RCMP have begun amassing in Houston and Smithers prompting concerns about a fourth raid on Wet’suwet’en territory
On January 1, Likhts’amisyu (Fireweed) Clan tweeted: Please offer prayers and support for all of our friends on our People’s ...
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Trudeau’s COP26 pledge will not stop the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders
At the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to cap this country’s oil and gas ...
Looking back at Canada’s war in Afghanistan
Canadian Embassy officials in Kabul, Afghanistan were evacuated on August 15 as Taliban forces entered the capital city and took ...
Canada set to buy armed drones in 2022-23 that the military says are capable of “pinpoint strikes”
On July 27, Daniel Hale, a 33-year-old former United States Air Force signals intelligence analyst who helped locate targets for ...
Constitutional action launched against mine that supplies New Brunswick’s Belledune coal plant
On July 22, the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR), the Corporación Geoambiental Terrae and local communities of the Guajira ...
Human rights defenders call on Canada to end support to Colombian police and army
As the violence against the ongoing national strike in Colombia continues, the Colombian human rights organization CREDHOS (the Regional Corporation for ...
Will the new finance minister redirect $19 billion from fighter jets to a gender-aware budget?
The newly installed Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has previously claimed that Canada has "pursued a feminist foreign policy," also highlighting that "women's rights are ...
New Brunswick public sector pension plans have shares in world’s largest weapons manufacturer
Vestcor Investment Management Corporation, jointly owned by the New Brunswick Teachers' Pension Plan and the New Brunswick Public Service Pension ...
Lido Pimienta raises pandemic relief funds for Indigenous Wayúu affected by the mining of coal destined for New Brunswick
When Toronto-based artist-musician Lido Pimienta performed at a Pitchfork stay-at-home concert this past April, she chose to spotlight Fuerza de ...
United Nations Secretary-General calls for global ceasefire during pandemic, Canada continues to manufacture arms
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated his call for an immediate global ceasefire given the COVID-19 pandemic. He noted, ...
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