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Indigenous peoples are decolonizing virtual worlds

Indigenous peoples are decolonizing virtual worlds

High Country News — This article was originally published on Medium and is republished here with permission. Your mission is to explore space until you find your missing sister. You set off for the stars in your grandfather's space canoe. Along the way, you visit different planets and meet a galaxy of characters inspired by Hawaiian mo'olelo (stories) who help you on your quest.
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Indigenous Geographies Overlap in This Colorful Online Map

Indigenous Geographies Overlap in This Colorful Online Map

Atlas Obscura — For centuries, Indigenous peoples and their traditional territories have been purposefully left off maps by colonizers as part of a sustained campaign to delegitimize their existence and land claims.
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Quebec's first provincial candidate to wear a hijab wants to pave way for other minority women | ...

Quebec's first provincial candidate to wear a hijab wants to pave way for other minority women | ...

ricochet.media — Eve Torres converted to Islam in France but only started wearing a hijab after immigrating to Quebec. "I felt free to do it here," she said. "There wasn't any judgement." Quebec's social climate, she explained, was welcoming and "seemed far from the climate in France."
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What you need to know about Doug Ford's Conservative MPPs | Ricochet

What you need to know about Doug Ford's Conservative MPPs | Ricochet

ricochet.media — From sexual misconduct, to connections with extremist groups, to data fraud, scandals have rocked and reshaped the Ontario Progressive Conservative party over the last six months. And despite pointed attention in the final weeks of the campaign, many of the worst offenders got elected.
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Bloc Québécois future uncertain amid declining sovereignty movement | Ricochet

Bloc Québécois future uncertain amid declining sovereignty movement | Ricochet

ricochet.media — Today Martine Ouellet is officially no longer leader of the Bloc Québécois. In the wake of last week's crushing confidence vote, she had to step down, the culmination of several fraught months with the embattled party.
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Heaven's metals

Heaven's metals

magazine.cim.org — In ancient Egypt, gold and other metals had deep religious significance
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Andrea Horwath's NDP offers a detailed plan for change in Ontario | Ricochet

Andrea Horwath's NDP offers a detailed plan for change in Ontario | Ricochet

ricochet.media — Unlike the PCs, who finally released partially costed policy promises for Ontario overnight on Tuesday, just eight days before the election, the NDP's fully costed manifesto has been available since mid-April, a 97-page document that outlines a suite of bold social programs for the province.
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The female pioneers of prospecting

The female pioneers of prospecting

magazine.cim.org — Women have long struggled to establish themselves in the mining industry.
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The reinvention of the feminist bookstore

The reinvention of the feminist bookstore

liisbeth.com — In the summer of 2015, Montreal bookseller Marie-Ève Blais noticed that Virginia Woolf's essay A Room of One's Own, which argues that female writers need an independent income, had been consigned to the fiction section of the bookstore where she worked.
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What will cities need to prepare for legalization?

What will cities need to prepare for legalization?

news.lift.co — Municipal governments are lobbying their provincial counterparts to outline how much money will be allocated to cities post-legalization, with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) stating that the proposed legislation puts cities on the "front lines of keeping Canadians safe and served."
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Quebec Greenhouse Growers lobbying for piece of cannabis pie - Lift News

Quebec Greenhouse Growers lobbying for piece of cannabis pie - Lift News

news.lift.co — Quebec's Greenhouse Growers' Union (PSQ) wants to establish a regional network of cannabis "micro-producers" that would produce 50 per cent of the province's supply and allow industry to flourish outside of the realm of big corporate entities.
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Mining's Bohemian boomtown

Mining's Bohemian boomtown

CIM Magazine — The tiny mining town of Joachimsthal was an inspiration for many famous scientists
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Artists and architects in Montreal are upcycling old subway cars

Artists and architects in Montreal are upcycling old subway cars

CityMetric — Montreal's Metro system celebrated its fiftieth birthday this October. And for a limited time its first-generation "MR-63" cars were available to buy for the bargain price of C$C750-1,000 (£445-£593), along with a C$4000 (£2,370) shipping fee.
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Independent minded

Independent minded

CIM Magazine — B2Gold's Fekola operation is the latest achievement in the company's hands-on approach to mine construction
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Valérie Plante becomes first woman elected mayor of Montreal

Valérie Plante becomes first woman elected mayor of Montreal

National Observer — Valérie Plante has made history, becoming the first woman to be elected in Canada's second largest city, defeating incumbent Denis Coderre in a close-fought race in Montreal.
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Book Review: Where I Wanted to Be

Book Review: Where I Wanted to Be

Montreal Review of Books — Review of Tom Abray's Where I Wanted to Be (DC Books, 2017)
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Busting myths, connecting communities: On the campaign trail with Montreal's first elected Hasidi...

Busting myths, connecting communities: On the campaign trail with Montreal's first elected Hasidi...

National Observer — Fostering inter-cultural dialogue and remedying a disconnect between Outremont's Hasidic and non-Hasidic populations propelled Mindy Pollak into politics.
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The miner's bible

The miner's bible

CIM Magazine — Georgius Agricola's "De Re Metallica" was the seminal text on metallurgy and mining for centuries
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Turtle Island Reads offered friendly competition and discussion about issues faced by Indigenous ...

Turtle Island Reads offered friendly competition and discussion about issues faced by Indigenous ...

Quill & Quire — Reconciliation, high school reading lists, and Indigenous identities were among the topics raised at Turtle Island Reads in Montreal on Sept. 20.
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Why Jeans Jeans Jeans Succeeds Where Others Fail

Why Jeans Jeans Jeans Succeeds Where Others Fail

The Main — For the first-time customer, walking into Jeans Jeans Jeans in the Mile End can seem overwhelming.
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Montreal's monuments to colonialism

Montreal's monuments to colonialism

Ricochet Media — A plaque in downtown Montreal dedicated to Confederate president Jefferson Davis was removed in early August in light of the maelstrom of events in the U.S.
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The many lives of the Haile mine

The many lives of the Haile mine

CIM Magazine — The Haile gold mine in South Carolina has been in production intermittently for almost 200 years.
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Bloc Pot sets sights on legalization in Quebec

Bloc Pot sets sights on legalization in Quebec

news.lift.co — Bloc Pot, Quebec's pro-pot political party, says the fight is far from over despite federal plans to legalize weed.
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What Happened to Mount Royal's Raccoon Population?

What Happened to Mount Royal's Raccoon Population?

The Main — Tourists and pot-smoking Montrealers alike gather at sundown at the Belvédère Camillien-Houde viewpoint, which looks east out to the Olympic Stadium and beyond.
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