Athena Bedassigae-Pheasant
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bodéwadmi & anishinaabe-kwe / wiigwaaskinagaa ndoonjiba / mukwa ndodem / 👽🌟
Whitefish River First Nation
Joined June 2008
Northern Ontario town called out by First Nations over staff comment about 'colour' | CBC News
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A comment made by a municipal staff member in Marathon, Ont., has prompted calls for accountability from two nearby First Nations. While local First Nation leaders interpreted the remark as referring...
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ICYMI: Alderville First Nation grants legal personhood to Rice Lake Learn more: https://t.co/TjvKoMKT8I
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"As the @TorontoStar reported after reviewing 20 years worth of strategies, governments have long known how to tackle youth violence: address poverty, racism and inequality, not just gangs and guns — and do so consistently."
Latest from me: Scarborough set to lose two critical youth crime prevention programs: ‘This will be history repeating itself’ https://t.co/97dhw0E60m via @TorontoStar
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“Lawless” Economic Zones Are an Assault on Treaty No. 9 Rights-Holders
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Guest blog by: Charles Hookimaw, Member of Kattawapiskak (Attawapiskat) Canada and Ontario are promoting "nation-building" projects and "special economic zones" while disregarding the rights, lands,...
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Protesters interrupt @fordnation event to press premier on whether he will compensate #GrassyNarrows for the ongoing mercury crisis - APTN News He dodges the question and thanks "my OPP" for clearing away concerned individuals https://t.co/C4IA4n69ok
#FreeGrassy #onpoli
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Kashechewan, Mississaugas of the Credit, Walpole Island, Wapekeka & Wunnumin Lake First Nations have joined the constitutional challenge to Canada's Bill C-5 & Ontario's Bill 5. https://t.co/E5aPk4XsX7
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Five more First Nations have joined a court challenge against new federal and provincial laws aimed at fast-tracking development saying they threaten Indigenous rights.
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Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief @LindaDebassige raises alarm over Ontario’s Permits to Take Water Program changes For full statement via Anishinabek News: https://t.co/0E2Mo3CrFd
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"This is Liberal cynicism at its worst...Miss Begum has no principles whatsoever. She was a New Democrat, a deputy leader, she sold her soul to the Liberals." -@RobertFife on #ctvpp Adding on Liberal candidate appointments in two Toronto ridings: "...the Liberals, they don't even
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greenwashing (noun) 1-the dissemination of misleading publicity by an organization with the aim of presenting an environmentally responsible public image. e.g. Minister Lecce is trying to rebrand environmentally destructive, high-carbon mines as essential for a green future
Ontario's PCs won't even explain what they mean when they say the Ring of Fire minerals are "the most ethical resources on earth." "Think about it," says Wildlands League's Anna Baggio. "they’re claiming that the rocks on the ground are ethical..." https://t.co/j2AwfN75DS
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Doug Ford only pays attention to the North when he needs to make shiny announcements, but won’t lift a finger to do anything about the only LifeLabs location in Sudbury closing up shop, leaving thousands without the services they need. Communities across the North relied on this
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Concerned individuals trying to hold Ford accountable “We keep trying to get Doug Ford to answer these questions, and he refuses to." Ford said thanks to "my OPP" for clearing protesters. #FreeGrassy #OnPoli #GrassyNarrows #OPC2026
https://t.co/h26kkVhGfI
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Protesters attempted to disrupt Premier Doug Ford’s address at the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party convention Saturday evening.
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Mike Harris & Dudley George vibe from @OntarioPCParty convention. Thumper Ford was asked: “Grassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate Grassy Narrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?” Ford said thanks to "My OPP" for clearing protesters. https://t.co/ZkWuydVQSF
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‘These lifelines are failing’: Improve northern airports, advocates say https://t.co/ByzuLkHReB via @SNnewswatch
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Read the full story and comment on SNnewswatch.com
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classic TBay leadership behaviour
Thunder Bay Mayor Ken Boshcoff will not declare a state of emergency over homelessness, as Fort William First Nation & Nishnawbe Aski Nation leaders requested in a statement last Friday while temperatures plunged below -30C. https://t.co/ChkCaM0Y98 Boshcoff requests meeting asap.
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I don’t know who on Rob Ashton’s team approved this campaign email but it deserves an award for how poorly it’s worded. Thanks very much for giving me minor cardiac arrest, anxiety and a bit of indigestion 😒
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Tell us you don't know any Indigenous people AT ALL, without telling us you don't know ONE SINGLE INDIGENOUS person on whose land you squat, Settler. It was ok when they were doing it to us so you could enjoy all of your stolen goods and plunder.
Funny how people complain about Canada while enjoying something millions don’t have: The right to protest without being beaten, jailed, or killed. Perspective matters.
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SHARE THIS POST AND ATTEND We need to start asserting our rights! Use them or lose them Join the webinar to inform yourselves Date: January 24th at 4pm Est Webinar link : https://t.co/I3zcKwAHSK iD
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I always forget his father ran a federal Indian day school.
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