qathet Living, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
In 2020 Tla’amin Nation broke ground by starting the first building projects in over 15 years on Nation land. Five of these projects have just been completed.
Continue reading Building boom in a West Coast First Nation
By David Venn, Nunatsiaq News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Approximately 1,000 people gathered outside Nakasuk Elementary School Friday evening to hear Pope Francis apologize for abuses committed by some Catholics within the residential school system.
Continue reading Protest, cheers, greet Pope Francis on stage in Iqaluit
By Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
This week Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs welcomed a delegation from across the country and beyond to the yintah (territory) for a Peace and Unity Summit. Through the four-day event, the chiefs brought together Indigenous leaders, politicians, conservation groups and others to uplift Indigenous sovereignty, share space and join in solidarity with the Hereditary Chiefs in their opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
“It’s really heartwarming to see all the people coming together in peace and unity across Canada to maintain the solidarity of the Wet’suwet’en,” Dinï ze’ (Hereditary Chief) Madeek told attendees at the event.
“You make history by being peaceful. By being here, being together, being united, knowing that we all have the same heart,” Dinï ze’ Na’Moks said.
Arrests weren’t part of the plan.
Continue reading Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs hosted a Peace and Unity gathering. RCMP made arrestsEditors note: More than 40 fishermen operated out of Cortes Island in the 1970’s. Mike Manson remembers the years when there were usually several fishing boats trolling within sight of his home. Now there are one or two boats and neither of them fish in our waters – See Four Decades of Gillnetting on Cortes Island.
By Kaitlyn Bailey, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Northern Native Fishing Corporation (NNFC) fishers lost five salmon harvest days after there was a delay from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in issuing their licences, Mabel Mazurek, general manager at NNFC, said on July 26.
The missed days on the river cost the fisherman thousands of dollars of income and caused them a lot of added stress, Mazurek said.
Continue reading Indigenous commercial fishers in Prince Rupert face late start from delayed licences
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Note: This story contains accounts of police violence, racism and hate against Indigenous people that could be triggering. Please listen with care.
Laura Holland, of the Small Frog house, Wet’suwet’en, sets up the hall at Homalco Nation for a memorial on July 7. The day marks a year since her son Jared (“Jay”) Lowdnes was killed by Campbell River RCMP.
Continue reading ‘Justice for Jared:’ Family of Indigenous man killed by RCMP demand justice a year later
