No to these pipelines! Kinder Morgan pipeline under fire
Labour, First Nations and environmentalists warn that too much is at stake with the TransMountain project.
Tag Archives: Politics
In more than a decade of journalism, political and social issues have been a central focus of my work.
From award-recognized coverage of missing and murdered aboriginal women, to reporting from the election campaign trenches at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, my work has been published in the National Post, Toronto Star, The Tyee, Briarpatch, THIS Magazine, and Vancouver Observer.
Below are some samples from my politics portfolio.
Idle No More flexes its muscles in day of action: ‘We could shut down the country if we really wanted to’
Idle No More again flexed its muscles across the country yesterday, the third and largest Indigenous day of action since the grassroots movement began one month ago, on International Human Rights Day.
Idle No More Ceremony Planned for US-Canada Border
With the Idle No More movement rapidly spreading outside Canada’s borders – seeing Indigenous rights protests emerge as far away as Texas, New Zealand, New York and the United Kingdom – activists in Washington State and British Columbia are planning an action Saturday, January 5th that literally spans the frontier.
Idle No More Support: Ojibwe Woman Embarks on 1,400-mile Journey to D.C.
A resident of Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa decided to take Spence’s message more than 1,400 miles, all the way to President Barack Obama in Washington D.C.
Controversial Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau Calls for National Inquiry on Missing Women, Writes Support Song
Vancouver, B.C.’s nighttime streets were wet with fresh rain as a dozen members of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) community set out on what they dubbed a walkabout tour through the poorest off-reserve area of Canada, accompanied by Indian Country Today Media Network.
‘Colossal Failure’ By Police on Missing Women: Oppal
Province pledges fast implementation of Commission recommendations. Critics demand more action on racism, systemic problems.
Missing Women Inquiry Rules That Racism and Bias Caused ‘Critical Police Failures’
British Columbia’s Attorney General Shirley Bond has pledged to implement “systemic changes” after the release of the highly critical Missing Women Commission of Inquiry’s final report.
Book: Extract – The Pipeline Wars (Vol. I: Enbridge)
Chapter on Enbridge’s Kalamazoo River oil spill disaster.
Photo: Treaty Troubles – The Yale Eye End of 17-Year ‘Marathon’
Under the leadership of Joseph Trutch who later became lieutenant governor of B.C. in 1871, the new province adopted its own land settlement policy, and it left no room for treaty negotiations.
Idle No More Rallies Sprout Across Canada, Invigorating Grassroots
Thousands of people across Canada took to the streets for International Human Rights Day on December 10, launching a grassroots effort for Native rights and recognition in the face of controversial federal budget legislation.
David P Ball 