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Gwaii Haanas to benefit from unprecedented Parks Canada investments
On July 7, Catherine McKenna, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, joined the Council of the…
Fonda lends voice to Indigenous opposition to tarsands development
By Shari Narine
Windspeaker Contributor
EDMONTON
(January 12, 2017) As celebrity activist Jane Fonda joined forces with Indigenous…
Grassy Narrows: The most toxic community in Canada, says scientist
By Barb Nahwegahbow
Windspeaker Contributor
“I would say 100 per cent of our people are poisoned by mercury,” said grandmother Judy Da Silva…
Ancient Âsowanânihk crossing reveals millennia of Indigenous use as communities seek protection
Archaeological evidence from an ancient North Saskatchewan River crossing is helping researchers trace thousands of years of Indigenous land use…
Fight continues against proposed nuclear waste facility
Indigenous leaders and representatives from environmental organizations gathered in Montreal on May 26 to denounce plans for the construction of a…
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets are damaging to First Nations, says Merasty
“The Canadian government cannot take away our right as Indigenous people to decide for ourselves what is ethically, what is environmentally, and what is economically responsible. They can't take that decision away from us.” — Robert Merasty, executive director of the Indigenous Resource Network
Indigenous nations consider billing for damages resulting from climate change
“Some of the best ways to actually influence (climate change) is when we go after damages.” — Chief Byron Louis of the Okanagan Indian Band
Blackfoot Elders, conservationists join to bring bison back to Alberta’s Eastern Slopes
“Everything's all connected and, if we can't understand that, it's going to be a hard lesson to learn again. I think we need to support any efforts to maintain our environment and (bison) are, in our way, spiritual.” —Elder Charlie Fox
Whistleblower, a child advocate hero among award recipients
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) honours individuals or organizations who provide outstanding service to their community and profession…
Indigenous engineers bridge culture and profession
By Shari Narine
Sweetgrass Contributing Editor
CALGARY
October 4, 2016.
A downturn in the economy and a push toward Indigenous…
Is Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne the new face of colonialism in Canada?
By Barb Nahwegahbow
Windspeaker Contributor
TORONTO
Grassy Narrows First Nation and supporters continue to hike up the pressure on Premier Kathleen…
OPINION: Time to Ground Open Net-Pen Fish Farms
BC must begin its transition from dangerously reckless open net-pen fish farms to the safety of land-based closed containment aquaculture.
Time…