CanadaMining & Drilling
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BLOG: The Rise of the Native Rights-Based Strategic Framework
(5/23/2013)
(Canada) -- Years ago I was working for a well-known Indigenous environmental and economic justice organization known as the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN).
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Report warns of 'catastrophic' uprising
(5/1/2013)
(Canada) -- Canada faces a potentially "catastrophic" uprising unless aboriginal Canadians become full participants in natural resource extraction, a prominent...
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Oilsands environmental data to be released for Earth Day
(4/21/2013)
(Canada) -- The federal Conservatives have decided to mark Earth Day this year, launching a long-promised portal for public access to sensitive environmental data from...
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Oil pipeline to the east draws critisim
(4/16/2013)
(Canada) -- Not single piece of pipe has been put in the ground. Nor has anyone been hired. But there’s been a lot of chatter about a proposed Trans-Canadian...
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How the Tar Sands Are Crushing Science in Canada
(4/4/2013)
(Canada) -- The Canadian government is currently under investigation for its efforts to obstruct the right of the media and public to speak to government scientists.
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Fort McKay aboriginals take ‘good with the bad’ of the oil sands
(3/22/2013)
(Canada) -- Jim Boucher, chief of the Fort McKay First Nation near Fort McMurray, hasn’t been shy over the years about taking to task oil sands developers over...
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Envoy to deal with First Nations concerns on pipelines
(3/20/2013)
(Canada) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named an envoy to defuse the tension between First Nations and the energy and pipeline industry that threatens his plan to...
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Canada aboriginal movement poses new threat to miners
(3/17/2013)
(Canada) -- An aboriginal protest movement that's often compared with Occupy Wall Street has the potential to disrupt mining projects across Canada, threatening to...
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LNG warning flags; Canada’s First Nations ponder legal fight
(2/16/2013)
(Canada) -- The National Energy Board has granted Canada’s third LNG export permit, this one for Shell-operated LNG Canada to process the equivalent of 3.23...
9 Total Articles on this Issue
First Nations Politics
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Aboriginal Affairs fails to disclose spying investigation documents during human rights case
(5/22/2013)
(Canada) -- Aboriginal Affairs has refused to release any documents related to its investigation into allegations officials with the federal department spied on a First...
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Chief wants Bill 22 deferred until fall
(5/14/2013)
(Canada) -- The acting grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations is demanding the Alberta government withdraw an aboriginal consultation bill he claims is...
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COLUMN: Aboriginal education vexes Canada (and Paul Martin)
(5/14/2013)
(Canada) -- Former prime minister Paul Martin could have put up his feet after leaving political life, but relaxation is not part of his DNA.
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APTN’s political panel discusses feds responsibility to sick First Nations children – Part 1
(5/11/2013)
(Canada) -- This week’s political panel delved into the government’s responsibility towards sick First Nations children and the highly anticipated byelection...
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APTN’s political panel discusses feds responsibility to sick First Nations children – Part 2
(5/11/2013)
(Canada) -- This week’s political panel delved into the government’s responsibility towards sick First Nations children and the highly anticipated byelection...
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Financial Transparency Legislation Renews Controversy Over First Nation Chiefs' Salaries
(4/19/2013)
(Canada) -- Newly enacted federal legislation forcing First Nations to disclose their leaders' salaries and spending online has been decried by critics who say the...
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Harper needs to meet TRC to avoid First Nations uprise: Commissioner
(4/16/2013)
(Canada) -- A Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner says the federal government’s legislation is counterproductive. Chief Wilton Littlechild says there...
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BLOG: Is Stephen Harper trying to provoke a confrontation with First Nations?
(4/6/2013)
(Canada) -- You have to wonder if Stephen Harper isn’t actively trying to provoke serious conflict with First Nations. There has been over 4 months of ongoing...
