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Fifteen victims of physical and sexual abuse that occurred at the Port Alberni Residential School between 1949 and 1970 have filed a suit for damages in the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.
A Jan. 31 press release from the plaintiffs' lawyers, Hutchins Soroka Grant & Paterson, states that the suit is one of the largest ever brought before Canadian courts on behalf of…
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Fifteen victims of physical and sexual abuse that occurred at the Port Alberni Residential School between 1949 and 1970 have filed a suit for damages in the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.
A Jan. 31 press release from the plaintiffs' lawyers, Hutchins Soroka Grant & Paterson, states that the suit is one of the largest ever brought before Canadian courts on behalf of…
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Guest Column
The French-speaking Quebec citizens of Canada are considering taking steps to separate from Canada. Tragically their desire to separate and to establish French language and culture as supreme within the province of Quebec, without granting a similar right of separation to Indigenous Canadians, is a continuation of the old tradition of Eurocentric colonialism…
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Guest Column
The French-speaking Quebec citizens of Canada are considering taking steps to separate from Canada. Tragically their desire to separate and to establish French language and culture as supreme within the province of Quebec, without granting a similar right of separation to Indigenous Canadians, is a continuation of the old tradition of Eurocentric colonialism…
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Well, it's about time.
With the signing of the Nisga'a treaty agreement in British Columbia, Aboriginal Canada has taken a step into the 21st century. After the millennium, we will see a rush of such treaties, but congratulations are in order to the Nisga'a now, who have been pushing for this agreement since the 19th century.
Congratulations are also in order for…
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Well, it's about time.
With the signing of the Nisga'a treaty agreement in British Columbia, Aboriginal Canada has taken a step into the 21st century. After the millennium, we will see a rush of such treaties, but congratulations are in order to the Nisga'a now, who have been pushing for this agreement since the 19th century.
Congratulations are also in order for…
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The federal government has signed framework agreements with three national Native organizations to establish guidelines for the delivery of human resources programs and services by and for the Aboriginal people.
The three-year agreements, which come into effect April 1, replace the Pathways to Success federal job training program that expires March 31 with community-based…
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The federal government has signed framework agreements with three national Native organizations to establish guidelines for the delivery of human resources programs and services by and for the Aboriginal people.
The three-year agreements, which come into effect April 1, replace the Pathways to Success federal job training program that expires March 31 with community-based…
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Big things are in store for the Tsuu T'ina Nation. The Department of National Defence is returning the land presently occupied by the CFB Harvie barracks.
Situated on the Calgary city limits, the land is ideally located for economic development. Depending on the outcome of zoning rulings, the Tsuu T'ina have a number of exciting proposals before them.
Beaver Land…
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Big things are in store for the Tsuu T'ina Nation. The Department of National Defence is returning the land presently occupied by the CFB Harvie barracks.
Situated on the Calgary city limits, the land is ideally located for economic development. Depending on the outcome of zoning rulings, the Tsuu T'ina have a number of exciting proposals before them.
Beaver Land…
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Millions of Canadian tax dollars are spent protecting the leghold trap, the fur industry and to conduct cruel trap research, alleges an animal rights group carrying out what it describes as an "international education campaign" to stop trapping.
The Fur-Bearers Association wants Canadians to pressure the government to ban the leghold trap and to stop spending millions of…
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Millions of Canadian tax dollars are spent protecting the leghold trap, the fur industry and to conduct cruel trap research, alleges an animal rights group carrying out what it describes as an "international education campaign" to stop trapping.
The Fur-Bearers Association wants Canadians to pressure the government to ban the leghold trap and to stop spending millions of…
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Placing animal rights above Aboriginal survival will result directly in deaths across Canada, according to an Inuit spokesman.
"The values that the animal rights groups bring with them are very threatening to our culture," said Peter Williamson, a project coordinator the with the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. He explained that, if the Fur-Bearers Association or any other such…
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Placing animal rights above Aboriginal survival will result directly in deaths across Canada, according to an Inuit spokesman.
"The values that the animal rights groups bring with them are very threatening to our culture," said Peter Williamson, a project coordinator the with the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. He explained that, if the Fur-Bearers Association or any other such…
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A long-anticipated agreement has been reached between the Nisga'a Tribal Council, and the governments of British Columbia and Canada. The agreement will be used as the basis for negotiations of the first modern-day treaty in the province and ends over 100-years of waiting for the northern B.C. Natives.
The province presented the new Nisga'a agreement-in-principle for…