Aboriginal Affairs
New jail unlikely to reduce Aboriginal incarceration: criminologist
By February 8, 2012 03:30 pm 5 commentsOsoyoos Indian Band Chief Clarence Louie suggested earlier this week that hosting a new prison on the First Nation's land is going to help reduce the over representation of Aboriginal people in the corrections system.
But Simon Fraser University criminology professor Neil Boyd said he thinks that's an unlikely result of building the new jail. Read more…
UBC profs say Aboriginal oral history misunderstood
By February 6, 2012 03:59 pmAlthough it's been recognized as a legitimate form of evidence in Canada's courtrooms since 1997, UBC academics say misunderstanding and bias against Aboriginal cultures and practices have created confusion around the use of oral history in Canada's courtrooms. It's an error they say we need to correct, especially given the prominence of its use in Aboriginal land claims. Read more…
Filed inAttawapiskat third party manager will stay: Federal Court judge
By February 3, 2012 04:20 pmFederal Court Judge Michael L. Phelan has turned down the Attawapiskat First Nation's request to enjoin the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from imposing third party management, or at least to keep the third party manager from being paid out of funds intended for the members of the Attawapiskat First Nation. Read more…
Youth reps: Canada needs national strategy for Aboriginal children
By February 2, 2012 04:38 pmCanada must develop a comprehensive plan to improve the lives of Aboriginal children, says a national coalition of youth advocates. Read more…
Attawapiskat seeks injunction against third-party manager
By January 28, 2012 05:35 pm 4 commentsThe Attawapiskat First Nation has filed a request for an injunction removing the third-party manager imposed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, while Chief Theresa Spence has also signed an affidavit comparing the impact of the third-party manager to her experience in residential school. Read more…
New funding partnership for First Nations schools 'significant': FNESC
By January 27, 2012 01:35 pmA new agreement signed today between B.C. First Nations, and the provincial and federal governments sets the stage for funding parity between public and reserve schools in this province. Read more…
Martin to Harper: Stop imposing your will on First Nations
By January 25, 2012 09:12 am 5 commentsFormer prime minister Paul Martin tried to find something to salvage in the historic talks between First Nations chiefs and Stephen Harper. Instead, what he saw was the federal government wasting more time and sending the chiefs home empty handed. Read more…
Filed inChief to Harper: Address native concerns or face 'aboriginal uprising'
By January 24, 2012 12:21 pm 1 commentsA prominent B.C. native leader says Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks an "Aboriginal uprising" unless his government can improve relations with First Nations. Read more…
Filed inHarper, chiefs at odds over fate of the Indian Act
By January 24, 2012 09:32 amPrime Minister Stephen Harper sees the Indian Act as something that can be updated to reflect modern practices. But Shawn Atleo, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, led a parade of speakers who described the century-old legislation as a boulder blocking the path to collaboration. Read more…
Filed inFirst Nations chiefs prepare for landmark meeting with Harper
By January 23, 2012 08:55 am 2 commentsAbout 30 native leaders crammed into a teepee on a small island in the middle of the Ottawa River this morning to prepare for a landmark summit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Read more…
Filed inNorthern Gateway hearings start in Kitimat on $5.5 billion oil pipeline proposal
By January 8, 2012 09:56 pm 1 commentsDepending on who's talking, the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline project has the potential to make Canada rich, while risking an environmental disaster on the scale of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Read more…
UN criticizes conditions in Attawapiskat
By December 20, 2011 02:00 pmThe UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples has criticized the federal government's treatment of Attawapiskat and other First Nations communities. In response, the office of Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan has said the Rapporteur's comments had "inaccuracies" and lacked "credibility." Read more…
DTES tenants being squeezed by gentrification, says new report
By December 14, 2011 02:39 pm 1 commentsLow-income residents of the Downtown Eastside are being squeezed out of affordable housing by "rapacious" real-estate development, warns a Vancouver anti-poverty group in a report released today. Read more…
Attawapiskat: Duncan says Spence accepts third-party management; Spence says "it's a lie"
By December 11, 2011 09:30 am 9 commentsIn an unusual Sunday-morning news release, Aboriginal Affairs minister John Duncan said Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence had accepted third-party management for her reserves. But Spence, in a letter read to Duncan on CTV Question Period, called that a lie. Read more…
