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Give us full rights to our home and native land
Contrary to popular belief, Chief Joseph was not a war chief. He was a community chief. This statement reminds us that he understood that a community is a combination of innovative individuals and their willing commitment to community responsibilities.
RCMP video shows man hog-tied and Tasered before death
Recently released security footage reveals the final hours of Clay Willey, a man who died nine years ago after being arrested, hog-tied and Tasered by police in Prince George, B.C.
Sex-trade activist Jamie Lee Hamilton ponders pulling out of missing women inquiry
A long-time Downtown Eastside activist who tried for many years to raise the alarm about a serial killer preying on sex-trade workers in her neighbourhood may choose not to testify at the B.C. missing women’s inquiry.
Inquiry told of maverick cops out for glory instead of focusing on Pickton as suspect
The stories seem to come straight from a seedy TV cop drama.
“Cowboy” drug cops out for glory. Tunnel vision detectives hiding information from colleagues. Investigations hindered by cops who can’t stand one another.
Gitxsan treaty activist killed
A MAN well-known in his community and for standing up for Gitxsan treaty rights was killed in an industrial accident this week.
Arthur Loring, 56, from Gitwangak, died when a tree struck him while he was falling trees 60km up the Copper Forest Service Road east of Terrace Jan. 30.
First Nation protests Gateway with concer
Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline is getting more friction from B.C.’s coastal First Nation communities as the Gitga’at First Nation is holding a concert to protest the pipeline and subsequent tanker traffic, saying it poses a threat to their livelihood and way of life.
Top dentists grossing $1-million a year on First Nation reserve
Treating impoverished First Nations patients is a surprisingly lucrative enterprise for the country’s dentists, with the six highest-billing practitioners receiving more than $1-million a year from Health Canada, according to government figures the National Post obtained.
BCCLA Re-Posts Willey Video, After CPC Pulls It
Prince George, B.C. - The BC Civil Liberties Association has posted two video clips to the internet, showing Clay Alvin Willey's treatment while in-custody at the Prince George RCMP cell block.
Northern Gateway pipeline will hurt economy: report
A new report says the Northern Gateway pipeline would boost crude oil prices $2 to $3 per barrel annually over the next 30 years, causing significant damage to consumers, businesses and the Canadian economy.
Decision by spring on doubling pipeline capacity
Kinder Morgan, the company with the only existing oil pipeline to the B.C. Coast, says it expects to make a decision on doubling the capacity of its Edmonton-Vancouver line this spring.
The proposal has the potential to deliver almost as much Alberta oil to offshore markets as Enbridge's Northern Gate-way project.
Constable details crass behaviour of officers at missing women inquiry
Two Vancouver cops involved in the missing women investigation made their office unlivable by recounting racist tales, such as dumping flour over the head of a Vietnamese man and joking that “now, you’re white,” the Pickton inquiry has heard.
Ottawa, Alberta to unveil oil-sands monitoring strategy
The federal and Alberta governments will announce a new joint oil-sands monitoring strategy on Friday, one they say will be led by scientists but remain - for now - under the direction of government.
