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And just like that, with no pomp, no fanfare, not even a press release, the Chateauguay oil spill lawsuit is no more.

Indigenous, federal, and provincial leaders came together last week for a meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People (MMIWG2S+), discussing strategies to help address the National Action Plan laid out in 2021.

Documents viewed by The Eastern Door have revealed the sentencing conditions faced by 20-year-old Korallee Diabo, who was charged with impaired driving causing the death of Tsótewe Stacey in a car accident in 2023.

When Indigenous leaders head to the National Assembly in Quebec City, a satisfying outcome is hardly likely. So last week, when they made the trek to bring their concerns about provincial justice minister Simon Jolin-Barrette’s hare-brained scheme to pass a polarizing (and legally dubious) Quebec constitution in the party’s waning days, it was a predictable exercise in futility.

As general consultation meetings continue in regards to Bill 1, the Quebec government’s constitutional project, so too have calls for the bill to be withdrawn, particularly coming from Quebec’s First Nations, whether through the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) or by individual communities such as Kahnawake.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) chief Tonya Perron has been added to the health portfolio, taking over from MCK grand chief Cody Diabo in managing oversight of health-related projects in the community.

An attack outside Triple 7 this week that led to the arrest of two teenagers is only the latest in a succession of criminal incidents so far this year.

The shocking immigration enforcement operations in the United States continue to rattle us. It makes you want to cry or scream – or both – seeing the images flooding social and news feeds, including videos documenting multiple murders in cold blood.

Five years ago, we ran an editorial following the January 6, 2021, siege of the US Capitol by MAGA faithful, egged on by a president who couldn’t accept he lost the election. The headline? “Good riddance to Donald Trump.”

Two plans, one compiled by First Nations advocates and the other by the federal government, have been filed with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), each proposing paths forward for the long-term reform of First Nations Child and Family Services.