colonialism

INDIGENOUS LIVES MATTER

Montreal Events — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:51:55 +0000

Subhead:

Fuck the Police!!

Mon Apr 11

city:

Montreal

Venue:

Metro Saint-Laurent

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INDIGENOUS LIVES MATTER - FUCK THE POLICE!

*English will follow*

Un de plus…

Solidarity Halifax: Stop the Alton Gas Project

Jake Hubley — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 03:14:37 +0000

An analysis by Jake Hubley

K'jipuktuk (Halifax)—Eight years ago, Alton Gas—a subsidiary company of Alberta-based AltaGas ltd.—applied to the Nova Scotia government with a proposed project that would allow natural gas to be stored in underground salt caverns near the Shubenacadie River, in Alton, N.S.

Files attached to this post:

official_draft_final-_solidarity_hfx-_the_alton_gas_project.pdf

"Everything reminded me of her...I couldn’t heal"

Justin Brake — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:02:43 +0000

Loretta Saunders' sister launches 'homicide survivor' blog in the wake of yet another murder of an Indigenous woman.

Delilah Saunders says lately she’s been having “a lot more good days than bad”, eight months after her sister Loretta was murdered, her body dumped in a wooded area near the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick where she lay for two weeks in the freezing cold.

Dissidence grows over province's refusal to fly Labrador flag

Justin Brake — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:54:23 +0000

As Labrador Affairs Minister Nick McGrath backs province's refusal to fly Labrador flag at entry points to the Big Land, the flag's creator speaks out against the decision, while at least two flag raising ceremonies are being planned in protest

When Holly Greenleaves left her home in Pinsent’s Arm, Labrador last Thursday to drive to Newfoundland she was excited to see that the two Labrador flags someone had appended to the province’s welcome sign at the Labrador-Quebec border were still there.

Colour-correcting injustice in The Big Land

Justin Brake — Tue, 06 May 2014 14:12:25 +0000

Forty years later the creator of the Labrador flag is taking action against illegally manufactured flags and the changes people have made to the blue, white and green to turn a profit. He also has an important message about the flag's seemingly lost message.

On April 5, less than a week after the Labrador flag turned 40, The Independent received an email from Michael Martin, former New Labrador Party MHA for Labrador South and creator of the Labrador flag.

In Honour of Loretta

Darryl — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:59:00 +0000

Trigger Warning - This article deals with the death of Loretta Saunders, an Inuk woman who was found murdered on Wednesday, February 26th in Salisbury, New Brunswick.

In Honour of Loretta

Community Rallies to Save Kitpu Youth Programs

bsichel — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:58:46 +0000

50 people gather for emergency fundraising, long-term strategizing against federal cuts to Aboriginal programs

HALIFAX - Last week the Kitpu Youth Program, based out of the Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre on Gottingen St., learned it would have to close its doors due to federal budget cuts.

But not if a group of more than 50 people who attended an emergency meeting at the George Dixon Centre in Halifax can help it.