Aaron Hemens
@aaron_hemens
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Journalist with @IndigiNewsMedia . Filipino settler on unceded syilx Okanagan homelands. Work in @AP @canadianpress @globeandmail @WSJ @APTNNews (He/Him)
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The survivor whose story sparked Orange Shirt Day — and the “Every Child Matters” movement — says she's worried the cause is being forgotten. “It needs to be respected — I need to be respected — and I don’t feel I have that.” Story by @aaron_hemens
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‘I don’t want Orange Shirt Day to be forgotten — it was started by a survivor,’ says Phyllis Webstad, whose 11-year-old event now coincides with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Researchers study how well the salmon species can spawn and survive in the Upper Columbia River system, despite years being blocked from returning https://t.co/dfTeNQNVtw Story by @aaron_hemens
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After being cancelled because of a wildfire last year, the community came together for a ‘healing’ and joy-filled three-day celebration over the long weekend https://t.co/rlYUiIhUdU Story by : @aaron_hemens
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The 15-year-old boy from Samson Cree Nation who was shot and killed by RCMP Friday morning in Wetaskiwin, AB was Hoss Lightning. His maternal grandmother sent me this photo taken of him earlier this year (he’s asking his grandmother if he looks like his late grandfather in the
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Three-year-old Preston Fox of Neskantaga First Nation stands near the latest water delivery from the federal government. Neskantaga has been under a boil water advisory for nearly 30 years. Little Preston has sores on his body from bathing in the water. He’s a beautiful, gentle,
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Ktunaxa, Secwépemc and syilx leaders fought for a seat at the table as the 60-year-old deal — impacting water flows and hundreds of dams on the 2,000 km river — is updated https://t.co/pflFl6DyVx Story by @aaron_hemens
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"I will not forgive you, neither in this life nor the next" A Palestinian child, in tears, sends a message to the world following the horrors she witnessed in the Israeli massacre of worshippers at Al-Tabi'in School in northern Gaza this morning.
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New from me and @aaron_hemens: Inquest jury urges RCMP to review detention policies after Secwe̓pemc man died in custody. Randy Lampreau's sister hopes to see systemic changes so no other family has to go through what hers has. https://t.co/fbeWiLpMJ5
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Province has already said it has 'no plans' for a sobering centre in ‘Kamloops,’ one of several recommendations to make the system safer five years after Randy Lampreau lost his life
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A ceremony led by cəqcqalx̌qn Arnie Baptist brought more than 100 leaders, Youth and Elders together at the sacred medicine site https://t.co/yxFlut9N0Q Story by @aaron_hemens
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Al Jazeera condemns the assassination of its correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al Rifi by Israeli forces.
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As polio spreads in Gaza, IDF engineers blow up the “Canada well” water treatment facility and reservoir in Tel Sultan, Rafah, Gaza.
Rafah | Rafah’s water reservoir blown up Israeli soldier from the combat engineering corps sharing footage on his personal account blowing Rafah’s water reservoir in Tel Sultan neighborhood “in honor of Shabbat” as he describes it.
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My first for The Narwhal! I try to explore why the Trans Mountain pipeline was prioritized as part of the Jasper National Park firefighting efforts:
Even though Trans Mountain recently estimated the wildfire risk to its pipeline running through Jasper National Park is “low,” crews were fighting to protect it in this week’s wildfires in the park. #ABfires
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With speculations around funding and restructuring, sources say Indigenous people in the criminal justice system are left without on-site support https://t.co/Y832I9yayc Story by @aaron_hemens
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The Unity Ride on Saturday included about 20 riders who went through one of the international checkpoints that divides sovereign territories https://t.co/8mF17zMzk2 Story by @aaron_hemens
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After more than 2 years at Corus, I was one of many journalists who were laid off yesterday. My heart breaks for my colleagues who were laid off, and for those who now have to "do more with less". For those of you who have followed my stories, thank you. That means a lot.
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After raising the fish in their classrooms, students free sockeye and Chinook salmon into local waterways in a series of syilx Okanagan ceremonies. Story via @aaron_hemens @IndigiNewsMedia :
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Children freed sockeye and chinook into local waterways after raising them in classrooms as part of Okanagan Nation Alliance program
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Our investigative fellow @CDGreenfeather is on the ground in Winnipeg today, as Jeremy Skibicki was found guilty of the first degree murders of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe. In-depth feature with @ricochet_en to come soon.
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A feature story for @IndigiNewsMedia about Okanagan Nation Alliance's 20th year of revitalization efforts for salmon populations in territorial waters. I documented six of the 10 ceremonial releases hosted across syilx Okanagan territory in May and June https://t.co/4hDVYpaN77
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After raising the fish in their classrooms, young students freed sockeye and Chinook into Okanagan waterways during May and June
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Haaretz journalist @nirhasson protects a Palestinian journalist from a mob during the religious right-wing "flag parade" in Jerusalem today. Photo credit: Maya Levin @NPR
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