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Amy Crook of the Centre of Science in Public Participation is interviewed by Janelle Bandcroft on CFUV.  For the full interview you can listen to the podcast. Be advised Amy’s portion of the interview follows a conversation by Rev. Lucius Walker so you need to fast forward.  web.mac.com/bandcroft/Relative_Newz/Podcast/Entries/2009/6/11_Why_Cuba__Why_BC.html

“Native band says 15,000 oilsands developments planned on ancestral land” Read the full article by Elise Stolte. please click here for more information (PDF file)

The Beaver Lake Cree Nation issued a press release in response to Alberta and Canada’s pre-trial motions to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench seeking to put a halt to the litigation.  Read the full release for more information. please click here for more information (PDF file)

By Robert Kunzig – Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the land, exploitation of Alberta’s oil sands is now a gamble worth billions.  To read this compelling article, please click here.

Lots of people want to have a bigger conversation about the horrors being unearthed at residential school sites. It’s also clear that – though we have a mandate from Indigenous Nations to fundraise on their behalf – we have to put down our tools and allow space for mourning.