Indigenous Peoples

07/11/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
A Tyee investigation reveals the BC NDP invited the authors of Abundance to present to caucus. Collage by The Tyee. Crane illustration via Shutterstock.

Website Editor: An important read here! “To just say we are going to go back to what we’ve always done, which is, dig, drill, chop, is such a missed opportunity, [and dangerous in a time of climate crisis!]” McDowell said.

“What they’re not hearing or listening to is members of the public saying, ‘You need to build right. You need to build for the future.’” 

Nov. 7, 2025

03/11/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Dawson Creek’s proposed water pipeline would include an intake on the Peace River, across from the gas plant in Taylor, BC. Photo by The Tyee.

Nov. 2, 2025

As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.

The projected cost of a $100-million water pipeline stretching more than 50 kilometres from the Peace River to drought-stressed Dawson Creek is nearly five times greater than what the city received in property tax revenue last year.

25/10/25
Author: 
Mitch Anderson
Will LNG help Carney 'build Canada strong?' Indigenous opposition and an incoming market glut suggest trouble ahead for his signature projects. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Oct. 23, 2025

Some questions Prime Minister Mark Carney should ask before pushing ahead with natural gas projects.

Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced five proposals he intends to fast track to defend our economy from the hostile Trump administration, live up to Canada’s climate commitments, and demonstrate respect for Indigenous rights.

Do the projects live up to these aspirational values? Let’s take a closer look.

24/10/25
Author: 
Zak Vescera and Matt Simmons
Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government to enable access to sensitive intelligence information, according to documents obtained through freedom of information legislation. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. David Vigneault photo: The Canadian Press / Justin Tang. François Poirier photo: The Canadian Press / Todd Korol

Oct. 23, 2025

Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and The Narwhal.

A Canadian oil and gas firm successfully pressed Canada’s spy agency to start sharing government intelligence with the country’s wealthiest companies, something advocates say will protect critical infrastructure but that critics worry could infringe on civil rights. 

21/10/25
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Corey Jocko, left, Shaylynn Sampson, centre, and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, right, leave the Smithers courthouse on Friday after learning that they will not receive jail time for blocking access to the Coastal GasLink pipeline four years ago. Photo for The Tyee by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Oct. 20, 2025

Judge rejects the prosecutors’ call for more jail time for protesters arrested at a Coastal GasLink pipeline work site.

About 100 people packed into the Smithers courthouse on Friday to show support for three Indigenous land defenders being sentenced for attempting to halt work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline in 2021 in defiance of a court-ordered injunction.

15/10/25
Author: 
Matthew Behrens
Prime Minister Mark Carney participates in an announcement at a community centre in Ottawa, on Friday, Oct. 10. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Oct. 13, 2025
 
As some Canadians organize "No Kings" rallies in solidarity with their American friends, perhaps it is time to organize something at home, where King Carney continues his domestic and global blitz of authoritarian policy imposition, never missing an opportunity to avoid consultation and accountability.
11/10/25
Author: 
Chris Hedges
The Wailing Wall - by Mr. Fish

The Wailing Wall - by Mr. Fish

Oct. 10, 2025

There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

There is no shortage of failed peace plans in occupied Palestine, all of them incorporating detailed phases and timelines, going back to the presidency of Jimmy Carter. They end the same way. Israel gets what it wants initially — in the latest case the release of the remaining Israeli hostages — while it ignores and violates every other phase until it resumes its attacks on the Palestinian people.

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