its human rights obligations to First Nations children
Pam Palmater | Bill C-92 was heralded as the solution to the "humanitarian crisis" of First Nations children in foster care. Instead it could make things worse.
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Woman holding test tubes. Image credit: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash
Finding wisdom in science and Indigenous knowledge
David Suzuki | We need more observational science, but we have to recognize its fundamental weaknesses and inadequacies, and scientists must be careful not to confuse their biases with truths.
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Hospital room. Image credit: Daan Stevens/Unsplash
Report exposes widespread racism in B.C. health care
Pam Palmater | A new report confirms what most Indigenous peoples already knew -- that racism against Indigenous peoples is prevalent in B.C.'s health-care system.
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Anti-DAPL protest in Los Angeles, February 2017. Image credit: [DV8] David Patrick Valera/Flickr
Lakota First Nations call on Biden to shut down Dakota Access pipeline
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Shutting down the Dakota Access pipeline is a vital step towards repairing the damage already done, one that U.S. President Biden can and should take, with the stroke of a pen, without delay.
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