This week's edition includes energy projects, DRIPA, housing, Aboriginal title and more.
IN THE NEWS
National headlines featured legislation to amend the Indian Act and Indigenous-led energy projects
‘I thought it was a top priority’: Senator Audette and advocates decry feds’ Bill S-2 stalling | The Hill Times*
Indigenous-led renewable energy projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions | The Conversation
Pushback on mineral exploration, DRIPA amendments, emergency management, and changes to the environmental assessment process were the top stories in BC
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation says mineral exploration in Clayoquot Sound goes against rights and title | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper
B.C. premier faces pressure over proposed changes to DRIPA | CBC News
Derailment in Gitxsan territory has chief calling for halt to rail traffic | APTN News
Inside BC’s Plan to Fast-Track Environmental Assessments | The Tyee
On the prairies, an emergency response program and housing infrastructure made the news
Treaty 6 First Nations developing own search-and-rescue program | CTV News
$91M housing project to bring 260 units to Naawi-Oodena development | CBC News
Indigenous-led conservation and major projects were front and center in the Northwest Territories
$21.6 million flows into Indigenous-led conservation in NWT | The Narwhal
Chief Mackenzie "hopeful" but cautious in response to major projects launch | My North Now
In Nunavut, land use planning took the spotlight
The push to get the world’s largest land use plan in Nunavut signed amid mining rush | CBC News
Access to information, FPIC, and ongoing infrastructure issues topped the headlines in Ontario
'We've had enough secrets': First Nations group opposes Ontario move to limit freedom-of-information laws | CBC News
Ontario’s proposed nuclear waste repository must obtain consent from all affected First Nations | The Conversation
Kashechewan water: Residents frustrated over ongoing issues | CTV News
East coast news featured Aboriginal title, a class action, and cannabis enforcement
New Brunswick First Nation asks Supreme Court to hear case on Aboriginal title, private land | The Globe and Mail*
Class action 'only possibility for justice' for Labrador day school survivors, lawyer argues | CBC News
Membertou's cannabis enforcement ban a political move, chief says | CBC News
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
I hope it's not the calm before the storm, but we're prepared to take this as far as we have to, for us to be able to have our rights recognized.
- Chief Terry Paul, Membertou First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise” from And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems (1978)
