First Nation
Opposition Mounts Against Kinder Morgan Pipeline in Canada as Indigenous People Reject Proposal
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation of British Columbia, which has never ceded its land title, opposes the $5.4-billion expansion project on environmental, cultural and legal grounds.
Tailings Ponds are the Biggest Environmental Disaster You've Never Heard Of
Last Monday, a dam holding waste from the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in the remote Cariboo region of British Columbia broke.
Tailings Ponds Are the Biggest Environmental Disaster You've Never Heard Of
Last Monday, a "tailings pond" dam holding waste from the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in British Columbia broke, spilling billions of gallons of toxic sludge out into pristine lakes and streams. Environmentalists say these dams are disasters in...
Ex-Canadian Novelty Store Owner Builds Home on Aboriginal Burial Ground
In Coast Salish culture, burial sites are places for the dead, separate from villages, which only specific caretakers could visit.
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.
Canadian Pensions Are Being Invested in Mining Company with Shady Human Rights Record
Tahoe recently turned their sights on the millions of Canadian taxpayer dollars invested in the company.
How Canada Lost Over 600 Missing or Murdered Aboriginal Men Cases
In Canada, racial data is “actively suppressed” statistics. As a result, Stats Canada does not include race in their count of homicides.
UN Tells Canada to Solve the 1,200 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Cases
Almost 1,200 aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered since 1952, which is twice as many than had previously estimated.
Indigenous Lawsuits Could Paralyze Canada's Tar Sands
This wave of litigation responds to Canada’s new regulatory climate, in which energy projects no longer require environmental assessments.
First Nation Communities in Canada Are Living on Land Filled with Contaminants
Mercury poisoning caused by the contamination has left some community members stricken with a rare condition known as Minamata Disease.
Native Issues Are Being Ignored Once Again in Quebec's Elections
For many aboriginal communities, voting in elections is a faux-pas that goes back to Canada’s poor history of native relations.
Oil Giant SWN Is Suspending Its Work in New Brunswick After Nationwide Protests
Anti-fracking tension has spread throughout Canada, and today, Texan oil giant SWN announced they'd be pulling out of New Brunswick until 2015.