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Raymond Robinson to begin second hunger strike
(4/4/2013)
(Canada) -- You may remember his name. Raymond Robinson is back in Ottawa and for the same reasons. Robinson ended his fast with Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa...
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Human rights tribunal into First Nations discrimination underway again
(4/4/2013)
(Canada) -- A human rights case is once again underway on whether Canada discriminates against First Nations children. The complaint against the federal government...
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Distrust of Harper government grows over First Nations funding rules
(4/1/2013)
(Canada) -- First Nations are pushing back at the Harper government over strings they say have been unfairly attached to their federal funding.
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Chiefs prepare to break ranks with AFN on treaty process
(4/1/2013)
(Canada) -- Chiefs are working to create a new National Treaty Alliance that would mount a tough stand on treaty rights, raising the spectre of a fractured Assembly of...
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Native Children Ask for Equal Rights in 'Letters to Canada' Video
(3/31/2013)
(Canada) -- As the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the First Nations Children & Family Caring Society duke it out in the courts and before the Canadian Human...
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Idle No More spokesperson says Harper government continuing First Nations ‘smear campaign’ in newly-released budget
(3/27/2013)
(Canada) -- The Harper government's 300 plus page Budget 2013 contains 124 references to "First Nations." Economic Action Plan 2013 includes renewals of...
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Atleo gives his thoughts on the 2013 budget
(3/23/2013)
(Canada) -- After months of demands and expectations the Assembly of First Nations is now mulling over what communities received in the 2013 federal budget.
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Think aboriginal rage has cooled? Think again.
(3/16/2013)
(Canada) -- Some people might think that Canada’s aboriginal spring was about fake hunger strikes, mawkish speeches and hokey ceremony, all put in its place by a...
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The journey of Nishiyuu making tracks to Ottawa
(3/14/2013)
(Canada) -- Armed with walking sticks and fighting blistered feet, a group of walkers is slowly making tracks to Ottawa. It’s a journey that started months ago...
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Former prime minister Paul Martin joins campaign to help First Nations
(3/3/2013)
(Canada) -- A former prime minister, Olympian and a social activist are standing together. It’s no joke but there is a punchline. They’re trying to spread...
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Bernard Valcourt Replaces John Duncan at Helm of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
(2/28/2013)
(Canada) -- Bernard Valcourt, Progressive-Conservative Member of Parliament for New Brunswick, has replaced John Duncan as Minister of aboriginal Affairs and Northern...
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Feds retaliated against Cindy Blackstock after she filed complaint against them
(2/28/2013)
(Canada) -- A human rights tribunal hearing a case of alleged discrimination on First Nations children by the federal government heard Thursday from the person who filed...
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Assembly of First Nations, RCMP co-operated on response to mass protests in 2007
(2/20/2013)
(Canada) -- The Assembly of First Nations worked closely with the Mounties and provincial police to exchange information about protests and develop common stances before...
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7 questions about First Nations accountability
(2/19/2013)
(Canada) -- From Attawapiskat to Idle No More, when First Nations have been in the headlines this year, accountability issues have been prominent.
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Northern leaders react to John Duncan's resignation
(2/18/2013)
(Canada) -- Though leaders in the North are mixed on how effective John Duncan was as minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, some feel his resignation...
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Feds plan aboriginal agenda
(2/11/2013)
(Canada) -- Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan says the Conservative government plans to pass legislation next year that will provide better educational standards...
24 Total Articles on this Issue
Sports Betting
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Support grows for singe event sportsbetting in Canada
(5/2/2013)
(Canada) -- In Canada, a trio of chamber of commerce organisations have joined forces in order to lobby for the legalisation of single event sportsbetting under the...
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CGA releases statement backing Bill C290
(2/28/2013)
(Canada) -- The following is a statement from the Canadian Gaming Association posted February 2013: Want to bet on the Super Bowl? Great news – all you have to do...
