This week’s edition includes environmental protection, mining, infrastructure collaboration, pipelines, and more.
IN THE NEWS
National news highlighted proposed legislation addressing residential school denialism and a meeting with King Charles
Senate vote against residential school denialism bill sparks outrage | APTN News
First Nations leaders meet with King Charles to strengthen Crown-Indigenous relationship | CBC News
Mining and pushback on the Québec Constitution Act were front and center in Quebec
Chiefs frustrated with Bill 1 | The Eastern Door
Consultation or 'rubber-stamping'? Proposed gold mine raises questions about Quebec's mining laws | CBC News
Ontario news featured environmental protection and the need for culturally appropriate services
'This poison is coming': First Nations warn against nuclear waste | TBNewsWatch
Culturally-appropriate resources could save lives, deputy grand chief tells inquest | NWONewsWatch.com
In Manitoba, a proposed Crown-Indigenous corporation for major projects was the top story
Legislation to create Manitoba-Indigenous Crown corporation pending as some First Nations express concerns | Winnipeg Free Press*
Infrastructure collaboration was the top headline in the Northwest Territories
Sahtu, Gwich’in, Pehdzéh Kı̨ leaders sign Mackenzie Valley Highway MOU | Cabin Radio
In Saskatchewan, healthcare legislation made the news
FNHOO calls Saskatchewan’s Compassionate Intervention Act a “systemic failure” | MBC Radio
Responses to a proposed separation referendum continue to take the spotlight in Alberta
Chief vows First Nations will 'look at all avenues' in fight against Alberta separatist referendum | CBC News
Treaty 8 First Nations Chief asking anti-separatists to be more vocal | EverythingGP
In BC, pipeline projects, land protection, and watershed protection topped the headlines
West Moberly First Nations opposed to potential Alberta oil pipeline routes, says chief | CBC News
The Trespass: A Proposed Pipeline Brings Questions for the Gitxsan | The Tyee
B.C.’s political battle over Joffre Lakes is back | The Narwhal
syilx-led watershed effort lacking crucial municipal support | IndigiNews
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FPL IN THE NEWS
First Peoples Law’s Bruce McIvor was recently interviewed by Global News and CBC’s On The Coast regarding Alberta’s proposed separation referendum, and the Supreme Court of Canada's denial of an Aboriginal title appeal
Road to the Referendum: First Nation chiefs fighting Alberta separatism to preserve way of life | Global News
Supreme Court denies N.B. First Nations' appeal | On The Coast | CBC Listen
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
They will apologize for our history, but they will not protect us from those who deny it ever happened. That is not reconciliation. That is cowardice dressed up as a process.
- Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict, Chiefs of Ontario
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen, "Anthem" (1992)
