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Hatley Castle is the centrepiece of a former military college near Victoria that now operates as Royal Roads University. The property is part of a proposed treaty settlement with the Songhees Nation, now disputed by another group involved in treaty talks.
The NDP premier unanimously backed DRIPA in 2019 — now courts are weaponizing it against his government, and he needs indigenous consent just to amend it.
Exterior view of a jail cell door
Bronwyn Eyre
Bronwyn Eyre
Bronwyn Eyre
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“Colonialism’s legacy has affected Inuit women and girls every bit as much as Inuit men.” Justice Paul Bychok, Nunavut Court of Justice, 2025.
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Kelsi Sheren
MAiD cases in Canada are about to meet the estimated 100,000th death by June — and there seems to be no way to stop Canada's euthanasia system, with expansion for mental illness coming in 2027.
Leah Mushet
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