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Residential Schools
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Paul Martin accuses residential schools of 'cultural genocide'
(4/27/2013)
(Canada) -- Residential schools engaged in "cultural genocide," former prime minister Paul Martin said Friday at the hearings of the federal Truth And...
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WILSON: An insincere apology
(4/21/2013)
(Canada) -- It hurts people to think so -- and I truly regret if it hurts anyone for me to say so here -- but the Prime Minister’s apology for residential schools...
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At least 3,000 aboriginal children died in residential schools, research shows
(2/18/2013)
(Canada) -- At least 3,000 children, including four under the age of 10 found huddled together in frozen embrace, are now known to have died during attendance at Canada...
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Keystone XL Pipeline
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Keystone support a result of Alberta efforts, Redford says
(4/22/2013)
(Canada) -- Alberta’s advocacy efforts in Washington are partly to thank for the results of a recent poll showing broad support for the Keystone XL pipeline,...
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TransCanada says Keystone XL will not affect climate
(2/19/2013)
(Canada) -- In a shift in strategy, the company that wants to build an oil pipeline from western Canada to Texas said Tuesday that the project will have no measurable...
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Tobacco & Cigarettes
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Smoking ban exemption for First Nations
(4/19/2013)
(Canada) -- The Penticton council has amended the smoking regulation bylaw in progress to include an exemption for the traditional First Nations cultural use of tobacco...
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RCMP pressured Canada Revenue Agency to not license Mohawk tobacco firms: court docs
(3/14/2013)
(Canada) -- The federal tax agency has faced pressure from the RCMP to stop licensing Kahnawake Mohawk cigarette manufacturers, court documents show.
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Canada Online
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Online gaming in Canada faces new horizon
(3/20/2013)
(Canada) -- Online gambling is popular throughout all of Canada and the number of online Canadian casinos has risen consistently over the years. It is estimated that...
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Idle No More
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BLOG: Idle No More, Copyrights, Trademarks, & Internalized Colonialism
(3/14/2013)
(Canada) -- Today, the rumour that the “Idle No More Four” (which used to be five women, back in December) were planning on copyrighting and/or trademarking...
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Idle No More needs alliance with chiefs: Fontaine
(3/14/2013)
(Canada) -- Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae and former AFN national chief Phil Fontaine recently met in Winnipeg to discuss the way forward for Aboriginal people and...
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Idle No More: Quebec Cree on epic walk to Ottawa picking up supporters along the way
(3/8/2013)
(Canada) -- On the frozen shores of Hudson’s Bay in January, a small group of Great Whale Cree strapped on their mukluks, pulled on their parkas and set out on an...
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Idle No More uses secret weapon
(2/24/2013)
(Canada) -- There was a massive gathering of Idle No More supporters Wednesday. At one point there were so many who turned out the place hosting the meeting collapsed.
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Plex Releases Idle No More Anthem -- With a Little Help from John Lennon
(2/14/2013)
(Canada) -- Indigenous hip hop artist Plex has joined the legion of artists who've been inspired by the Idle No More movement, recording "No More," a...
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How does native funding work?
(2/11/2013)
(Canada) -- The recent Idle No More protests, as well as Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence’s 45-day hunger strike, have raised awareness of native issues.
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Missing Women Crisis
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RCMP questions claim of 600 missing aboriginal women
(2/16/2013)
(Canada) -- The RCMP is questioning the oft-cited claim by an aboriginal group and some federal politicians that about 600 aboriginal women have gone missing or been...
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Other News
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Navajo entrepreneur introduces his idea on how to use rain water
(5/23/2013)
(Canada) -- Earl Benallie is a Navajo from the reserves in British Columbia. Growing up, he was always taught to use the land and its resources instead of depending on...
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Internal Aboriginal Affairs probe cleared officials of spying on First Nations children’s advocate
(5/23/2013)
(Canada) -- An internal Aboriginal Affairs investigation cleared federal officials of breaching the privacy of a First Nations children’s advocate who accused the...
