Aug 17-23, 2020By Bruce McIvor This week's edition includes human rights, coal mining, COVID-19, sovereignty, sockeye, systemic racism and more. IN THE NEWS
Coal mining, COVID-19 and Fraser River salmon topped BC headlines Title and rights negotiations are ongoing in Wet’suwet’en territory In Manitoba, human rights and Treaty rights were in the spotlight Environmental assessment remains a hot topic in Ontario Land defence continues in Haudenosaunee territory In New Brunswick, calls continue for an inquiry into systemic racism Oil drilling was front and centre in the Yukon and Northwest Territories Law societies are responding to the TRC calls to action QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“We’re here to be united together, so that people know that this is our land and that, as Aboriginal people, we’re not giving up one acre more, we’re not giving up two acres more of our land. So much has already been taken and stolen. We’re standing our ground. And we’re not letting it happen anymore.” - Sayokla, Haudenosaunee land defender OFF THE BOOKSHELF
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925) | 
