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Palestinian paramedic says he saw Israeli troops firing on emergency vehicles in deadly incident Red Crescent and UN officials found the bodies of 15 emergency and aid workers buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza, accusing Israeli forces of killing them

The lone survivor of the massacre of humanitarians in Gaza says “he was held in detention by Israeli forces for about 15 hours during which time he was interrogated and beaten. He said he saw the aid worker who is still missing, detained by Israeli soldiers.” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Heated hockey game sparks a much-needed conversation about racism Trigger warning: some of the details shared with EFN may be disturbing for some readers.   A series of ev...

Heated hockey game sparks a much-needed conversation about racism

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RIP liberals.

Anti-vaccination rhetoric is also a policy failure.

Healthcare is so expensive people turn to alternative healthcare settings and groups which lead them to conspiracy theories and the alt-right.

My family and I participated in a protest in front of the largest mining convention this weekend in Canada only to find out a Sudanese delegation had flown in to discuss mining opps in the middle of this war!

#KeepEyesOnSudan

How the UCP covered up police violence against the U of C Palestine encampment The Orchard has obtained hundreds of pages of correspondence from the university's executive leadership team, campus security, Calgary police and the provincial government. Part II of II.

How the UCP covered up police violence against the U of C Palestine encampment

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Crafternoon for Palestine family event organized by @watermelonfoundation @jfpcalgary @calgarystudentmovement in #yyc Calgary #mohkinstsis. Great work!

‘Potential human remains’ located in Winnipeg area landfill Experts taking part in the search of Prairie Green Landfill says the RCMP and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner have been notified.

The families of two women murdered by a Winnipeg serial killer have been notified that possible human remains have been found. A search has been underway since the beginning of December.
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YouTube video by APTN News I Love You - Mi’kmaw | Mother Tongue Teachings

All month long, APTN News has taken you to the roots of Indigenous languages with our Phrase of the Day.

Today Tiar Wheatle speaks with Elder Patsy Paul-Martin about a fundamental Mi’kmaw teaching.

Athabasca University launches free course to counter anti-Indigenous racism in health care Athabasca University offers free course to address anti-Indigenous racism in health care and empower advocacy and allyship.

The courses teach about the roots of racism and discrimination Indigenous people experience in accessing care, and the role of advocacy and allyship in addressing these issues.

www.athabascau.ca/news/univers...

'Do the right thing': Grassy Narrows First Nation demands action on mercury pollution ahead of Ontario vote | CBC News Just two days before the provincial election, dozens gathered Tuesday for a vigil outside Queen's Park in Toronto to honour people impacted by mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows First Nation in n...

An estimated 90 per cent of Grassy Narrows's population has symptoms of mercury poisoning, which can cause issues including tremors, insomnia, memory loss, neuromuscular effects, headaches, and cognitive and motor dysfunction.

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Remembering Aaron Bushnell Aaron Bushnell died by self-immolation in protest of the Gaza genocide a year ago today. His memory should stir a fire in our souls, and force us to evaluate our commitment to a better world.

Aaron Bushnell died by self-immolation in protest of the Gaza genocide a year ago today. His memory should stir a fire in our souls, and force us to evaluate our commitment to a better world. mondoweiss.net/2025/02/reme...

Find IDF Soldiers A database from The Maple documenting Canadians that have served in the Israeli military.

Domain was suspended, would love to know who the registrar (reseller) was that suspended it this quickly without good reason.

You can find an archive of the website with names (but no bios here for now) web.archive.org/web/20250225...

Find IDF Soldiers A database from The Maple documenting Canadians that have served in the Israeli military.

Find IDF Soldiers is a new database from The Maple containing profiles of 85 Canadians that have joined the Israeli military: findidfsoldiers.com

🚨 Canada claims to support free speech—unless it challenges war crimes. TOMORROW, World BEYOND War board member Yves Engler will be jailed for opposing Israel’s genocide and exposing police repression. This is criminalizing dissent. Demand justice NOW! https://buff.ly/3EWYzPU

Kenya’s RSF ties undermine Sudan peace efforts The Kenyan government’s disgraceful decision to host the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied militias—infamous for their brutal reign of terror in Sudan—makes it complicit in mass atrocities aga...

