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Wet’suwet’en camp leader, journalists arrested as RCMP enforce pipeline injunction in northern B.C.

Fifteen more people, including a key leader in the fight against the Coastal GasLink pipeline as well as two journalists, were arrested Friday as police action continued against opponents of the project being built west of Prince George, B.C.Sleydo’, also known as Molly Wickham, was among 15 people arrested Friday as police action continued against opponents of the Coastal…

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Inuit leader says federal election offers stark choices on reconciliation

The president of the national body representing Inuit in Canada says ongoing progress with reconciliation hangs in the balance in this federal election.Natan Obed, president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, is urging voters to elect members of Parliament who will sincerely push forward with reconciliation. (Kate Kyle/CBC)The president of the national body representing Inuit in…

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Indigenous leader grateful to survive after finding herself ‘hanging upside down’ in flipped floatplane

A Cessna A185F floatplane with four passengers flipped in the water near the Tofino shore on Monday, forcing people to scramble out on a sandbar.An Atleo River Air floatplane flipped during takeoff on Monday July 26, 2021. The five people on board were not seriously injured. (Lacey Adams/Facebook)A Cessna A185F floatplane with four passengers flipped…

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