We will not stand silent while she starves to death on the doorstep of our Parliament Open Letter to the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and the Right Honourable Governor General David Johnston December 21 2012We, as academics ...

By Jacob Kearey-Moreland Orillia Packet and Times December 21, 2012On Dec. 10, I participated in the first #IdleNoMore national day of action at the provincial legislature at Queen’s Park. I read a little about the movement online, but wanted to see, h...

Letter to the Orillia Packet and Times  December 21, 2012 Hundreds of thousands of First Nations people live in Canada and they deserve better than to be shackled by the failed colonial and paternalistic policies of the Indian Act, which has helped den...

By Chris Hedges Truthdig.com Nov. 26 2012Humans must immediately implement a series of radical measures to halt carbon emissions or prepare for the collapse of entire ecosystems and the displacement, suffering and death of hundreds of millions of the g...

By Cheryl Browne, Barrie Examiner December 26, 2012First Nations people joined hands with sympathetic supporters to fashion a Cree round dance at Georgian Mall, Wednesday.On what was one of the busiest shopping days of the year, hundreds of First Natio...

By Brad Pritchard Simcoe.com Dec 21, 2012 NEW TECUMSETH - New Tecumseth has filed its response to a lawsuit filed in November by a former town employee seeking $750,000 in damages over a series of alleged actions and events that led to her termination ...

By Brad Pritchard Simcoe.com Dec 20, 2012  ESSA – At the edge of Essa farmer Perry Turnbull’s property sits a tree-lined swamp full of blueberry bushes and many other kinds of plant life.  The picturesque landscape attracts a wide range of ...

Now is the time to stand strong and unbending for the people and places we loveBy NAOMI KLEIN Globe and Mail Dec. 24 2012I woke up just past midnight with a bolt. My six-month-old son was crying. He has a cold – the second of his short life–and his blo...

From trash, the most ethereal musicAWARE Simcoe December 25 2012Maestro Luis Szaran of Sounds of the Earth travels to Cateura - Paraguay's largest landfill - to help create an orchestra....

from Adam Barker December 21 2012"Settler colonization is the excuse that we make for being here. Settler colonization is our perceived right to live on someone else's land, without their permission… ...