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CBC News reports on Canadian spy agency CSIS surveillance of Indigenous land and environmental defenders

Photo: Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) defender Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel speaking not far from the Kanehsatà:ke Pines in August 2017. Photo by Brent Patterson. CBC News journalist Brett Forester is reporting on the surveillance of Indigenous land and environmental defenders in Canada, including Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) defender Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, by the Canadian Security Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

Mountain Valley Pipeline, financed by Canadian banks and co-owned by a Canadian company, sues water protectors

Photo: Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska, locked to machinery at a Mountain Valley Pipeline worksite, October 16, 2023. In response to a tweet that says: “For Indigenous People’s Day [a holiday in the United States observed this year on October 14] how about we drop all charges on Indigenous Land Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

Treatment of Mi’kmaw fishers by federal DFO officers compared to Starlight Tour violence by Saskatoon police

Photo: Mi’kmaw protest at the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; April 2, 2024. CBC reports: “Two Mi’kmaw elver fishermen say they were forced to walk in sock feet for hours along a rural Nova Scotia highway in the middle of the night last week after Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago