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What you might not know about Indigenous law and the raids on Wet’suwet’en
The complexity of what laws and whose laws apply is something you won’t often see reflected by media organizations. With the help of Ricochet journalists, we summarized what you need to know.
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Statement on arrests of Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders and solidarity protesters
RCMP helicopter drops off tactical teams in Wet’suwet’en territory. February 2020. © Jerome Turner/Ricochet FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 February 2020 OTTAWA – In response to the dozens of arrests of…
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RCMP Are Raiding Wet’suwet’en Land Defender Camps
BREAKING: The RCMP raid on Wet’suwet’en camps Early this morning RCMP began their raid on Wet’suwet’en camps set-up to defend their lands against a fracked gas pipeline, Coastal GasLink, that…
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Greenpeace condemns RCMP raid on Wet’suwet’en camps and calls on Trudeau and Horgan to engage in peaceful talks with hereditary chiefs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6th, 2020 Greenpeace condemns RCMP raid on Wet’suwet’en camps and calls on Trudeau and Horgan to engage in peaceful talks with hereditary chiefs Vancouver – In…
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Greenpeace Canada solidarity statement with Wet’suwet’en people
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 January 2020 Federal and provincial support for Coastal Gaslink Pipeline violates Indigenous rights and fuels the climate emergency by pouring more gas on a burning planet…
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Going into COP25, Justin Trudeau Needs to Remember These 5 Things
“I see this as their chance for a do-over…That the election has turned into a teaching moment for this liberal government. Watch for all the ways in which they try…
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Greenpeace Canada welcomes introduction of new UNDRIP legislation in B.C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2019 In reaction to the B.C. government officially tabling the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as provincial legislation, Mike Hudema, Climate…
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It was historic – 7.6 million strike for climate action
It was historic. Over 750,000 people across Canada, more than 7.6 million people across the planet in 170 countries, at 6383 events. It was the largest planetary mobilization for action…
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Global human rights declaration adopted ahead of UN Summit promises strong challenge to fossil fuel industry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 September 2019 NEW YORK / OTTAWA – More than 200 human rights and environmental justice leaders gathered at a summit hosted by the United Nations, Greenpeace and…
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Amazon in Flames
For all of them, and for us here in Canada, these fires bring complete and utter heartbreak. We know that the Amazon helps absorb massive amounts of carbon dioxide. We know that if we lose the lungs of our planet, precious species will go extinct, Indigenous and rural communities will lose their land, and we…