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Global Voices: Indigenous men fight violence against women – Canada.com
Movements such as the Moose Hide Campaign, Drag the Red take grassroots approach September 5, 2017 As the sun crested over the forest just outside of Fraser Lake in northern British Columbia, Raven Lacerte took out her knife. Her father had just taken down a moose. Before he fired the shot, the two were deep […]
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New Emily Carr University campus opens on Great Northern Way in East Vancouver – Vancouver Sun
At about 11 a.m. on Sept. 5, after years of planning and construction, it will finally be official: a ribbon-cutting will open the new $122.6-million Emily Carr University of Art + Design. The art school, located since 1980 on Granville Island, has moved to a purpose-built building by Great Northern Way on the former industrial […]
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How Do I Represent Myself?’: Young Tsilhqot’in Filmmaker Gets Noticed – The Tyee
Twenty-five-year-old Trevor Mack’s latest short to debut at 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Meet Trevor Mack, award-winning Tsilhqot’in filmmaker from Tl’etinqox reserve. His films are raw, intense and poetic and challenge stereotypes of Indigenous people on screen. Most known for his first two works, The Blanketing and Clouds of Autumn, Mack’s back in the spotlight […]
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NAFTA: Early sticking points encountered on numerous issues – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 4, 2017 By Alexander Panetta THE CANADIAN PRESS MEXICO CITY _ Negotiators have run into a series of early sticking points on nearly every major element considered key to achieving a new NAFTA agreement, The Canadian Press has learned. A recurring pattern involves one country raising a prized priority only to have […]
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B.C. NDP can’t afford to break key election promise on fundraising: experts – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 4, 2017 By Geordon Omand THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ British Columbia’s New Democrats are expected to use this week’s throne speech to broadly outline how they intend to follow through on their key election promise to get big money out of politics. But so far details have been scarce and a […]
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Drama and intrigue help trigger the most Quebec byelections in more than 30 years – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 4, 2017 By Giuseppe Valiante THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL _ Death, palace intrigue and allegations of lies and corruption are at the centre of the highest number of Quebec byelections in more than 30 years. The Oct. 2 byelection in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Hebert will be the 15th in the […]
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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 3, 2017 TORONTO _ Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Up, up and don’t go away: Canadian gas prices, which tend to rise ahead of long weekends like Labour Day, have faced additional pressure from Hurricane Harvey, which has battered the U.S. Gulf Coast, […]
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District ready for school with redesigned curriculum – BCLocalNews.com
With new indigenous elements integrated into the curriculum, one teacher says the district is ready for the school year. “(Using) our Aboriginal Education program, we’ve taken the redesigned curriculum and all of the outcomes and put all of our presentations and presenters in line with the new curriculum grade by grade,” said Central Okanagan School […]
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Scrapping Site C dam project would cost $7.3 billion: B.C. Hydro – Times Colonist
B.C. Hydro is recommending its own controversial Site C project as the best option for ratepayers. The Crown corporation filed its 866-page submission to the B.C. Utilities Commission, which is reviewing the project, on Thursday. It said Site C is on track to be completed within its $8.34-billion budget on time. “B.C. Hydro expects to […]
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Mulidzas-Curtis Wilson artist profile – First Nation Cultural Art Showcase Identity: Art as Life – TimberWest
Aug 31, 2017 Mulidzas-Curtis, from the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in the Kwakwaka’wakw territory, is an artist living in Campbell River. His family lineage is rich with generations of talented artists. His Grandfather was Sam Henderson, a world renowned carver perhaps best known on Vancouver Island for his totem pole standing at the Campbell […]
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