Idle No More
How Activists Shut Down the Enbridge Line 9 Pipeline Hearings
After three days of uneventful bureaucratic protocol, the National Energy Board hearings for Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline reversals erupted into a noisy but non-violent demonstration.
Why Is Stephen Harper Ignoring the UN's Push to Investigate Missing Aboriginal Women?
Current estimates place the number of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada at 668, and yet Stephen Harper's government is ignoring a global plea to investigate.
Canada's First Nations Reserves Have a Faulty System of Government
The current governing structure on First Nations reserves in Canada has done a very good job in keeping the Indigenous population of this country internalized and dependent.
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.
Talking Shop with Sook-Yin Lee
A chat with former MuchMusic VJ, CBC radio host, and contemporary artist Sook-Yin Lee about Stephen Harper's bland personality, mooning people, and Idle No More.
The Art of Native Regalia
Being Aboriginal myself, I knew a thing or two about the culture and wanted to share the experience. When I arrived at the Pow Wow, it quickly became clear that I was about to get schooled in tradition.
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."
Stephen Harper Likes Pandas More than Idle No More
While the arrival of two Chinese pandas to Canada is super exciting, Stephen Harper neglected to meet with a group of Cree youth who literally walked 1,600km to Ottawa under the banner of Idle No More.
Native Leaders Are Telling Enbridge To Go Fuck Itself
The Canadian oil lobby has been pushing a flashy PR campaign to convince the world we're good at making clean oil. Meanwhile, Native leaders are calling bullshit on the ethical oil message while scoffing at the potential profit margins.
A Toxic Tour of Canada's Chemical Valley
The most shocking thing about Sarnia, Ontario’s “Chemical Valley” is that people actually live there. More than 60 oil refineries and petrochemical plants—40 percent of Canada’s total chemical industry—operate within 15 miles of the valley, which...
The Wildly Depressing History of Canadian Residential Schools
After hearings earlier this year revealed the use of an electric chair as a punishment device for Native children at residential schools, we looked into the horrifying and torturous history of Canada's sick attempt to solve the "Indian Problem."
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...