This week’s edition includes the new Indigenous Justice Strategy, land back, self-government, fisheries and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news included tariffs, Jordan’s Principle, and justice reform
Indigenous Services minister says economic reconciliation essential amid Canada-U.S. trade war | CBC News
Jordan's Principle funding for First Nations children being extended through 2026: Indigenous Services | CBC News
New Indigenous Justice Strategy aims to address overincarceration of Indigenous people | CBC News
Cultural preservation, land defenders, additions to reserve, land back, denialism, and fisheries made headlines in BC
B.C. Forests Ministry told to protect cultural sites | CTV News
Land defenders appeal TMX opposition pipeline sentence | APTN News
Doig River First Nation applies to add five parcels of land to reserve | Spare News | Penticton Herald
First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast | CBC News
FNLC Calls on Canada to Prioritize Legislation to Create Legal Protections against Residential School Denialism | UBCIC
Largest-ever Fisheries Act penalty will pay for First Nations-led Elk Valley recovery | Canada's National Observer: Climate News*
Traditional knowledge was the top stories in the Northwest Territories
Pehdzéh Kı̨ seeks confidentiality for traditional knowledge on proposed Mackenzie Valley Highway | CBC News
Agricultural benefits were front and center in Saskatchewan
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation signs $630M settlement agreement with Ottawa | CBC News
In Manitoba, land defenders and flood recovery made the news
In 'Winnipeg,' land defenders fight to save a sacred forest: 'We’re not moving' | IndigiNews
Designs for Manitoba flood prevention project to be completed this spring: minister | Pembina Valley Online
Coerced sterilization and Treaty rights topped the headlines in Ontario
Senator plans to revive bill to outlaw forced sterilization | APTN News
First Nations have been excluded from tariff talks, breaching centuries old treaties | Rabble
Fisheries took the spotlight in the Maritimes
Mi’kmaw chosen for independent review of DFO incident | APTN News
Millbrook chief says no to federal limits on elver harvesting in 2025 | PNI Atlantic News
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Our lands and waters have the ability to heal themselves. They just have to be given this space and the energy and the respect for that to happen.
- Nasuʔkin (Chief) Heidi Gravelle, Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it (Tobacco Plains Band)
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.
- Dan Brown, Digital Fortress (1998)
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