According to the Federal Government of Canada, the hak-a-pik is a “humane” tool used by seal slaughterers. After smashing in their skull with the blunt side, the reverse, armed with a sharp spike, is used to impale the head and drag the lifeless body with ease.
I mentioned earlier in the call before you arrived, that I had forwarded your press release to some colleagues of mine in the media with a personal plea to help by consistently following this and other stories emanating from and about the Original people world wide.
Radio show Hidden from History hosted by Kevin Annett on Co-operative Radio, CFRO, 102.7FM in Vancouver. With special guests Royal Hereditary Chief Kiapilano and Chief Red Jacket. This show discusses the censorship by mainstream media regarding the recent release of the Resident School Victim burial sites, a poem by William, and talk of how big developers are taking over Commercial Drive while pushing more people to the streets.
British Columbia residents have lost $2.4 billion of hard earned dollars to various gaming venues the BC government has been running through the B.C. Lottery Corp. And it wont stop there. They have plans to add slot machines to Bingo halls all across the province, “Modern bingo centres do not have table games and are limited to a maximum of 150 slot machines.” they call the proposed facility a “community gaming centre”, not a casino.
At a public ceremony and press conference held today outside the colonial “Indian Affairs” building in downtown Vancouver, the Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared (FRD) released a list of twenty eight mass graves across Canada holding the remains of untold numbers of aboriginal children who died in Indian Residential Schools.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights has welcomed the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007, as a triumph for justice and human dignity following more than two decades of negotiations between governments and indigenous peoples’ representatives.
The adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations marks a momentous and historic occasion for both Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations.
A new proposal on the Adams River could result in detrimental effects to one of the most renowned salmon runs in B.C. “That’s one of the most famous salmon rivers in the world.”
VANCOUVER: A comprehensive list of mass graves of children at dozens of former Indian Residential Schools across Canada will be released to the media and the public this Thursday, April 10 at 10:00 am at a special ceremony at the Indian Affairs office at 1138 Melville street in downtown Vancouver.
Recently mainstream media has been dubbing the new culprit of the current state of economic affairs to “Predatory Lending”. The story is, too many financial institutions carelessly and purposely lent out credit to individuals they very well knew could not pay it off.
