From 1961 through to 1985, a small tugboat, the R.A. Hoey, was in service as a passenger ferry and sailed the channel daily between Christian Island and Cedar Point on the mainland.Supplied Photo From OrilliaMatters, Nov 23, 2021 By Jeff Monague It’s November and the winds have shifted and they now ...
RCMP raid a camp and arrest Wet’suwet’en opponents, of a 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline and freelance photographer Amber Bracken. YINTAH FILM SCREEN GRAB From the Toronto Star, November 24, 2021 By Jeremy Nuttall Vancouver Bureau and Kieran Leavitt Edmonton Bureau Footage of the RCMP...
Grassy Narrows youth Rodney Bruce listens to a speaker during a press conference calling on the federal government to take action at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO By Adriana and Claire for L...
From 350.org Earlier this week, a climate-charged atmospheric river delivered unprecedented rainstorms across BC’s lower mainland. Rivers rose, storms surged, highways were washed away and the entire city of Merritt had to be evacuated. Many of the images from the flooding are harrowing, but one imag...
From the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, October 26, 2021 By Dr John Bacher and Danny Beaton, Mohawk of the Turtle Clan. In Memory of Alicja Rozanska. *Content warning: This post has mention of Residential Schools and cultural trauma. On April 5, 2021, the day after the Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and N...
From the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, September 28, 2021 By Dr John Bacher and Danny Beaton, Mohawk of the Turtle Clan. In Memory of Alicja Rozanska. Contemptuously, in the recent federal election there was an obscene amount of all party support to one of the most ecocidal threats to our planet. Th...
Stock imagePhoto by Pixabay via Pexels From Orillia Matters, November 8, 2021 By BarieToday Staff Today is National Aboriginal Veterans Day, a day to pay tribute to the important contributions and the sacrifices made by First Nations, Inuit and Métis in service to Canada. It’s estimated at least 12,0...
Veteran Jeff Monague is among those who are trying to decolonize remembrance services in an attempt to preserve First Nations culture and nationhood. Contributed photo. From Orillia Matters, November 8, 2021 By Jeff Monague Indigenous culture and nationhood is like a fire that’s not so easy to exting...
Dear Members of AWARE Simcoe, Firstly, I would like to thank you all very much for sponsoring me to attend and be a delegate for AWARE Simcoe at the Youth Summit For Mother Earth. It was an unforgettable experience where I learned about the Indigenous Culture, native plant species, and collaborated w...
This information is about forest art installations honouring Indigenous peoples and especially the lost children. The installations are in the Simcoe County Forest. Drive North on Hwy 93. Turn right at Waverley. Pass through Vasey. Right after the bridge construction turn left on Rosemount Road. The ...
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