Mi'kmaq Matters

The day after Premier Andrew Furey gifted the fossil fuel industry with $25 million in public money, southwest Newfoundland was flooded by a weather formation known as an "atmospheric river." The frequency and severity of atmospheric rivers are increasing due to climate change, of which the burning of fossil fuels are a major factor. This week, we discuss atmospheric rivers and climate change with two experts: atmospheric scientist Rachel White of the University of British Columbia and meteorologist Marty Ralph of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego.

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Though it will have gone through a process to remove cyanide and other deadly chemicals, effluent from mine operations will go into salmon rivers.This week, Don Ivany of the Atlantic Salmon Federation on why he fears it will have negative impact on vulnerable fish population.

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This week, Charlene Combdon, David Howse and Toby Penney on the the neglect and alienation of Qalipu members in central Newfoundland, and how things could be different.

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Famed medical philanthropist Wilfred Grenfell has a university and a health authority named after him, but for the Inuit of coastal Labrador, he was the one who took away the children. As the complete story of Grenfell emerges, there are calls for the renaming of institutions that bear his name. This week, we speak with Evan Careen, a journalist with The Telegram and Saltwire.com, whose recent article sparked protest from Grenfell defenders, and with Michelle Kinney, deputy minister of health and social development for the Government of Nunatsiavut.

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Highlights from our panel discussion in Stephenville on the troubled Bay St. George–Qalipu relationship. This week, finding an Indigenous response to the addictions/mental health crisis in the area, and Qalipu's privileging of Corner Brook in economic development, featuring Stephenville mayor Tom Rose; Kippens mayor Debbie Brake-Patten; candidate for Qalipu Western Vice-Chief Jenny Brake; and Peggy White, Chief of the Three Rivers Mi'kmaq Band and candidate for Qalipu Chief.

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D'Arcy Butler calls for an Indigenous approach to the opioid crisis in the Bay St. George area. And we have details about the upcoming Mi'kmaq Matters debate between four candidates for chief of Qalipu First Nation.

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The first part of our special Mi'kmaq Matters presentation held on September 23 in Stephenville, featuring Stephenvlle mayor Tom Rose, candidate for Qalipu Chief Peggy White, Kippens mayor Debbie Brake-Patten, and candidate for Qalipu Western Vice-Chief Jenny Brake.

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After serving on Qalipu council with Chief Brendan Mitchell for three years, Stephenville ward councillor Odelle Pike is seeking to topple the embattled incumbent.

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This week, Terri Greene wants to make members her ward feel more connected to the band, and Rod (Blackie) Bennett promises to be a Vice-Chief who gets people answers—even they aren't always what the answers they want to hear.

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This week, veteran journalist Trina Roache on her move from APTN to the University of King's College school of journalism, and her mission to change the way mainstream media approaches Mi'kmaw issues.

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