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Manitoba's reasons for refusing to search for Indigenous women's remains in landfill are a smokescreen

A Manitoba court recently granted police authority to clear a blockade set up by demonstrators near the Brady Road landfill just outside Winnipeg. Indigenous activists and supporters gathered to protest the province’s decision not to fund a search for the bodies of Indigenous women believed to be at Prairie Green…

The Conversation · Jul 18, 2023

King Charles's coronation: How the place of Britain and the Crown has shifted in Canadian schooling

John Geiger, the chief executive officer of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, says the coronation of King Charles is “a unique opportunity to enhance Canadians’ knowledge and understanding of the Crown in Canada and our system of parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.”

The Conversation · Apr 27, 2023

Delgamuukw 25 years on: How Canada has undermined the landmark decision on Indigenous land rights

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Delgamuukw case on Aboriginal title. In 1997, the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan Nations brought the watershed case before the Supreme Court, yet a countrywide battle remains over implementation of the Delgamuukw decision involving all First nations.

The Conversation · Dec 11, 2022

Ag Growth Expands Its Credit Facility

Ag Growth International Inc (TSX:AFN) (OTC:AGGZF) increased its revolving credit facilities by ~C$150 million. The Series B and C Notes, with a principal amount owing of ~C$57 million, will be concurrently retired through the expanded credit facilities. Ag Growth's revolving credit facilities now total ~C$694 million. "While we will continue to carefully…

Benzinga · May 9, 2022

‘Josh Frydenberg for PM’: stories in Chinese circulating on WeChat are positively gushing over the treasurer

Praise for the ‘prince of tennis’ and ‘super scholar’ is targeting the Kooyong community whose votes will be critical on election day

The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2022

Canada indigenous seek dialogue with Vatican on repatriation of artefacts

Canadian indigenous leaders seeking an apology for the Catholic Church's role in notorious residential schools where children where abused also want to start a dialogue on the return of native artefacts held in the Vatican Museums.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2022

Josh Frydenberg ads appear on WeChat despite Liberal MPs calling for boycott

Ads attacking Anthony Albanese and celebrating Chinese New Year come weeks after Scott Morrison lost control of WeChat account

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2022