Canada's National Observer: Climate News
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Canada's National Observer publishes journalism in the public interest. Award-winning investigative journalism and daily news reporting on climate change, energy, the environment and politics, along with a Special Reports magazine, multi-media features, analysis and opinions.
What we mean when we say Indigenous land is 'unceded'
WEBJan 24, 2020 · Canada’s Constitution is clear that Indigenous land rights exist, said Benjamin Ralston, a lecturer and researcher at the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. But in practice, fights over exactly what those rights are can take decades to resolve in court or in treaty negotiations, revealing “cognitive dissonance” in ...
‘We're not going away’: Grassy Narrows wants mercury cleanup …
WEBMay 10, 2022 · Whichever party wins power at Queen’s Park in June, they’ll be hearing from Randy Fobister. “We're not going away … we're still going to be a thorn in their side,” says the chief of Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum-Anishinabek, also …
It's all in the family for Canada's most famous sibling activists
WEBNov 17, 2020 · Growing up in Montreal, their mother, Bonnie Sherr Klein, became a pioneering member of the National Film Board’s Studio D, the first publicly funded feminist film production unit in the world. “My parents always went to demonstrations. Our family car trips were listening to music from the civil rights movement.
GiveSendGo tells court it's refunding convoy donations amid …
WEBMar 10, 2022 · Lawyers for a proposed class-action lawsuit against the convoy protest in Ottawa argued in court Wednesday that GiveSendGo may be in breach of a freezing order on funds raised for the convoy on the website.. Monique Jilesen, a lawyer representing the proposed class and who obtained an injunction that froze convoy funds, said the order is meant to secure funds so the legal issue of how they ...
The surprising truth about gun deaths in Canada
WEBJun 2, 2022 · Of the remaining 20 to 25 per cent of firearm deaths that are not suicide, the data is unclear but appears to follow the Canadian homicide pattern of 31 per cent resulting from family violence. The presence of a gun in a household struggling with heavy drinking, domestic violence and other stresses is inherently intimidating and deadly.
As climate change worsens, reservation dogs are feeling the heat
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Cassadore is San Carlos Apache and the founder of Geronimo Animal Rescue Team, a nonprofit animal care and adoption organization on the reservation.As the Watch Fire burned around 2,000 acres and destroyed 20 homes, Cassadore’s team began a long night of rescues. “We were driving around burnt dogs with their burnt paws,” she said. “We were doing that all night.”
Banding together for government contracts
WEBFeb 28, 2024 · Ottawa has set a goal to ensure that a minimum of five per cent of the total value of federal contracts to businesses, otherwise known as procurement, are awarded to those led by Indigenous Peoples. The organization is modelled after Supply Nation, which is run by Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Shannin Metatawabin, CEO of …
It’s not clear whether the Ottawa police took a permissive …
WEBFeb 1, 2022 · You might think after the protesters shut down the capital for the weekend, forcing some businesses to close and many residents to shelter in place, the local authorities would take a harder line with them. But after the organizers — and I use that term loosely — announced their intention to remain in the city and continue disrupting traffic, the Ottawa police effectively waved a giant ...
Health care in Canada is in crisis. Why do some people seem so …
WEBAug 18, 2022 · When asked if her province would consider allowing more private activity in the health-care system, Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones said, “All options are on the table.”A few days earlier, former B.C. premier Christy Clark made an impassioned plea for said options in an appearance on the Real Talk with Ryan Jespersen podcast. “If provinces were allowed the freedom to innovate in ...