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Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop #mining near drinking #water source.
After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
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After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
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#onpoli
Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop mining near drinking water source
In a community grieving five recent deaths after a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent
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November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop #mining near drinking #water source.
After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
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#onpoli
After a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent.
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Ontario First Nations say it’s ‘now or never’ to stand up to resource extraction bills: ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
Ontario First Nations say it's ‘now or never’ to stand up to resource extraction bills
Legal experts warn that laws are undemocratic and unconstitutional, while leaders across the north call for a united front to defend their lands and sovereignty
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December 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Ontario First Nations say it’s ‘now or never’ to stand up to resource extraction bills: ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
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ALBERTA: The river is a lifeline for Indigenous communities that have already endured decades of environmental and health impacts. ricochet.media/indigenous/a... #cdnpoli #oilsandstailings #abpoli #ableg
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
ALBERTA: The river is a lifeline for Indigenous communities that have already endured decades of environmental and health impacts. ricochet.media/indigenous/a... #cdnpoli #oilsandstailings #abpoli #ableg
Egyptian-Canadian author Omar El Akkad recently won the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction for One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
ICYMI, catch up on our discussion with him on In Bed with the Elephant, with host @caradrianh.bsky.social:
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ICYMI, catch up on our discussion with him on In Bed with the Elephant, with host @caradrianh.bsky.social:
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December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Egyptian-Canadian author Omar El Akkad recently won the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction for One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
ICYMI, catch up on our discussion with him on In Bed with the Elephant, with host @caradrianh.bsky.social:
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ICYMI, catch up on our discussion with him on In Bed with the Elephant, with host @caradrianh.bsky.social:
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Canada can’t build pipelines without Indigenous consent
Mark Carney and #Alberta’s pipeline pitch promises co-ownership with First Nations, but without any authority over their land, resources, or revenues.
From Nehiyaw and Metis writer Marcel Desjarlais:
ricochet.media/indigenous/c...
#cdnpoli
Mark Carney and #Alberta’s pipeline pitch promises co-ownership with First Nations, but without any authority over their land, resources, or revenues.
From Nehiyaw and Metis writer Marcel Desjarlais:
ricochet.media/indigenous/c...
#cdnpoli
Canada can’t build pipelines without Indigenous consent
Mark Carney and Danielle Smith’s newest pipeline pitch promises Indigenous co-ownership, but without authority over land, resources, or revenues — reinforcing colonial control rather than partnership
ricochet.media
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Canada can’t build pipelines without Indigenous consent
Mark Carney and #Alberta’s pipeline pitch promises co-ownership with First Nations, but without any authority over their land, resources, or revenues.
From Nehiyaw and Metis writer Marcel Desjarlais:
ricochet.media/indigenous/c...
#cdnpoli
Mark Carney and #Alberta’s pipeline pitch promises co-ownership with First Nations, but without any authority over their land, resources, or revenues.
From Nehiyaw and Metis writer Marcel Desjarlais:
ricochet.media/indigenous/c...
#cdnpoli
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Technically, Carney never said who those up elbows would be used against.
‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
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Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
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‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode constitutional protections and expose Canadian marginalized communities and dissidents to U.S. investigations, surveillance and political r...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Technically, Carney never said who those up elbows would be used against.
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Quebec’s Attack on Labour, Explained
Premier François Legault’s government has passed multiple pieces of controversial legislation targeting the province’s workers this year.
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Premier François Legault’s government has passed multiple pieces of controversial legislation targeting the province’s workers this year.
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Quebec’s Attack on Labour, Explained
Premier François Legault’s government has passed multiple pieces of controversial legislation targeting the province’s workers this year.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Quebec’s Attack on Labour, Explained
Premier François Legault’s government has passed multiple pieces of controversial legislation targeting the province’s workers this year.
pressprogress.ca/quebecs-atta...
Premier François Legault’s government has passed multiple pieces of controversial legislation targeting the province’s workers this year.
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‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach: ricochet.media/internationa...
‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode constitutional protections and expose Canadian marginalized communities and dissidents to U.S. investigations, surveillance and political r...
ricochet.media
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach: ricochet.media/internationa...