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Cree woman settles suit over solitary confinement
(5/23/2013)
(Canada) -- A Cree woman from Saskatchewan who felt she was losing her mind while being held in solitary confinement in federal prisons has settled a lawsuit that...
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First Nations post-secondary program builds up aboriginal community
(5/23/2013)
(Canada) -- “The scoop” isn’t part of mainstream Canadian history. But in First Nations, the term is so well-known it needs no explanation.
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Shelagh's extended conversation with Boyden and Wagamese
(5/19/2013)
(Canada) -- When Shelagh was in school, aboriginal people were pretty well missing from the history curriculum. One of the ways she learned about this missing history...
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Feds seek to delay human rights tribunal until fall
(5/15/2013)
(Canada) -- It was supposed to be a full two week of testimony at the Canada Human Rights Tribunal hearing a complaint that the federal government under funds First...
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Blockade by individuals amounted to ‘abuse of process’
(5/14/2013)
(Canada) -- The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that individual members of an Aboriginal group can’t use blockades or other “self-help” remedies when...
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Aboriginal victims of sexual assault feel they have nowhere to turn: report
(5/8/2013)
(Canada) -- Most Aboriginal women who endure a sexual assault believe they have nowhere to turn. That’s according to a new report that suggests a majority of...
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'Tragic' number of aboriginal children in foster care
(5/8/2013)
(Canada) -- Nearly half of children under 14 in foster care in Canada are aboriginal children - a number that exceeds even the grimmest estimates of a leading First...
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Feds appeal order to pay for youth treatment
(5/8/2013)
(Canada) -- The federal government is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a court ruling that would force it to pay the cost of caring for a severely disabled...
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Canada's Egregious Human Rights Record Demands Explanation
(5/5/2013)
(Canada) -- According to the federal government Canada is a human rights leader, but this status was openly questioned at the Human Rights Council last week in Geneva.
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North America’s forgotten plague
(5/5/2013)
(Canada) -- A LEAN FIGURE cast in bronze kneels beside a child, a tiny lancet in his hand poised to strike at the girl’s left shoulder. Another patient waits her...
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Is it time for more female chiefs?
(5/3/2013)
(Canada) -- The position of chief has been historically held by men. But as times change some question whether or not it’s time for more women to hold that role....
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Sale of traditionally harvested seals in EU not so easy
(5/1/2013)
(Canada) -- When the European Union revealed last week they had turned down a Canadian appeal to allow the import of seal parts they were quick to point out there was...
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UN report finds Canada not doing enough to stop violence against aboriginal women
(4/30/2013)
(Canada) -- Canada needs a national strategy to combat violence against indigenous women and girls, says a United Nations summary report on human rights. The United...
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Inuit and Canadian Officials Lash Out at European Union's Seal Products Ban
(4/27/2013)
(Canada) -- Canadian, Inuit and international trade leaders alike are lashing out at a European Union court decision to uphold a ban, first enacted three years ago, on...
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Canada's treatment of aboriginals under fire
(4/26/2013)
(Canada) -- Canada's treatment of indigenous peoples was expected to be a central topic as the country's human rights record comes under scrutiny at the United...
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BLOG: A Prairie Homo Companion: First Nations on the Prairies
(4/25/2013)
(Canada) -- For the longest time, I've wanted to write a Prairie Homo Companion piece only on First Nations (FN), but I've been worried. As a non-Indigenous...
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Cinderella Story: Iroquois Ironmen Win Creator's Cup Lacrosse Title
(4/23/2013)
(Canada) -- In an inredible run, the Iroquois Ironmen, an all-Native squad, knocked out the top three seeds in the Canadian Lacrosse League playoffs to win the 2013...
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Junos showcase aboriginal talent
(4/20/2013)
(Canada) -- On Saturday, a special Junos even showcased the best of Canada’s aboriginal talent. There are five nominees for Aboriginal Album of the year, and the...
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