Exploring Theme: "Environmental Impacts"

Commercial fishing ‘the greatest thing in the world’ in spite of challenging season, says Poplar River fisher CBC Indigenous: It’s before sunrise on a warm September morning as a commercial fishing boat, music playing out of its speakers, pulls up to the docks outside the Negginan Fishing Station in Poplar River First Nation. On board are three fishers,...

Churchill-based Lazy Bear Expeditions says its walking tours ‘highlight nature and culture’ CBC Indigenous: A northern Manitoba tour advertising a trip to an ancient Inuit hunting camp is raising concerns that tourists’ presence there could damage an “irreplaceable” cultural and historical site, and the critical animal habitats around it. The company behind the tour describes...

Legislation will track how communities are affected and ‘hold government’s feet to the fire,’ professor says CBC News: For years, researchers, activists, community leaders have shown how Indigenous, Black and other racialized groups have been disproportionately affected by polluting industries. Now, a new law will require the federal government to better track this injustice, and...

Feds acknowledge project’s foreseeable harm on Indigenous communities. APTN News: Treaty 2 leaders gathered in Winnipeg today to bring attention to the harm projected to be caused by the Lake Manitoba/Lake St. Martin Outlet Channels Project. The $540 million project was originally proposed to prevent flooding by creating two, 24-kilometer-long flood diversion channels. Last week,...

‘The longer it gets, the more I’m starting to think it’s not temporary,’ says woman who evacuated to Winnipeg CBC Indigenous: Karen Courchene says she didn’t think she would be living in Winnipeg for this long. The woman from Peguis First Nation came to the city in the aftermath of the 2022 flood along the Fisher River,...

Report findings on Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin Outlet Channels Project released to public. A new report released by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada this week suggests a proposed flood prevention project could harm surrounding First Nation communities. APTN News: The draft environmental assessment report suggests the Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin Outlet Channels...

Despite their ecological, social, cultural and economic importance, over the past two centuries wetlands have been systematically destroyed for industrial, commercial and residential development.  First Peoples Law Report: Rabble.ca, David Suzuki – In his 1972 non-fiction book No Name in the Street, James Baldwin asked, “Does the law exist for the purpose of furthering the ambitions...

“Our land and our water has spirit, just like a living being that we need to protect… They can’t speak for themselves and we have to be the ones that do that.” — Treaty One Nations Chairperson Gordon BlueSky Treaty One Nations Chairperson Gordon BlueSky Updated Feb. 22 with statements from Minister Tracy Schmidt and...

Nearly a third of the ‘refugees’ from last spring’s flood still haven’t returned to the community. The Nation hopes a new collaboration will help it better prepare for future natural disasters The Narwhal: A year after a historic flood ravaged Peguis First Nation, there’s hope on the horizon. The spring thaw passed without incident this...

More than 900 evacuees still not able to return home, chief says CBC News: More than 900 evacuees from Peguis First Nation still can’t return to their community nearly nine months after floodwaters ravaged the reserve. Nearly 300 homes are uninhabitable and many have been given no timeline for when they may be able to go...

We are no more removed from nature than any other creature, even in the midst of a large city. Our animal nature dictates our essential needs: clean air, clean water, clean soil, clean energy. NationTalk: Rabble.ca. David Suzikii The following is adapted from the prologue to the 25th anniversary edition of The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our...

Government of Canada – “Progress Report on Steps Taken to Protect Critical Habitat for the Woodland Caribou” indicates little progress is being made toward conservation. Meanwhile, provinces continue to issue permits for energy and forestry developments that do not comply with Species At Risk Act (SARA) , placing caribou at even greater risk. (David Suzuki...