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Kinder Morgan Canada, pipeline, Trans Mountain expansion, protest, Burnaby

Kinder Morgan opponents suspected Trudeau government rigged its review of pipeline. Federal insiders say they were right

Government insiders say a high-ranking public servant instructed them, at least one month before Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was approved, “to give cabinet a legally-sound basis to say ‘yes’” to the project. Here are the results of a National Observer investigation that was more than a year in the making.

Trans Mountain

By Mike De Souza | Analysis, Energy, Politics | April 24th 2018

In brighter news, a clean energy success story

Heat pumps, solar panels and energy kits are just some of the ways the Skidegate band council is ensuring a more sustainable future for their community.

First Nations Forward

By Emilee Gilpin | Entertainment, Energy, Politics, Culture | April 9th 2018

Something's stirring on Haida Gwaii

Heiltsuk and Haida women came together in Haida Gwaii for a Women's Dialogue Session focused on women's leadership, traditional and cultural knowledge, and coastal unity.

First Nations Forward

By Emilee Gilpin | Entertainment, Politics, Culture | March 14th 2018

Lenca people, Honduras, Berta Cáceres, Río Blanco, COPINH

Honduran women are leading a rights revolution. How many lives will it cost them?

Honduran women are paying for their rights with their lives — a toll that continues to climb in the wake of a violent federal election, and the two-year anniversary of the assassination of beloved local activist Berta Cáceres.

By Elizabeth McSheffrey | Politics | March 1st 2018

The wildfire warriors of Tl'etinqox

When a wildfire broke out near his remote B.C. community last summer, Tl'etinqox First Nation Chief Joe Alphonse and his community refused to leave.

First Nations Forward

By Trevor Mack & Tracy Sherlock | February 19th 2018

This First Nation is four steps ahead of climate change

It's as if Chief Patrick Michell of the Kanaka Indian Bar Band has a superpower. With what appears to be a normal set of eyes, his vision stretches back to the last 8,000 years of his people and ahead, to a future of climate chaos and unshakeable hope.

First Nations Forward

By Emilee Gilpin | News, Energy, Politics, Culture | February 15th 2018

A problem in North Korea, diplomacy in Vancouver

While Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un were trading death threats through the media, the summit was being billed as a multilateral alternative led by Canada, a middle power imbued with what British foreign secretary Boris Johnson praised as an “instinct for peace.”

By Canada's National Observer | Politics | January 17th 2018

Five Indigenous women rocking their businesses with beauty

They are creators, entrepreneurs, teachers and artisans, remixing tradition, creating pieces for ceremony, powwows, self-care and fashion — making the world more beautiful with every bead, shell and prayer-filled piece of work.

First Nations Forward

By Emilee Gilpin | Culture | January 4th 2018

Nuxalk people roll up their sleeves to construct a solution

The Nuxalk Nation started their own apprenticeship program, taking the housing situation into their own hands, literally. Through the community-based program, which matches empowered Nuxalk apprentices with advanced skilled workers, the Nation is building their own homes again, as their ancestors once did, from the ground up.

First Nations Forward

By Emilee Gilpin | Energy, Politics | December 19th 2017

Hell freezes over: A photo essay of hockey on a bone-chilling Ottawa night

Thousands of hockey fans braved bone-chilling temperatures in Ottawa as the National Hockey League celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first ever game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators on Dec. 17, 1917.

By Alex Tétreault | Culture | December 18th 2017

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