Community News
Forest fire hazard in high to extreme as one fire forces evacuation near Webequie First Nation
May 30, 2013 - 5:03am | by brianbeatonBlaze forces Ring of Fire mine camp evacuation
Mining camp north of Thunder Bay under threat from 400 hectare blaze
CBC News Posted: May 29, 2013
A forest fire is burning about 60 km southeast of Webequie First Nation. (Google Maps)
Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters are battling a forest fire about 60 km south of Webequie First Nation.
First Nation woman in BC finally wins right to fish after 9 years and 200 court appearances
May 30, 2013 - 4:50am | by brianbeaton9 years and 200 court appearances later, aboriginal B.C. woman free to fish
By Steve Mertl | Daily Brew - May 29, 2013
There's probably no better example of the tension between B.C. aboriginal fishing rights and Canadian law than the case of Patricia Kelley.
New video on tar sands development: The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenge Shell
May 28, 2013 - 4:50am | by brianbeatonNew video: The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation challenge Shell
Blogpost by Melina Laboucan-Massimo - May 23, 2013
The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) attended the Shell Annual General Meeting in the Netherlands this week to take their message directly to the company's CEO and shareholders.
170 legal victories in courts give First Nations a say in how resources are accessed and developed
May 28, 2013 - 4:28am | by brianbeaton170 legal victories empower First Nations in fight over resource development
Claudia Cattaneo - 12/12/14
Kasabonika Lake First Nation declares state of emergency as water levels rise
May 28, 2013 - 4:19am | by brianbeatonKasabonika Lake, Ontario declares state of emergency
The Canadian Press - May 27, 2013
A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation remained under a state of emergency Monday as water levels on the lake it sits on continued to rise.
Questions being asked - Creating a confrontation with First Nations part of government's plan?
May 27, 2013 - 6:04pm | by brianbeaton
Free University of Toronto online Aboriginal Worldviews course attracts 23,000 people all over world
May 27, 2013 - 11:38am | by brianbeaton
Canadian mining company fined millions for destroying traditional lands and lives of Indigenous people
May 26, 2013 - 1:49pm | by brianbeatonFrom CBC.ca
Doctors treating people in poverty with ways to increase their income as method to improve health
May 26, 2013 - 1:43pm | by brianbeatonTreating poverty works like medicine, doctors say
Financial support can pay off with better health
CBC News - May 26, 2013
Adding to poor patients' incomes works to decrease the health effects of poverty, Canadian doctors are finding.
Clayton Thomas-Muller - a Canadian First Nations activist on environmental and economic justice
May 25, 2013 - 2:31pm | by brianbeatonFrom Canadiandimension.com - "For people who want to change the world"
The Rise of the Native Rights-Based Strategic Framework
Our Last Best Hope to Save our Water, Air and Earth
CLAYTON THOMAS-MULLER | May 23rd 2013
