Residential school denialism shouldn’t be illegal, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says
(via CBC)
Residential school denialism is detestable but not illegal, and that shouldn’t change, says Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, who disagrees with federal Manitoba NDPer Leah Gazan’s efforts to add it to the Criminal Code.
Human rights lawyer Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize
(via CBC)
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, a South Africa-born human rights lawyer, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights and judge on the International Court of Justice, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday.
Vancouver mayoral race a dead heat between Fry and Sim: poll
(via CityNews)
With Vancouver’s municipal election just over a week away, a new poll suggests a tight race for mayor, with Green Party candidate Pete Fry holding a one-point lead over incumbent Ken Sim among decided voters. The Canada Pulse Insights poll.
A massive underwater wave is moving up the West Coast. Here’s what it means
(via CHEK)
It starts with a ripple. In this case, a ripple that started halfway across the world, and is making its way up the West Coast towards Vancouver Island.
Cold Lake First Nations seeks judicial review of Pacific Link pipeline designation
(via Global News)
The Cold Lake First Nations has filed an application for judicial review in Federal Court challenging Ottawa’s decision to designate the Pacific Link pipeline a project in the national interest.
‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists
(via the Narwhal)
New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil-and-gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change.
US lenders sue Jeff Rath for $112M, allege he concealed First Nation firing
(via Global News)
Two American litigation funders allege Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath and his firm made “false, inaccurate, and misleading” representations to keep receiving millions of dollars to finance two First Nations lawsuits against Ottawa — even after his firm had been fired and replaced.
Water, toxic waste and opportunity: Indigenous leaders react to Carney’s pipeline plan
(via CBC)
Ottawa wants construction to start next year. Some worry there’s little time to consult.
Canadian Anne Carson brings poetry to ‘pinnacle of literature’ with Nobel Prize win
(via Times Colonist)
Anne Carson, the Toronto-born poet and scholar who’s said to have invented her own genre with work that blends the ancient and the avant-garde, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
‘A terrible decision’: PM Carney set to open Canada’s four largest airports to private investment
(via the Pointer)
Canada's busiest airports could soon become laboratories for a new model of private investment as Prime Minister Mark Carney moves to hand decades-long operating concessions for those airports to private capital — a plan that is sparking questions about customer service, security for airport workers and impacts on municipalities that depend on the country’s aviation hubs.
