This week’s edition includes the Canada-Alberta pipeline memorandum, court decisions, major projects, treaty rights and more.
IN THE NEWS
In national news, responses and backlash to the Canada-Alberta pipeline memorandum dominated headlines
Ottawa, Alberta sign deal for west coast pipeline | APTN News
A pipeline is just the beginning: more threats coming for Indigenous rights | The Globe and Mail*
Pipeline deal isn't good for Canada's climate policy: advocates | APTN News
The Canada-Alberta pipeline memorandum was the top story in BC
'The answer is still no': B.C. chiefs react to new pipeline agreement | CBC News
‘The answer is no and always will be’: UBCIC on Alberta-Canada MOU | APTN News
Two key North Coast B.C. leaders meet with Alberta premier ahead of federal pipeline MOU | CBC News
Mining impacts on caribou made headlines in the Yukon
In the home of the caribou, the looming shadow of an open-pit mine threatens the Kaska way of life | Ricochet
Alberta news featured reactions to the Canada-Alberta pipeline memorandum, pushback on legislative amendments and a carbon capture project
Treaty 6 Nations ‘disappointed’ in lack of consultation on MOU | APTN News
Treaty 8 First Nations call for suspension of Water Amendment Act | EverythingGP
Carney-Smith deal will bring carbon capture to Cold Lake. They don't want it | MBC Radio
A court decision was a top story in the Northwest Territories
Judge denies use of Akaitcho agreement in treaty rights case | Cabin Radio
In Saskatchewan, an unsuccessful Supreme Court of Canada appeal, and economic development were front and center
Cumberland House lawsuit over Nipawin dams ends at Supreme Court | northeastNOW
Indigenous company wants to see port to port corridor with Prince Albert as a hub | paNOW
A court decision and a proposed alert system topped the headlines in Manitoba
Judge dismisses wildlife federation's call for halt to Bloodvein First Nation checkstop | CBC News
Indigenous-led Red Dress Alert program must be implemented in Manitoba 'without delay': report | CBC News
In Ontario, major projects development, opposition to a mining project, and criticism of major projects legislation made the news
First Nation looks to develop 'wealth fund' for major projects investments | North Shore News
Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop mining near drinking water source | Ricochet
Mamakwa: It’s an excuse to use tariffs, to use nationalism, to bulldoze through those treaty rights' | iPolitics*
Pushback on a proposed Quebec constitution was a top story in Quebec
'We are rights holders': First Nations chiefs push back on Quebec's draft constitution | CBC News
Nova Scotia news featured treaty rights and lobster fishing
Some commercial lobster fishers say Indigenous treaty fishing threatens stocks. Government memo says otherwise | CBC News
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We are here to remind the Alberta government, the federal government, and any potential private proponent that we will never allow oil tankers on our coast, and that this pipeline project will never happen.
- Marilyn Slett, Elected Chief Councillor, Heiltsuk Tribal Council
OFF THE SHELF
Sometimes you risk everything for a life worth living, even if you're not the one that'll be alive to see it.
Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves (2017)
