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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation in Yukon is using holograms to preserve oral teachings.

What it means for the future of First Nations learning – tonight on APTN National News.

Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Four Indigenous women were murdered in Winnipeg.

They were stalked inside homeless shelters.

Our Relatives tells the story of how they were taken and their families fight for justice.
Our Relatives: The Trial
The murders of four homeless women shattered their families, shocked Canadians and forced politicians to take action. The tragedy tested the police and the justice system, while again shining a spo...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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“The BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government after eight weeks of job action.” vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/26/b... - @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social

#BCGEU #BCNews #BCPoli cc: #BCWildfire
BCGEU reaches tentative agreement with provincial government
The BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU) has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government after eight weeks of job action.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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ICYMI: “The union says that all remaining members from the BC Wildfire Service and the B.C. Ministry of Forests have joined the two-month-old strike.” globalnews.ca/news/1149027... - Global News

#BCGEU #BCPoli #BCWildfire #Forestry #Wildfires
All of BC Wildfire Service joins BCGEU strike | Globalnews.ca
Non-binding mediation began on Saturday Oct. 18 between the B.C. government and the union with mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers.
globalnews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Lady beetles, commonly referred to as "ladybugs," are prevalent insects in Canada, with over 160 species documented in Ontario alone.

https://ow.ly/XXEA50XfR4F
Let's set the record straight on 'ladybugs' - The Weather Network
"They're actually beetles, and not bugs."
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October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction.
Mining the deep-sea could further threaten endangered sharks and rays
New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes,…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says the AFN is in discussions to repatriate a number of sacred First Nations items from the Vatican Museum.
First Nations items in the Vatican Museum to be repatriated says AFN national chief | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Awful finding in a new study: airborne mercury from gold mining is contaminating food in Nigeria.

Reminds me of when I went to the Brazilian Amazon in 2019 and found that mercury miners were dumping in river tributaries was making Indigenous villagers sick.

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Invisible poison: Airborne mercury from gold mining is contaminating African food crops, new study warns
New research reveals airborne mercury from unregulated gold mining is contaminating African food crops directly through the leaves, not the soil, as previously thought. This urgent finding shows plant...
www.eurekalert.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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tinwis means “calming waters” or “calm beach” in the Tla-o-qui-aht language. It is the site of a Tla-o-qui-aht village

“It has been a gathering place for generations of Tla-o-qui-aht people.”

- ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ ḥaw̓ iiḥ

hashilthsa.com/news/2025-10...
Tofino’s MacKenzie Beach officially changed to its Nuu-chah-nulth name, tinwis | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper
MacKenzie Beach in Tofino has been officially renamed tinwis (pronounced ti-nu-wis) by the Government of British Columbia following a proposal and years-long consultation led by the Tla-o-qui-aht Firs...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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The RCMP major crimes unit announced Monday that three men have been charged in the death of Melinda Lynxleg, the Anishinaabe woman who went missing more than five years ago and was later found deceased in an abandoned property in Manitoba.
RCMP charge three men in death of Melinda Lynxleg | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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October 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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In Colombia’s Amazon, two communities have worked for more than a decade to guard their territory and to protect the right of other Indigenous peoples to remain isolated.

Their efforts led to a formal recognition of the existence of two voluntarily isolated peoples: the Yuri and the Passé.
Indigenous monitoring project helps protect isolated peoples in Colombia’s Amazon
In Colombia’s Amazon, two communities have worked for more than a decade to guard their territory and to protect the right of other Indigenous peoples to remain isolated. The community of Manacaro…
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October 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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“B.C.’s largest coal mine operator has been penalized more than $3.6 million for delaying construction of three water treatment facilities and breaching water quality limits 171 times.” www.biv.com/news/environ... - BIV News

#BCNews #Environment #Pollution #Water
B.C. coal giant penalized millions for treatment delays, 171 pollution breaches
EVR Operations Limited — formally Teck Coal Limited — was penalized more than $3.6 million after failing to curb nitrate and selenium pollution
www.biv.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Alberta RCMP are asking the public for help finding a 25-year-old man who has been missing for more than five months.

Joshua Francis Saulteaux was last seen May 5 in the area of Goodfish Lake and Whitefish Lake First Nations, according to Goodfish Lake RCMP.
October 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The federal government is trying to have a lawsuit over biological experiments on Inuit dismissed over technicality, according to the lawyer representing the plaintiffs.
Former premier of Nunavut calls on Carney to stop victimizing Inuit
Paul Quassa is among the Plaintiffs in a class action filed almost six years ago over biological experiments.
www.aptnnews.ca
October 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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A little library filled with Indigenous books was taken from her yard. Now, she wants to rebuild #Middlesex #Ontario

The newly-built little library had more than $500 of new and used books and stickers inside

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A little library filled with Indigenous books was taken from her yard. Now, she wants to rebuild | CBC News
After just four days in her front yard, an east London resident says her Indigenous free little library was stolen, along with all the books and Indigenous-made items inside.
www.cbc.ca
October 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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🥳 Happy Geodiversity Day!

⭐ As we celebrate with the theme 'One Earth, Many Stories', read this message from the new UNESCO Chair in Geodiversity and Geoconservation:

🌐 www.geodiversityday.org/post/unesco-...
October 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM