Indigenous Peoples

It’s a question that’s been debated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau eyed broader emergency powers for the federal government and left the door open to using cellphone data to track compliance with physical-distancing rules.

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Alberta

Why is Canada Refusing Cuban Doctors?

17/04/20

Author:

Macdonald Stainsby

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Counterpunch

Photograph Source: Jernej Furman – CC BY 2.0

We all have this feeling right now. Fear, sometimes verging on terror, and the main strategy to stay human is to never panic. Still, there is a lot of reason to be greatly afraid. Covid-19 has passed into every country, and most people on earth are on some variant of lockdown. The psychology of it is immense. There is an invisible enemy, somewhere out there, and it is threatening immediately our families and loved ones, and it has removed all outdoor life, socialization, schooling, etc.

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Canada

Indigenous Peoples

Social

BC Hydro suspends Site C shuttle, six people in isolation at work camp

04/04/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

File photo of the Site C dam project in B.C. Photo by Site C / BC Hydro

April 3rd 2020

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Why has BC Premier John Horgan bought the LNG pipe dream?

03/04/20

Author:

Robert Hackett

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National Observer

RCMP officers cross the bridge leading to Unist'ot'en Camp in Wet'suwet'en territory in northern British Columbia on Feb. 10, 2020. Photo from Unist'ot'en Camp on Twitter

April 2nd 2020

As the global pandemic marches on, governments scramble to mitigate it and cobble together economic aid packages. Mass climate protests and the Wet'suwet'en solidarity blockades, just a few weeks ago, seem like a distant memory.

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The Pipeline and the Pandemic: ‘The Biggest Risk We’ve Got Right Now’

03/04/20

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

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The Tyee

Hereditary Chief Dsta’Hyl makes regular patrols through Wet’suwet’en territory to tell pipeline workers to go home. They aren’t listening, he says. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

31 Mar 2020

Union of BC Indian Chiefs calls for Coastal GasLink to halt work to reduce COVID-19 threat.

Amanda Follett Hosgood is the Tyee’s northern BC reporter. She lives amidst the stunning mountains and rivers of Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.

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Fracked LNG and other fossil fuels - Action and Information

03/04/20

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First Nations Leaders and others

Friday this week (April 3) at 4:00 pm PDT Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Dsta'Hyl (Adam Gagnon) and Michael Sawyer will be conducting the first in a series of Webinars about the fracked LNG Industry and its true environmental, economic and social costs. This Webinar is entitled

#WetsuwetenStrong and the Ethics of LNG

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The Pipeline and the Pandemic - Unist'ot'en Solidarity Brigade

01/04/20

Author:

First Nations Leaders

Coastal Gas Link's ongoing construction is putting entire communities at risk!

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B.C First Nation chiefs demand halt to Coastal GasLink pipeline work amid COVID-19

31/03/20

Author:

Gord Macdonald and Jon Azpiri

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Global News

March 30, 2020

B.C. First Nations leaders are urging the provincial and federal governments to shut down construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu, B.C. Premier John Horgan, and provincial Health Minister Adrian Dix, the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs says continued construction on the controversial project is increasing the risk of transmission

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