Day: November 23, 2021

Yesterday, demonstrators and journalists appeared in a northern B.C. court after spending the weekend in jail for their presence at a resistance camp in Wet’suwet’en territory. The RCMP arrested dozens of people and cleared the camp last week. It had been blockading a key work site for the Coastal GasLink pipeline project. Hundreds of workers had been stranded after the blockade was erected. The police were enforcing an injunction from a civil court that said Coastal GasLink should be able to continue its work. Today, attorney Kris Statnyk explains that the legal battle happening over the land is incredibly complex, because even the Canadian legal system holds contradictory positions on this issue. And the Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter Amanda Follett Hosgood explains what’s been happening on the front lines.

As the 44th Parliament since Confederation gets down to business this week, parts of British Columbia are still under water. The province has only just begun to recover from what could prove to be the most expensive disaster in Canadian history. Whatever else happens, climate change is going to be front and centre in Parliament.

The Sentier Nepisiguit Mi’gmaq Trail has been named one of Top 25 best travel destinations in the world by National Geographic, the only Canadian destination to win a spot on the list.

When tattooists Lindsay Philomene and Terry Dactel met, the pair bonded over their experiences facing discrimination in tattoo studios across Montreal. The pandemic gave them the pause and push to become their own bosses.