Reporter - CBC Indigenous, Nehiyaw, Cowessess FN/Treaty 4, FNUniv Alum, Saskatoon-born. Former CTV/APTN National News Reporter. Email: Creeson.Agecoutay@cbc.ca
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“The old-growth forest is what preserves the water, it regulates how fast the water comes down, and it prevents flooding.” — Southern Alberta group protesting planned 460-hectare harvest of forest in Crowsnest Pass cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/l…
Saskatchewan government won’t release document on Bell Canada’s AI data centre cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…
“Listening to the debate about DRIPA feels a bit like being drawn back into the right-wing, colonial denial forces that would rather risk ad hoc challenges.” — Longtime Indigenous rights lawyer says repealing DRIPA would be moving backward cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…
“It is good to have a dedicated ceremony to remember Indigenous veterans, For the longest time we weren’t even recognized as veterans.” - MMF Veterans Minister Shawn Nault — ‘Honour the fallen relatives’: Indigenous Veterans Day events held in Winnipeg cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/…
‘Legal avenues to object to development are being stripped away,’ academic says — First Nation sounds alarm over Ontario proposal to prevent ‘obstruction’ to development cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-b…
“I really believe if she wasn’t so aggressive, if she had offered me professionalism, kindness.. that it wouldn’t have been this way.” - Tipiziwin Tolman — Alaska Airlines passenger says flight attendant told her to remove sacred medicine pouches cbc.ca/news/indigenous/alask…
Wolastoqey chiefs oppose end to fracking ban, find consultation lacking cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…
Bill C-39 represents ‘mass dilution’ of First Nation rights, nature protections: AFN national chief cbc.ca/player/play/9.7407422
Kahnawa:ke to withdraw from AFN and AFNQL, seek direct government relations cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/…
National chief didn’t mean to ‘hurt anybody’ with remarks on Metis identity cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/…
First Nations challenging Pacific Link pipeline’s national-interest designation cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/…
Carney government pledges $50B over 10 years for Indigenous programs, services cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indig…
Native American women Deb Haaland and Penny Flanagan make history in U.S. midterm elections cbc.ca/news/indigenous/deb-h…
‘Confusing’ definition of Metis identity fuelling bitter Indigenous rights dispute: retired lawyer cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/…
“Our children need safe and properly funded education that reflects their languages and their cultures.” - AFN NC Woodhouse Nepinak — Infrastructure gap and specific claims top issues for Assembly of First Nations for federal budget cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-b…
“I can’t imagine allowing it to go forward without those full (environmental impact) assessments.” Physicist warns proposed data centre in Alberta would generate ‘large, if not extreme’ heat waste cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/…
PM, Manitoba premier only ones to bring up abolishing Indian Act at meeting: AFN chief cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/…
“It gives us the opportunity to manage these lands in a way that reflects (our) values and long-term stewardship.” — Major Sunshine Coast forestry operation bought for $80M by Tla’amin Nation cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…
How Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is pushing back against Canada’s largest AI data centre in Sask. cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…
‘You can’t just get out’: How 2 boys were recruited into the drug trade at the age of 12 cbc.ca/news/canada/missing-b…
