“It would’ve been very different if I had been premier of Ontario,” Patrick Brown told National Observer in an interview. “I would have been a conservative partner with the federal government, trying to combat climate change.”
The Dzawada’enuxw First Nation filed an 'Aboriginal rights' lawsuit against the government of Canada, challenging the federal permits that allow Atlantic farmed salmon farms in their traditional territories. Chiefs, artists and community members traveled to Vancouver Thursday for a press conference and art exhibit at night to kick off the Nation's legal action.
Emilee Gilpin
News, Energy, Politics, Culture
| January 10th 2019
Threats have been made against her life, but the 55-year-old Honduran journalist shrugs them off as easily as she would an online troll. It’s all in a day’s work when you report on feminism, politics and human rights in a country ruled by corruption, organized crime and men.
As the federal and provincial governments gear up for a tense legal and political battle over climate change, Ottawa announced that it has selected an Ontario company as the first recipient of funds under its climate plan.
Indigenous people voiced their anger and frustration with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at a chaotic town hall in Kamloops, B.C., loudly interrupting him to condemn the arrests of protesters at a pipeline blockade.
Hereditary leaders of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have reached a tentative deal with RCMP, quelling some fears of escalation after police made several arrests at a nearby checkpoint earlier this week.
