The movement sweeping the country with rail blockades since the RCMP raid in Wet’suwet’en territory earlier this month will likely shift its focus to Parliament Hill, according to a Secwepemc chief. Neskonlith te Secwepemc Chief Judy Wilson said the movement has already hit the steps of the B.C. legislature with days-long sit-ins and it’s only a matter of time…
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A Nova Scotia First Nation has called in the RCMP to investigate its partners in a cheese business that went sour. Between 2017 and 2019, the federal government spent over $2 million on a failed Glooscap First Nation business venture to import, process and distribute 25 tonnes of feta cheese from Greece. In a lawsuit seeking damages,…
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In response to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) moving to end a blockade by the Mohawks of Tyendinaga of a rail line near Belleville, Ont., protesters from Six Nations of the Grand River near Hamilton have shut down GO Transit early Tuesday morning. Sonia Hill, who identifies as Mohawk from Six Nations of Grand River, sang medicine songs Monday night and supported demonstrators…
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An emergency meeting was attended by dozens of residents in Kahnawake, Que., Monday night after a day of fear, anxiety and school closures in the Mohawk community, due to misinformation on social media about solidarity action that brought back memories of the 1990 Oka Crisis. Since Feb. 8, a railway has been blocked in Kahnawake to…
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Demonstrators are once again setting up a new rail blockade in northern B.C. less than two weeks after the previous one was dismantled. Gitx’san Nation Hereditary Chief Spookw said there are about 30 to 40 people at the railway site near New Hazelton, north of Smithers, B.C., as of Monday mid-afternoon but expects the numbers to…
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Demonstrators are once again setting up a new rail blockade in northern B.C. less than two weeks after the previous one was dismantled. Gitx’san Nation Hereditary Chief Spookw said there are about 30 to 40 people at the railway site near New Hazelton, north of Smithers, B.C., as of Monday mid-afternoon but expects the numbers to…
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