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Riots Erupt in East Jerusalem After Death of Palestinian Teen
A father says Israeli forces fired a rubber bullet that hit his 16-year-old son in the head during a protest.
Gaza Reconstruction Will Take 20 Years, Says Post-Conflict Housing Group
Over 17,000 housing units have been destroyed or severely damaged in Gaza during the seven-week conflict between Hamas and Israel.
The Mount Polley Tailings Pond Disaster Has Sparked a First Nation Blockade
After a man-made lake full of mining waste collapsed last week, BC Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett compared the disaster to an avalanche.
Chemical Leak in Canada Sparks a First Nations Blockade
The site of the spill is of cultural sensitivity to the Mi'kmaq peoples of Pictou Landing, as it is in direct proximity to a burial ground.
A First Nations Community Has Blockaded Their Gulf Islands Territory Over Valuable Phallic Clams
The Chemainus First Nation say they’ve been let down by a recent Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) policy decision to restrict their ability to culture geoducks, a hugely valuable clam species that is already harvested commercially in the area.
We Went to an Idle No More Protest for Missing Native Women
It was designed to call attention to the mysterious deaths of two women which the police have respectively written off as a suicide and suspicious.
Gaza's Graveyards for The Living: Now Flooded with Sewage Water
There are now at least 900 tunnels operating between Gaza and Egypt. That flourishing business is a distressing signal of Gaza’s economic isolation. To work in these tunnels is considered the most dangerous job in Gaza. It's known as “the trade of...
Idle No More Is About the Environment, Too
Idle No More is commonly known as an effort to secure Native rights, and that's true, but it's also a massive environmental movement that's gaining international recognition. We were at a railroad blockade in Toronto during the Super Bowl that was set...