This show features updates on Indigenous Resistance from Grassy Narrows (http://freegrassy.org), #Attawapiskat, KI’s fight against God’s Lake Resources, and more actions from Six Nations land defenders.Check http://april28.net for more information abou…

INAC (Aboriginal Affairs) is busy patting itself on the back for solving all of Attawapiskat’s problems. To hear them tell it, Jacques Marion was a veritable hero, swooping into Attawapiskat in the nick of time, narrowly averting disaster.read mo…

The presence of the much-loved Mongolian yurt in Attawapiskat ended abruptly on April 1 when it was apparently set on fire and burned to the ground. Despite their best efforts, the local volunteer fire crew could not save the structure. The cause of th…

Fresh water. Canada has more of it than almost any other country on Earth. According to the United Nations Development Program, over 99.8 per cent of Canadians have access to pure drinking water and safe sanitation.
But try telling that to Mike Gull. “…

March 15, 2012 Update! Discussions have led to a 3-week moratorium on digging while more dialogue continues. Thank you for all of you who spread the word to your people, in social media, and in the email link below to politicians. Your integrity has been a shining example of what motivated people can accomplish. All [...]

Politics, Re-Spun is on The Rational on Coop Radio on Monday, March 12, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm with an intriguing lineup! Listen live online or at 102.7fm in the Vancouver area. Here’s the lineup: 1. Dylan Penner will talk with Stephen Elliott-Buckley about the Canadian Boat for Gaza: why, what happened, what’s happening now [...]

Amid all else, the House voted unanimously last night—268 to 0—to approve the following…

Remember this? When I joined the blogburst in support of a new school for the First Nation community in Attawapiskat, I was already behind the times. The old school had been condemned in 2000, eight years before. It should never have taken this long but at least progress is finally being made and it appears to be more than just talk….

Thursday, December 15 was the final day in the House of Commons before the winter break. The Big Issue Once again, debate focused primarily on Bill C-26 to clarify the availability of self-defence under the Criminal Code. And the opposition parties st…

Thursday, December 15 was the final day in the House of Commons before the winter break. The Big IssueOnce again, debate focused primarily on Bill C-26 to clarify the availability of self-defence under the Criminal Code. And the opposition parties star…

It is early in the morning on Tuesday, February 14. Day 10 of our travel. I am lying on the bench at the train station in Moosonee. I feel totally exhausted.
The yurt-warming party was great, the kids played games, we served tea and cookies. There was …

With our time in Attawapiskat drawing to a close, the yurt is assembled! It is time to unpack the rest of the sewing supplies and games, and welcome in the community… In short, it was time for a party!
A permanent source of heat still needs to be set…

Having stood in St. James Park as part of Occupy Toronto, travelled by transport truck, train and over an ice road, the Mongolian yurt is ready to be assembled in Attawapiskat.
After meetings with the community, the location for the yurt was decided up…

Nearly a week after we left Gatineau and Toronto, we arrived in Attawapiskat. After a warm welcome to the community the night of our arrival, and the unloading and distribution of the supplies we carried with us, we set out on day six to meet with the …

Several years ago my daughter and I took the ferry from Prince Edward Island to the Magdalen Islands, a small chain of islands in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which are part of the province of Quebec.
Only 13,000 people inhabit the islands year-round,…

Day 3 is a train day. The groovy yurt truck is loaded on a freight train bound for Moosonee.  Steve Rider’s truck will be sent on tomorrow’s train.
Our foursome ate, enjoying our coffee and getting to know each other aboard the Polar Bear Express….

Friday, December 2 saw the final day of debate in Parliament on the Cons’ omnibus crime bill. And for at least a moment, the proceedings took a perhaps surprising turn.The Big IssueAs debate wound down on C-10, Irene Mathyssen questioned why the Cons i…

In the midst of a week of acrimonious debate over both the substance of the Cons’ dumb-on-crime legislation and the government’s procedural maneuvers to prevent even improvements which it recognized as necessary, December 1 served as a comparative beac…

In the midst of a week of acrimonious debate over both the substance of the Cons’ dumb-on-crime legislation and the government’s procedural maneuvers to prevent even improvements which it recognized as necessary, December 1 served as a comp…

After the previous day’s debacle in which government-sponsored amendments to the Cons’ dumb-on-crime bill were ruled out of order, one might have expected at least some acknowledgment of fallibility on the part of the Harper Cons. The Big IssueBut Wedn…