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‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode constitutional protections and expose Canadian marginalized communities and dissidents to U.S. investigations, surveillance and political r...
ricochet.media
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
‘Unprecedented’: Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode constitutional protections and expose Canadian marginalized communities and dissidents to U.S. investigations, surveillance and political r...
ricochet.media
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‘Unprecedented’: #Canada’s new border bills pave the way for American law enforcement overreach
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
Human rights advocates warn that new legislation could erode protections and expose Canadians to U.S. investigations and surveillance.
New from @opheliedm.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/internationa...
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Where are the bodies? Trio take residential school denial on tour.
Unsanctioned events at B.C. universities, all recorded for a “documentary,” seem like an attempt to generate conflict — and package it as content, writes acclaimed Gitxsan journalist Jerome Turner.
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Unsanctioned events at B.C. universities, all recorded for a “documentary,” seem like an attempt to generate conflict — and package it as content, writes acclaimed Gitxsan journalist Jerome Turner.
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Where are the bodies? Trio take residential school denial on tour
Editors’ note: Jerome Turner is a celebrated Gitxsan journalist who won the Canadian Association of Journalists’ highest honour, the President’s Award, for his ‘moral courage’ covering RCMP raids on W...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Where are the bodies? Trio take residential school denial on tour.
Unsanctioned events at B.C. universities, all recorded for a “documentary,” seem like an attempt to generate conflict — and package it as content, writes acclaimed Gitxsan journalist Jerome Turner.
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Unsanctioned events at B.C. universities, all recorded for a “documentary,” seem like an attempt to generate conflict — and package it as content, writes acclaimed Gitxsan journalist Jerome Turner.
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Wondering why Dallas Brodie and Frances Widdowson got kicked off the UVic campus today?
Gitxan journalist Jerome Turner attended one of their unsanctioned events, and wrote about it.
Here’s what academic Sean Carleton told Jerome about their movement.
Read more: ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Gitxan journalist Jerome Turner attended one of their unsanctioned events, and wrote about it.
Here’s what academic Sean Carleton told Jerome about their movement.
Read more: ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Wondering why Dallas Brodie and Frances Widdowson got kicked off the UVic campus today?
Gitxan journalist Jerome Turner attended one of their unsanctioned events, and wrote about it.
Here’s what academic Sean Carleton told Jerome about their movement.
Read more: ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Gitxan journalist Jerome Turner attended one of their unsanctioned events, and wrote about it.
Here’s what academic Sean Carleton told Jerome about their movement.
Read more: ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Where are the bodies? Trio take residential school denial on tour.
Unsanctioned events at B.C. universities, all recorded for a “documentary,” seem like an attempt to generate conflict — and package it as content, writes acclaimed Gitxsan journalist Jerome Turner.
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Unsanctioned events at B.C. universities, all recorded for a “documentary,” seem like an attempt to generate conflict — and package it as content, writes acclaimed Gitxsan journalist Jerome Turner.
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Where are the bodies? Trio take residential school denial on tour
Editors’ note: Jerome Turner is a celebrated Gitxsan journalist who won the Canadian Association of Journalists’ highest honour, the President’s Award, for his ‘moral courage’ covering RCMP raids on W...
ricochet.media
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Where are the bodies? Trio take residential school denial on tour.
Unsanctioned events at B.C. universities, all recorded for a “documentary,” seem like an attempt to generate conflict — and package it as content, writes acclaimed Gitxsan journalist Jerome Turner.
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
Unsanctioned events at B.C. universities, all recorded for a “documentary,” seem like an attempt to generate conflict — and package it as content, writes acclaimed Gitxsan journalist Jerome Turner.
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...
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And let's not abandon Indigenous peoples to fight this alone. The violence and trauma governments inflict on Indigenous peoples when they give a free pass to big industry to bulldoze their constitutionally guaranteed rights is enormous.
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Brandi Morin: For the Wet’suwet’en, latest RCMP raid confirms that reconciliation is ‘dead’
‘They don’t care about the land. All they care about is the money’
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December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
And let's not abandon Indigenous peoples to fight this alone. The violence and trauma governments inflict on Indigenous peoples when they give a free pass to big industry to bulldoze their constitutionally guaranteed rights is enormous.
ricochet.media/indigenous/r... @ricochetmedia.bsky.social
ricochet.media/indigenous/r... @ricochetmedia.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Governments change. Policies shift. But the need for journalism that serves people—not power—remains constant.
