Attawapiskat
Inside the Occupation by Indigenous Peoples That Has Spread Across Canada
A suicide crisis on the Aboriginal reserve Attawapiskat drew protesters, leaders, and mothers with young children in tow, to occupy offices of the Canada's Indigenous and Northern Affairs ministry this month.
Indigenous Youth to Canadian Politician: ‘Tell Me Why We Live in Third World Conditions’
Canada's minister of Indigenous affairs toured on Monday Attawapiskat, which shot to international attention last week with reports that 11 people — most of them youths — had tried to commit suicide in one day. Another five tried on Friday.
Burning Sweetgrass, Protesters Occupy Canadian Government Office Over Indigenous Suicide Crisis
Leaders in Attawapiskat, a tiny and remote Aboriginal reserve, declared a state of emergency on Saturday night after 11 people attempted suicide that night, including nine minors.
Canadian Politicians Debate Until Midnight the ‘Staggering’ Indigenous Suicide Crisis
The debate was requested after the tiny, remote community of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency over suicides. Leaders said 11 people had attempted to their own lives on Saturday night alone.
More Than 100 Attempts, One Death: The Face of a Tiny Canadian Community's Suicide Crisis
As legislators in the nation's capital prepared for an "emergency debate" on Attawapiskat, a small Indigenous reserve, residents are scrambling to cope with a crisis that, by many accounts, is far from over.
A Canadian Indigenous Community's Plea for Help Finally Heeded After 11 Suicide Attempts in One Day
Attawapiskat, a James Bay community of about 2,000 people, has been plagued by suicide for decades, but the crisis reached new heights on Saturday.
A Eulogy for Sun News
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love Ezra Levant, even after he challenged me to kiss a man in a mosque.
Ontario's First Nations Deserve More of the Diamond Industry's Cash
With recent blockades between Attawapiskat and the De Beers diamond mine costing the resource company millions of dollars, tension is heating up around Ontario's "Ring of Fire."