Kenya shouldn't host RSF leaders, it should prosecute them for their atrocities. It has all of the tools to do so, including its powers to exercise universal jurisdiction.

Kenya’s RSF ties undermine Sudan peace efforts: khrc.or.ke/news/kenyas-... #KeepEyesOnSudan

FYI - our Facebook page was removed by meta for the pro Palestine content.

We want to leave X and instagram next.

Follow us here instead.

Why Y'all acting like we didn’t spend 15 months watching numerous videos of orphaned children in gaza carry the body parts of their murdered family members in bags?

UCalgary Palestine encampment's fate was sealed before a single tent was pitched, documents reveal The Orchard has obtained hundreds of pages of correspondence from the university's executive leadership team, campus security, Calgary police and the provincial government. Part I of II.

SCOOP: Documents show the extent to which UCalgary administration was influenced by pro-Israel framing of the Palestine solidarity movement leading up to its short-lived encampment.

www.readtheorchard.org/p/ucalgary-p...

‘This is not honourable’: Chief cancels meeting with Alberta regarding O’Leary AI data project A First Nation in northern Alberta is pulling out of a meeting with a trio of UCP cabinet ministers concerning Kevin O’Leary’s $70 billion AI data centre project called Wonder Valley. The Chief of Stu...

Treaties mean nothing to the Alberta government edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/02/14/t...

First Nations life expectancy 19 years lower than other Albertans The average First Nations lifespan is now nearly two decades shorter than other Albertans, data from Alberta Health reveals.

There are many experiences and realities that lead to shorter Indigenous lives, but each reason is, in some part, connected to the violence of colonialism.
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‘Denying our truth’: Fighting residential school denialism in Canada Rejecting the full history of the institutions and the harms Indigenous children faced is a form of hate, survivors say.

The fight against residential school denialism in Canada

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'Somebody knows something': Missing more than a month, woman's Calgary family pleads for her return Leslie Shingoose, 48, has been missing for over a month and her family remains hopeful someone knows something despite fearing the worst.

Leslie Shingoose, 48, is described as 5-foot-4 with a slim build, black shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. She was last known to be wearing a dark grey jacket, black pants and white running shoes. She was last seen in downtown Calgary.

#mmiw #mmiwg2s

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DEI: Google joins US firms abandoning diversity recruitment goals U-turn by the former diversity champion comes as major companies face pressure to drop the policies.

Google has become the latest big US firm to scrap its goals to recruit more workers from underrepresented groups

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America explain

@jasonoverstreet.bsky.social

I really hope that the open call to ethically cleanse Gaza by Trump and Netanyahu will finally awaken Canada’s foreign policy establishment, which has pretended that this couldn’t happen for too long.

Enough. Recognize Palestine and act to prevent genocide.

Precisely.

Piikani Nation hunters harvest first bison in Banff in over 145 years | CBC News It's been nearly four months since Joshua Crow Shoe, Rylan Weasel Bear, Owen Stump and Kieven Weasel Bear hiked through a remote area of Banff National Park to look for bison, but what they felt on th...

"The hooves are used for rattles, you know, the intestines for carrying water, the sinew to thread our bows, the horns for ornaments, bone marrow for soup — we use every aspect of the animal. It's life to us," said coun. Crow Shoe

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"We can throw a wrench into the war machine": Why pro-Palestine Canadian authors are boycotting the Giller Prize - Toronto Life Comics artist and illustrator Michael DeForge, an organizer with CanLit Responds and No Arms in the Arts, on protesting the award's lead sponsor's stake in...

The Giller Prize has cut ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank. In November, comics artist and illustrator Michael DeForge broke down why authors have been boycotting the award

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YouTube video by APTN News Manitoba RCMP respond to video of an officer standing on a man’s chest | APTN News

The Manitoba RCMP have responded to a video circulating on social media depicting an officer on an Indigenous man's chest (while handcuffed) outside a residence in Mosakahiken Cree Nation.

This video may be disturbing to some viewers.

youtu.be/MggPJ-1rsKQ