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Australia's National Day: Unresolved Colonial Legacy and Geopolitical Dependencies
Australia's national day reveals complex truths: a nation founded on a genocidal land grab, maintaining close US ties despite risks, and struggling to reconcile its colonial past with its present identity.
Australia's National Day: Unresolved Colonial Legacy and Geopolitical Dependencies
Australia's national day reveals complex truths: a nation founded on a genocidal land grab, maintaining close US ties despite risks, and struggling to reconcile its colonial past with its present identity.
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68% Bias Score
Australia Day Protests: A History of Resistance
Annual "Australia Day" protests by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, predating the day's public holiday status, highlight ongoing struggles for justice, land rights, and the failure to address historical grievances, revealing deep social divisions and the need for systemic change.
Australia Day Protests: A History of Resistance
Annual "Australia Day" protests by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, predating the day's public holiday status, highlight ongoing struggles for justice, land rights, and the failure to address historical grievances, revealing deep social divisions and the need for systemic change.
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56% Bias Score
Northern Gateway Pipeline Reconsidered Amid Climate Change and US Tariff Threats
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, reversed his opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline, citing climate change, the American threat, and the need to avoid environmentally damaging US development. This follows Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's push for pipelin...
Northern Gateway Pipeline Reconsidered Amid Climate Change and US Tariff Threats
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, reversed his opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline, citing climate change, the American threat, and the need to avoid environmentally damaging US development. This follows Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's push for pipelin...
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40% Bias Score
Jervis Bay Tourism Accused of Ignoring Cancer-Causing Toxins
The Wreck Bay Aboriginal community in Jervis Bay, Australia, is suffering from high rates of cancer and other illnesses due to PFAS contamination from a nearby Defence base, with authorities accused of prioritizing tourism revenue over public health warnings.
Jervis Bay Tourism Accused of Ignoring Cancer-Causing Toxins
The Wreck Bay Aboriginal community in Jervis Bay, Australia, is suffering from high rates of cancer and other illnesses due to PFAS contamination from a nearby Defence base, with authorities accused of prioritizing tourism revenue over public health warnings.
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56% Bias Score
Biden Commutes Sentence of Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier
Former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Indigenous activist convicted in 1977 for the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota; Peltier will serve his sentence at home, ending a decades-long legal battle.
Biden Commutes Sentence of Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier
Former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Indigenous activist convicted in 1977 for the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota; Peltier will serve his sentence at home, ending a decades-long legal battle.
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24% Bias Score
Garifuna Genocide on Baliceaux: A Campaign for Justice and Recognition
In 1796, the British exiled nearly 5,000 Garifuna people to Baliceaux Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, leading to a genocide where only 2,026 survived; today, their descendants are campaigning for Baliceaux to become a sacred heritage site.
Garifuna Genocide on Baliceaux: A Campaign for Justice and Recognition
In 1796, the British exiled nearly 5,000 Garifuna people to Baliceaux Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, leading to a genocide where only 2,026 survived; today, their descendants are campaigning for Baliceaux to become a sacred heritage site.
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52% Bias Score
Union of BC Indian Chiefs Reverses Stance on Northern Gateway Pipeline
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs apologized for comments suggesting support for the Northern Gateway pipeline, clarifying that the Union firmly opposes its revival due to environmental concerns and despite potential US tariffs, maintaining a long-standing mandate against ...
Union of BC Indian Chiefs Reverses Stance on Northern Gateway Pipeline
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs apologized for comments suggesting support for the Northern Gateway pipeline, clarifying that the Union firmly opposes its revival due to environmental concerns and despite potential US tariffs, maintaining a long-standing mandate against ...
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40% Bias Score
Imperial Metals Defends Mount Polley Spill as Non-Toxic Amidst Fisheries Act Charges
Imperial Metals president Brian Kynoch claims the Mount Polley mine tailings spill, which released 25 million cubic metres of material into B.C. waterways on Aug. 4, 2014, was not toxic, despite facing 15 Fisheries Act charges for alleged breaches resulting in serious harm to fish; however, independ...
Imperial Metals Defends Mount Polley Spill as Non-Toxic Amidst Fisheries Act Charges
Imperial Metals president Brian Kynoch claims the Mount Polley mine tailings spill, which released 25 million cubic metres of material into B.C. waterways on Aug. 4, 2014, was not toxic, despite facing 15 Fisheries Act charges for alleged breaches resulting in serious harm to fish; however, independ...
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56% Bias Score
Trump Executive Order Boosts Alaskan Resource Development, Sparking Controversy
President Trump issued an executive order on his first day to boost oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging in Alaska, reversing Biden-era restrictions; state leaders celebrated, while environmental groups and Indigenous communities oppose the move, anticipating legal challenges.
Trump Executive Order Boosts Alaskan Resource Development, Sparking Controversy
President Trump issued an executive order on his first day to boost oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging in Alaska, reversing Biden-era restrictions; state leaders celebrated, while environmental groups and Indigenous communities oppose the move, anticipating legal challenges.
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48% Bias Score
President Biden Releases Leonard Peltier After 46 Years in Prison
Leonard Peltier, a Lakota Sioux tribe member imprisoned since 1977 for the murder of two FBI agents, is being released from prison by President Biden after decades of advocacy from human rights organizations and prominent figures.
President Biden Releases Leonard Peltier After 46 Years in Prison
Leonard Peltier, a Lakota Sioux tribe member imprisoned since 1977 for the murder of two FBI agents, is being released from prison by President Biden after decades of advocacy from human rights organizations and prominent figures.
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52% Bias Score
Tribunal Petition Seeks to Force Canada to Renegotiate Child Welfare Reform
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is petitioning the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to compel the federal government to renegotiate a rejected $47.8 billion national child welfare reform agreement, after chiefs twice rejected a deal and the government announced it would only renegoti...
Tribunal Petition Seeks to Force Canada to Renegotiate Child Welfare Reform
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is petitioning the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to compel the federal government to renegotiate a rejected $47.8 billion national child welfare reform agreement, after chiefs twice rejected a deal and the government announced it would only renegoti...
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52% Bias Score
Washington Bans Open-Net Fish Farms, Leaving B.C. as Only West Coast Permitter
Washington state banned all commercial open-net fish farms due to escaped farmed salmon threatening wild salmon populations and ecosystem damage, leaving British Columbia as the only remaining jurisdiction on the upper West Coast to permit this type of fish farm; the ban will not apply to closed, la...
Washington Bans Open-Net Fish Farms, Leaving B.C. as Only West Coast Permitter
Washington state banned all commercial open-net fish farms due to escaped farmed salmon threatening wild salmon populations and ecosystem damage, leaving British Columbia as the only remaining jurisdiction on the upper West Coast to permit this type of fish farm; the ban will not apply to closed, la...
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16% Bias Score
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