Attawapiskat must pay Ottawa appointee $1,300 a day to run its finances
By December 8, 2011 04:29 pm 10 commentsOTTAWA - The federal government is forcing the troubled Attawapiskat First Nation to pay a private-sector consultant about $1,300 a day to run its finances -- even though the government's own assessments say the third-party management system is not cost-effective. Read more…
Filed inAppointed third-party manager kicked out of Attawapiskat
By December 5, 2011 04:10 pm 6 commentsThe third-party manager appointed by the Harper government to take over finances in Attawapiskat has been kicked out, according to a report from APTN News. Read more…
BC First Nations community split over Northern Gateway pipeline
By December 3, 2011 11:39 pm 4 commentsMembers of a British Columbia First Nation where hereditary chiefs have voiced support for the Northern Gateway pipeline appear split over the controversial project. Read more…
Indigenous leaders to pressure Obama on Keystone XL
By December 1, 2011 04:01 pm 2 commentsIndigenous leaders will present an anti-Keystone XL pipeline petition to President Barack Obama on Friday, the latest development in a story The Tyee first began reporting from a South Dakota tribal casino last September. Read more…
More action wanted on premier's aboriginal action plan promise
By November 18, 2011 12:19 pm 3 commentsThe British Columbia government is saying the right things about supporting aboriginal people living off reserve, but is yet to commit funding, said Paul Lacerte, the executive director of the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres. Read more…
Organizations agree to work together on aboriginal social services
By October 21, 2011 11:27 amTwo umbrella organizations are signing an agreement today to work more closely together to improve social services for aboriginal people living off-reserve. Read more…
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Agreement reached on new B.C. First Nations health plan
First day of missing women hearings marred by protests, more withdrawals
Clark rejects request to 'fix' Missing Women Inquiry
Williams Lake RCMP officer accused of beating teenage girl
Summit to save BC herring draws First Nations, other experts
New UBC course takes on representation of Aboriginals in media
Missing women inquiry dates announced for northern B.C.
B.C. First Nations prepare for trade and relations with China
UBC Inuit youth research project garners international attention
Ottawa failing First Nations education: child advocate
Historic cannery demolished in North Delta
First Nations gain ability to confront local governments over human rights
BC First Nations aren’t dupes of US green movement: Chiefs
Point missed giving royal assent for trip to Williams Lake, not Europe
Pacific Gateway highway expansion hits two roadblocks
Stó:lō disappointed after meeting minister about Yale treaty
B.C. gov't denies funding for sex workers, aboriginal groups at Pickton inquiry
Province taking park land for power line
Yale and Stó:lō Nations negotiating river access as treaty moves forward
BC and Yale First Nation celebrate treaty legislation
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First Nations bearing brunt of flooding, need permanent protection: chief
Pacheedaht and partner purchased forest licence from WFP
Private titles mistakenly issued on Squamish Nation reserve lands
Federal parties pass tanker ban motion opposed by Conservatives
61 First Nations ally to oppose Enbridge pipeline
BC delegation makes case for federal tanker ban
RCMP says it hasn't been asked to investigate unusual trading in Taseko Mines
Ktunaxa Nation declares territory protected, closed to ski resort
Representative for Children and Youth believes it’s possible to help Aboriginal youth, but not without a plan
Critics question legality of new resource super ministry
Lawyer for Tsilhqot'in welcomes mine decision
Ottawa rejects one B.C. gold and copper mine but approves another
Globe considers changes following manipulation of Fish Lake mining poll
'Let First Nations manage fisheries': UBC prof
'Online polls aren't scientific': Globe and Mail editor
Prosperity Mine supporters 'cheated' on online poll: activist
Morton finishes four-day paddle down Fraser as sockeye inquiry begins
'Serious trouble' if BC allowed lead on environmental assessments: Chief
Campbell's mining stance insults First Nations: Chief
Enbridge pipeline puts 56000 jobs at risk: First Nations leader
Off the Throne
The British Columbia legislature resumes sitting this week, but not before Premier Christy Clark outlined her spring agenda in an appearance on the Vancouver radio station where she used to work in what was pitched as a replacement for the throne speech. That agenda amounted to staying the course: focus on the economy, no money for teachers or anything else, and no higher taxes.
This from a premier who won the leadership of her party on a "change" platform. Perhaps appropriate then that the government didn't bother with a more formal speech from the throne at a time when polls suggest an increasing number of people are wondering if the premier's going to, as they say, piss or get off the pot.
-- Andrew MacLeod
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