Ricochet’s new para-charitable status ensures our reporting stays independent, at a time when Canada needs it most.
Support us this Giving Tuesday: ricochet.media/donate/
Ricochet’s new para-charitable status ensures our reporting stays independent, at a time when Canada needs it most.
Support us this Giving Tuesday: ricochet.media/donate/
Governments change. Policies shift. But the need for journalism that serves people—not power—remains constant.
Ricochet’s new para-charitable status ensures our reporting stays independent, at a time when Canada needs it most.
Support us this Giving Tuesday: ricochet.media/donate/
Ricochet’s new para-charitable status ensures our reporting stays independent, at a time when Canada needs it most.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Governments change. Policies shift. But the need for journalism that serves people—not power—remains constant.
Ricochet’s new para-charitable status ensures our reporting stays independent, at a time when Canada needs it most.
Support us this Giving Tuesday: ricochet.media/donate/
Ricochet’s new para-charitable status ensures our reporting stays independent, at a time when Canada needs it most.
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"RCMP showed up to raid the Vancouver Island protest camp last week."
"They said to me, very clear, 'If you interfere with our line at all, we will shoot you.' And I said 'shoot me with what?' And they said 'real bullets.'"
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Policing #Protest #Forests #Climate
"They said to me, very clear, 'If you interfere with our line at all, we will shoot you.' And I said 'shoot me with what?' And they said 'real bullets.'"
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Policing #Protest #Forests #Climate
Forest defenders vow to fight on after RCMP raid dismantles Vancouver Island protest camp
One activist was pulled from an 80-foot tree sit and another dug out of a cement-filled barrel — both say the fight to save the ancient forests is far from over.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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During an RCMP raid last week, forest defenders fighting to save BC's ancient forests were arrested as they tried to block and disrupt logging.
“There’s no reason to just cut this all down for such little money. For nothing.”
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“There’s no reason to just cut this all down for such little money. For nothing.”
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
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Forest defenders vow to fight on after RCMP raid dismantles Vancouver Island protest camp
One activist was pulled from an 80-foot tree sit and another dug out of a cement-filled barrel — both say the fight to save the ancient forests is far from over
ricochet.media
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
During an RCMP raid last week, forest defenders fighting to save BC's ancient forests were arrested as they tried to block and disrupt logging.
“There’s no reason to just cut this all down for such little money. For nothing.”
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/clim...
“There’s no reason to just cut this all down for such little money. For nothing.”
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
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Shut out of #COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council.
At the recent summit in Brazil, leaders launch global council to centre #Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
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#climate
At the recent summit in Brazil, leaders launch global council to centre #Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
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#climate
Shut out of COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council
At the recent summit in Brazil, Indigenous leaders launch global council to centre Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis
ricochet.media
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Shut out of #COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council.
At the recent summit in Brazil, leaders launch global council to centre #Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
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#climate
At the recent summit in Brazil, leaders launch global council to centre #Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
New from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
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#climate
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In the #Yukon, First Nations are fighting to defend their land, language, and water as a new mining project threatens the at-risk caribou herd, which has helped sustain families for generations.
@westernwriter.bsky.social recently visited the community:
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#WaterIsLife
@westernwriter.bsky.social recently visited the community:
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#WaterIsLife
In the home of the caribou, the looming shadow of an open-pit mine threatens the Kaska way of life
On the shores of Frances Lake, Yukon First Nations fight to defend their land, language, and water as a new mining project threatens the Finlayson herd and a fragile cultural resurgence
ricochet.media
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In the #Yukon, First Nations are fighting to defend their land, language, and water as a new mining project threatens the at-risk caribou herd, which has helped sustain families for generations.
@westernwriter.bsky.social recently visited the community:
ricochet.media/climate/envi...
#WaterIsLife
@westernwriter.bsky.social recently visited the community:
ricochet.media/climate/envi...
#WaterIsLife
In the latest episode, @caradrianh.bsky.social sits down with @skynewsrss.bsky.social #Africa's Yousra Elbagir discussing her frontline reporting and deep connection to #Sudan in the midst of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In the latest episode, @caradrianh.bsky.social sits down with @skynewsrss.bsky.social #Africa's Yousra Elbagir discussing her frontline reporting and deep connection to #Sudan in the midst of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
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