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Christie Blatchford’s “Helpless” is hapless and historyless account of Caledonia conflict

By Hayden King on November 19, 2010

About six months ago, the Globe and Mail‘s Christie Blatchford filed a series of courthouse dispatches from Hamilton, ON regarding the case of a Caledonia, ON family and their $7 million lawsuit against the Ontario government for failing to protect them from “the natives” (of Six Nations) as a result of the Caledonia land conflict. With [...] . . . → Read More: Christie Blatchford’s “Helpless” is hapless and historyless account of Caledonia conflict

The likely consequences of ‘Truth in Sentencing Act’ for Indigenous people

By Hayden King on October 5, 2010

There are apx. 20,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit inmates housed within provincial jails at any given time in this country. And according to StatsCan, while Indigenous people represent 4% of the population, they make up 24% of the general prison population. Incredibly, Aboriginal women are 28 times more likely to go to jail than non-Indigenous [...] . . . → Read More: The likely consequences of ‘Truth in Sentencing Act’ for Indigenous people