Métis lawyer Robyn Gervais wins civil liberties award
The Métis lawyer who made headlines when she resigned in protest from the job of Aboriginal counsel at B.C.’s missing women inquiry has been awarded the province’s top civil liberties award.
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Grassy Narrows marchers offer government mercury-tainted fish
Decades after Dryden Chemicals dumped 10 tonnes of the neurotoxin into northwest Ontario’s English-Wabigoon River in the 1960s, Aboriginal communities are literally reeling from its effects.
Palmater dubbed a “wild card” in race for National Chief
Palmater, a lawyer and chair of Ryerson University’s Centre for Indigenous Governance, joined the quest for leadership of the Assembly of First Nations.
Police arrest five at ‘Casserole’ Quebec solidarity demonstrations in Vancouver
Two separate ‘Casseroles Night in Canada’ demonstrations in solidarity with Quebec student protests ended in arrest last night in Vancouver, with five arrested for mischief and obstructing police officers.
First Nations call for greater representation on fisheries boards
With salmon numbers in B.C.’s once-abundant Fraser River stocks predicted to take another devastating hit this summer, some are questioning why First Nations are under-represented in managing a fishery that has become almost exclusively theirs.
Self-determination key plank in Gabriel’s campaign
Decades after being chosen to represent her people in the 1990 Kanehsatà:ke standoff, Ellen Gabriel at is back in the spotlight as a candidate for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
Don’t want coal mines? Then don’t buy steel: Compliance Energy CEO
The head of Compliance Energy Corp. said his firm’s proposed Raven Underground Coal Project, in Vancouver Island’s Comox Valley, will not harm the environment.
Conservatives’ Refugee Health Cuts Rile Doctors
‘Groundswell’ of anger by MDs, other health providers, against hit to Interim Federal Health Program.
Vision Vancouver critic Sean Antrim appointed COPE executive director
The left-leaning Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) unveiled its new executive director today.
Missing Women Inquiry Hearings End Amid Cover-Up Charges From Victims’ Families
Eight months after they began, hearings into why police failed to catch serial killer Robert Pickton sooner ended much as they began: with families and aboriginal groups protesting outside.
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