The grassroots IdleNoMore movement of aboriginal people offers a more sustainable future for all CanadiansBy Martin Lukacs The Guardian 20 December 2012 Canada's placid winter surface has been broken by unprecedented protests by its aboriginal recedented protests by its aboriginal peoples. In just a ...
Idle No More protest in Midland - and across CanadaAWARE Simcoe Update Dec. 21 2012Around 30 people responded to the callout for the Idle No More round dance flash mob in Midland today. They marched at Highway 93 and Hugel, beating drums and singing. Passing motorists honked in support. ...
By The Canadian Press December 21, 2012 Aboriginal leaders are set to march through the streets of Ottawa today after meeting with a chief who is on a hunger-strike. The leaders are taking part in a national protest march and rally organized by the movement dubbed Idle No More, which opposes the Harp...
By Christopher Curtis, Postmedia News December 20, 2012OTTAWA – Whether by accident or design, Theresa Spence has come to symbolize the broken relationship between Canada’s aboriginal leaders and its federal government.The Northern Ontario chief’s 10-day-old hunger strike is the foundation of an indi...
By Angela Mullins Metro London December 19 2012 Beating drums, hurling insults at the Harper government, and gridlocking traffic, about a thousand First Nations people descended on London on Wednesday as part of a nationwide protest centred on treaty rights....
By Debora Van Brenk London Free Press December 19, 2012 A comprehensive study analyzing and ranking 34 stressors the Great Lakes are battling against shows Lakes Erie and Ontario are under the greatest stress. It’s no coincidence that’s where the highest concentration of people — and the associated v...
Call to Action: Thank You Notes! Message From NDACT Chair Carl Cosack December 16 2012Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone,Consider the original NDACT mission statement: NDACT's mission is to preserve and protect the unique and non-renewable resources of North Dufferin County - including the ...
Environment 360 September 11 2012Photographer Peter McBride travelled along the Colorado River from its source high in the Rocky Mountains to its historic mouth at the Sea of Cortez. ...
By MARK HUME The Globe and Mail Nov. 30 2012When a small native band in British Columbia launched an online petition to oppose increased water use by the gas industry, it was hoping for 500 signatures.A month later, the Fort Nelson First Nation has nearly 24,000 signatories on the petition and letter...
Neoliberalism is not the root of the problem: it is the ideology used to justify a global grab of power, public assets and natural resources by an unrestrained eliteBy George Monbiot The GuArdian December 3 2012Humankind's greatest crisis coincides with the rise of an ideology that makes it impossibl...
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