Member of Ahousaht First Nation to bike 1,200 km from Vancouver to Edmonton for cancer research
NANAIMO — In August, Roy Jack, 46, a member of the Ahousaht First Nation, will cycle from Vancouver to Edmonton to raise money for childhood cancer research, as part of the Great Cycle Challenge, Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper reported. “Kids should be living life, not fighting for it,” stated Jack’s Great Cycle Challenge profile, where people can […]
The Youth Warrior Program: how a First Nations group helps youth develop a brotherhood
“The world seems a little dull when you’re only just in your mind,” said a member of the group
Supporters rally and round dance to help Mi’kmaq lobster fishers fight for treaty rights
TORONTO—Promptly at 3:46 PM on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, upwards of a hundred participants of First Nations’ Land Defenders formed a multi-layered circle at the north-west quadrant of Yonge-Dundas Square. Encouraged by mild Fall weather, the considerable turnout slowly grew under the watchful gaze of a significant police presence. Forty-five minutes before the event began […]
