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VICTORIA Victoria police are investigating after an old-growth logging protester was hit by a car outside of the provincial law courts on Wednesday evening. Police say the collision occurred around 6 p.m. when a group of activists were rallying outside of the law courts in the 600-block of Blanshard Street, with some on the sidewalk and some on the northbound lanes of the road. Victoria police say the vehicle, which was travelling northbound on Blanshard Street, had just cleared the top of a hill with low-visibility when it crashed into a protester at a low speed. Police spoke with the driver, the person struck, and nearby witnesses, and the police department says it does not believe there was any indication that the driver intentionally struck the person who moved into the roadway.
EDMONTON Edmontonians marked Canada Day but for some, the federal holiday this year was a time for reflection and not celebration. Thousands swapped their traditional red and white for orange – a colour change to help honour the children who died at residential schools. After the discoveries of unmarked grave sites at Kamloops and Cowessess, many believed Canada Day should be marked in a different way to be more inclusive of the reality colonialism played. A convoy procession to raise awareness and honour Indigenous children who never returned home left from Enoch Cree Nation. “Today brings a lot of sadness for the Aboriginal children that went missing,” Billie-Jo Wolfe said. “We need to reunite together.
In 2016 the Vatican, recognizing the need to understand Indigenous religious protocols, invited Indigenous spiritual leaders from around the world to Rome. On May 4, eleven leaders met outside of Rome to prepare for their visit with Pope Francis. JoDe Goudy, as chairman and a longhouse spiritual leader of the Yakama Nation, began with a song and prayer to honor his peers and the occasion. Each leader followed with a similar honoring and mission: revoke the Doctrine of Discovery.
The Doctrine of Discovery is the institutional pillar and origin of systemic racism and the global oppression of Indigenous people. One of the earliest examples of international law, the Doctrine of Discovery holds that when a European, Christian nation discovered new lands which is to say, planted its flag on land unknown to other European nations it acquired sovereignty over that territory and any non-Christian, non-European people living in it. This doctrine continues to influence law and policy in the Un