Toronto City Hall votes against Line 9
TORONTO – At the last Toronto City Council meeting before the civic elections this fall, a group called Scarborough for a Bitumen Free Future scored an…
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Wahta Elected Council creates “enemies list”
WAHTA – 120 days have passed since the Wahta Community Fire set up a ongoing protest camp in front of the Administration Building in the…
The search for “Good Living” from northern Ontario to Ecuador
In 2013, Darlene Necan, an Ojibwe woman of the Nation of Saugeen #258, built a cabin on her family’s trap line that she hoped would become a learning centre that could be used to educate natives and non-natives about their rich indigenous culture.
Mohawk man turns to crowdfunding to realize dream
We use the Internet for all sorts of things, to keep track of our friends on Facebook, to watch silly cat videos on Youtube, maybe even to do our banking. One young Mohawk man from the Tyendinaga territory is using the Internet to fund his passion for carving. Rahkaratahkwas Will Fisher, Mohawk bear clan, has opted to use the “crowdfunding” website Kickstarter.
Despite NEB approval of Line 9, opposition continues
The Line 9 campaign in Southern Ontario has been a movement that has used civil disobedience, education, and grassroots organizing to oppose tar sands expansion.
Ontario Changes to Methadone Program a Mistake, BC Patients Warn.
Ontario’s 40,000 methadone patients are being switched to a new formulation of methadone, a medication prescribed to treat opiate addiction. Patients in BC were switched on to the new product – called Methadose – earlier this year. The results are proving problematic. Many patients are reporting that the new methadone doesn’t hold them until their next dose. They wind up in withdrawal, back in the cycle of sickness and craving from which they fought to escape. Some are relapsing back to heroin.
Indigenous voices make themselves heard at PSF
The People’s Social Forum was held this past weekend in at the University of Ottawa on unceded Onkwehon:we land. The four-day gathering was billed as a space for activists and organizers of all stripes to meet in order to develop a coherent and unified strategy to confront the policies of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Forum organizers worked diligently to ensure that the voices of Indigenous peoples were not only present but also prominent.
Three Fires Homecoming Pow Wow this weekend
The 28th annual Three Fires Homecoming Pow Wow and traditional gathering will take place this weekend from August 23rd to 24th. According to Faith Rivers,…
Line 9 Blockaders arrested near Woodstock
INNERKIP – Five protesters trying to stop work on the Line 9 pipeline project which is yards away from the Thames River near Innerkip, Ontario, were arrested Sunday afternoon after locking themselves on the construction site and refusing to leave.
B.C. tailings pond breach will have long-term catastrophic effects
A massive tailings pond breach in British Columbia’s interior last week will most likely have long-term devastating effects on the local environment, fish, and wildlife, experts warn. Last Monday, August 4th, millions of litres of water with toxic substances, including arsenic, mercury, lead and cadmium, overflowed into nearby lakes near the Polley Mountain mine site.
List targets nearly 200 non-native Kahnawà:ke residents for removal from territory
KAHNAWAKE – A grassroots collective of band members has compiled a list of names and is seeking to enforce and evict those in violation of the residency laws on Kahnawake, a Kanienkehaka Reserve just south of Montreal.
Algonquins struggle against logging
BARRIER LAKE – A group of around 30 Barrier Lake Algonquin men, women and children full time are trying to stop what they call “illegal…
Hunger strike for Grassy Narrows after report hidden by Ontario government comes to light
On Monday, the Grassy Narrows (Asubpeechoseewagong) First Nation and the Chiefs of Ontario held a press conference about the province’s decision to push ahead with clearcut logging at all costs on Grassy Narrows traditional territory and its concealment of a 100-page report about the effects of mercury poisoning on the community.
Toxic and noxious weed growing in Tyendinaga
The highly toxic Giant Hogweed has been spotted growing in abundance in Tyendinaga. The Hogweed is located at Beach Road as it turns into Ridge Road on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. In the monthly Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) newsletter community members have been advised to stay away from the area and more importantly stay away from the plant.
Inquest into deaths of 7 Native youth delayed again
THUNDER BAY – From 2000 to 2011, seven First Nations teenagers died under similar circumstances while attending highschool in Thunder Bay, a community home to hundreds of Native youth who bus and fly in from various remote communities in northern Ontario in order to get a highschool education.