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Prime Minister Mark Carney says his list of major projects has received support from some Indigenous groups, but more will be needed.

Houston's history changed with the construction of a telegraph trail. The project was abandoned, but the people who worked on it stayed behind.

"If you're travelling in a country like China and see the air that they breathe, I mean, anything that we can do to help clean that area would make sense."

Victoria's Stolen Sisters Memorial March is in its 14th year, and this year will take place on Saturday, Feb. 10. It always maintains the same message — uplifting families.

Now in its 33rd year, the Women's Memorial March takes place annually on Valentine's Day starting at the corner of Main and East Hastings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

UBCIC president Stewart Phillip says despite an agreement between the RCMP and the Wet'suwet'en Nation, you can expect to hear more about protests this year. 

A United Nations committee on eliminating discrimination is warning Canada that continued construction of the Site C hydro dam in British Columbia may violate international agreements.

"I don't want to see your crocodile tears," one protester told the prime minister at a town hall in Kamloops.

"It is my hope and expectation that everyone is focused on a peaceful resolution to the impasse," Horgan told reporters on Wednesday.

The arrests took place after a December court injunction was granted in favour of Coastal GasLink, ordering protesters to remove a blockade in the area of the pipeline project.

The protest on Wednesday through the core was one of over 50 being held across the country this week.

Canada is by no means perfect when it comes to issues around racism, Rob Breakenridge says, but Canadians might rightly object to the UN lecturing them on the matter.

Carrier Sekani Family Services and 11 chiefs are calling on the federal and provincial governments to fund a new healing and treatment centre for their communities.

Twelve Wet’suwet’en land defenders have applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to have criminal contempt charges stayed.

The hereditary chiefs oppose construction of a pipeline through their northwestern B.C. territories, while a majority of elected band councils support the Coastal GasLink project.

Kurtis Boyer said if the same study was done today, he believes ever more people would feel they have a role to play in reconciliation.

A demonstration blockade closed the roadway between Argyle Street South and Greens Road in mid-November.

Hamilton police say bright pink words were painted on Bay Street North in front of the federal building during a protest related to the Coastal GasLink pipeline in B.C. on Sunday.

The Ottawa Police Service's request for funding in 2022 was trimmed at Tuesday's board meeting, which will now be put to city council on Dec. 8.

"You have no idea what you're talking about," Ellis Ross, B.C. Liberal MLA for Skeena, told Leonardo DiCaprio on Twitter.