AI chatbots could be making you stupider As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.

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A great way to ensure your voice is heard by decision-makers this #BearWitnessDay is to send a letter calling for the full implementation of Jordan's Principle 📬 Mail can be sent postage-free to your MP and/or the Prime Minister. Visit our website to explore our template postcard or write your own!

Not only is he putting his name on everything - his taste in decor and architecture matches his leadership style- deplorable and dated

e-petitions e-petitions

Australians petition to ban Trump www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

APTN News Brief: Leaders demand transparency over RCMP surveillance of First Nations organizations, advocates Our lead story: First Nations leaders in Manitoba are demanding transparency regarding RCMP surveillance of First Nations organizations and advocates throughout the late 60s to early 80s, as confir...

First Nations leaders are demanding transparency regarding they RCMP’s spy program throughout the late 60s to early 80s.

Hear more on APTN News Brief:

Warrior Life Podcast Dr @cblackst.bsky.social @caringsociety.bsky.social joined me to discuss clash b/w class actions & human rights. Also discussed ethical issues re class action lawyers. #warriorlifepodcast #cdnpoli #firstnations #classactions #indigenous warriorlifepodcast.ca/cindy-blacks...

UN Children's Fund calls on Israeli authorities to investigate and 'ensure full accountability'

UN Children's Fund calls on Israeli authorities to investigate and 'ensure full accountability' https://aje.news/gp7zzt

Kidfluencing is a lucrative family profit centre, as content is spun out of everything from potty training to puberty. A new book looks at a business where “children’s privacy is traded for profits” econ.st/4sC4woR

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Okanagan chiefs praise MLA with local ties for standing up to government plan - Penticton News The Syilx Okanagan Chiefs executive council has announced publicly that it stands with Joan Phillip, MLA, in her recent actions regarding the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Okanagan chiefs praise MLA with local ties for standing up to government plan #Penticton

Weekly reminder to apply for the Spirit Bear Award! Three $500 awards are available to groups of young people who demonstrate their commitment to reconciliation and the TRC Calls to Action. The deadline to apply is April 30 🧡

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Speaking to community members bracing for 1-in-100-year flood in First Nation | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

The flood that is expected to hit Peguis First Nation in less than a week is considered to be a 1-in-100-year flood.

APTN’s Julia Ross spoke to community members volunteering to fill sandbags to protect their homes and infrastructure.

Gibsons teenagers spring into action upon spotting midnight structure fire At midnight last Wednesday, some teenagers were dropping off a friend in Elphinstone when they spotted a red glow down the hill.

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Thank you for reaching out. You have the gist of what I said correct- Academic Freedom is bound up in a higher duty to act in the public interest including by speaking out against injustice and proposing evidence based solutions

Mikisew Cree First Nation in Alberta to reveal findings of cancer health study | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

LIVE: Mikisew Cree First Nation in Alberta is sharing findings about cancer in their community and its relations to oil and gas activities.

Iran sent a team of 30 including university professors, scientists, diplomats, PhDs. The American delegation includes no diplomats, but lots of relatives of Trump and real estate developers. Who's going to get fleeced? www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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Cindy Blackstock on the CHRT Letter Decision YouTube video by Pam Palmater

The video version of my conversation with Dr. @cblackst.bsky.social @caringsociety.bsky.social on the Warrior Life Podcast is now posted on my YouTube channel! #warriorlifepodcast #firstnations #humanrights www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEjH...

We're cutting gambling ads on TV, radio, online and on the field.

Australians love sport, but too often gambling is getting in the way of the game. We’re taking action.

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez:

“The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.”

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I hope Canada and its allies will take all effective measures to prevent and respond to these public proclamations of war crimes. The people of Iran as well as Gaza and Cuba should not be used as pawns in these wars and aggressions.

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists.

Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

Bright green graphic reading "In the first 7 months of the Trump administration's second term, they have detained the parents of at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children. in small text reading source: ProPublica.

If these arrests continued at this pace, the number of parents in detention will have doubled by now.

ICE must stop ripping families apart — tell Congress at the link in our bio to rein in ICE's abuses.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

This is what solidarity looks like. #NoKings

The RCMP, the spy and the betrayal of national chief George Manuel | CBC News A declassified copy of the RCMP Security Service's dossier on the precursor to the Assembly of First Nations reveals the use of spies, infiltration and physical and electronic surveillance targeting o...

State surveillance is part of a wider retaliatory scheme meant to silence. In my case the govt tracked my movements, social media infringements, etc b/c we filed a human rights case v the feds to help children. www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-security-infiltration-george-manuel-9.7145083

Ontario court slashing $500M legal fees will have ‘chilling effect’ on other cases, argue lawyers | CBC News Lawyers who had over $500 million in legal fees struck down by an Ontario court are appealing the decision, arguing the case could have wider implications affecting access to justice.

Class action fees can be another form
of resource extraction from
Indigenous peoples- read this article by Pam
Palmater and I to learn more www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/9/...

Indigenous services minister questioned about fire that killed boy First Nations chiefs in Ontario demanded answers from ISC Minister Mandy Gull-Masty after a three-year-old boy was killed in a fire.

First Nations chiefs from northern Ontario demanded answers Thursday from Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty after they linked the death of a three-year-old boy to a lack of federal funding for fire services in their communities.

First Nations call for audit of rights commission following death A First Nations group is calling on the federal auditor general to investigate the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Independent First Nations Alliance filed a Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint in August 2025 alleging Indigenous Services Canada was systemically discriminating against their communities by underfunding on-reserve fire services.

The E Street Band is coming your way!

JUST IN: Democrats tonight have flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Florida.

And not just any seat: This is the district that contains Mar-a-Lago. (It voted for Trump by 11% in 2024).

That's right: Trump will now be represented by a Democrat, Emily Gregory, in Tallahassee.