Stories of Frustration from the «Third Pole» I came to Kathmandu for a conference. I left as the airport shut, protests turned deadly, and the prime minister resigned. These are the impressions I carried home.
Remains of 215 Children Found Buried at Former Canadian Residential School Ground-penetrating radar was used to locate the remains of the children. Now the federal government is under pressure to fund searches for other human remains.
Seattle City Council Takes a Firm Stance Against Arctic Drilling, Weakens Indigenous Rights in the Process The council just passed a resolution, largely in the name of indigenous rights, boycotting any corporation that purchases a drilling lease for the ANWR coastal plain from the U.S. Department of the Interior. But policy analyst and indigenous rights expert Heather Exner-Pirot sees the measure as misguided and inappropriate.
Sovereignty is Not the Issue in the Canadian Arctic Says New Report A Standing Committee from the Canadian House of Commons has released a new report looking at the coming decades in the Arctic, entitled “Nation-Building at Home, Vigilance Abroad.
Canada’s 2019 Federal Budget: Arctic Analysis Canada has released their 2019 and it includes over $700 million dollars to Northern commitments.
