*I think Eby's the current, problematic BC politician in Premier power role. The core problem is that #BCNDP haven't really respected #IndigenousRights for a long time. Their caucus became too whipped under Horgan & that's continued under Eby - who was groomed by the former neoliberal in charge of BC policies.*

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the NDP has a “colossal” leadership problem, and if it doesn’t move on from Premier David Eby, the party could be doomed for decades. “I think the problem is Premier Eby,” he said at a Friday morning news conference in Vancouver held by Indigenous leaders opposed to a proposed suspension of parts of the Declaration on the Rights of #IndigenousPeoples Act (DRIPA).

Phillip spoke alongside the #FirstNations Leadership Council, which is made up of members of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Summit and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. The groups held a joint news conference in Vancouver on Friday (April 10), slamming the B.C. NDP government’s DRIPA suspension plan, a move the council had called a “unilateral betrayal” on Thursday. #DRIPA is a 2019 B.C. law that formally commits the province to aligning its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( #UNDRIP ), which affirms the right to #SelfDetermination for #Indigenous peoples worldwide.

Read more at: https://saanichnews.com/2026/04/10/the-problem-is-premier-eby-b-c-ndps-leadership-taken-to-task-over-dripa/

#BCpoli #DavidEby #LandBack #NoConsent #Capitalism #Colonialism #DecolonizeYourMind #Decolonization #CanadaIsAllNativeLand #BCGovernment #SueTheGovernment

🌟 A significant step forward.
The Washoe Tribe purchased 109 acres of ancestral land near Lake Tahoe, returning it to tribal stewardship after over 150 years.
This land-back effort protects culturally significant sites and strengthens the Tribe’s connection to their homeland.

Read more: https://ictnews.org/news/the-washoe-tribes-historic-landback-purchase-near-lake-tahoe/

@goodnews

#LandBack #WashoeTribe #IndigenousSovereignty #GoodNews

NEW FRIENDS FEST 2026

Lithuanian House, Friday, July 31 at 05:00 PM EDT

NEW FRIENDS FEST 2026

The seventh annual celebration of aggresive(ly) emotional DIY punk, hardcore and related music from around the world. NFF strives to be a welcoming place where folks with a shared love of cathartic music can come together to make life-long friendships. Daily lineups + more info coming soon, follow us on instagram @newfriendsdiy or at newfriendsdiy.com

Starting July 31st, we have three days of some of the best DIY bands in the world:

RAINER MARIA (NY) - PORTRAITS OF PAST (CA) - CARISSA'S WIERD (Mat & Jenn) (WA) - REVERSAL OF MAN (FL) - IN LOVING MEMORY (IA) - LORD SNOW (IL) - TOMB MOLD (ON) - THE CAUTION CHILDREN (FL) - DIKEMBE (FL) - OSTRACA (VA) - JOLIETTE (Mex.) - ADOBE HOMES (NM) - NØ MAN (DC) - GROS ENFANT MORT (Fra.) - ...AND ITS NAME WAS EPYON (CA) - THE NAMES OF OUR FRIENDS (OR) - POETRY OF TORCH (Jpn.) - STAR 99 (CA) - COMMITMENT (PA) - CLAY BIRDS (CA) - DEMERSAL (Dnk.) - CIENFUEGOS (NY) - DAYDREAM PLUS (ON) - VOTIVE (TX) - DEAR EVANGELINGE (ON) - QUIET FEAR (CA) - COMMON SAGE (NY) - IT'S YOU! IT'S ME! AND THERE'S DANCING! (OR) - UNDERWATER BASKET WEAVING (ON) - COUP D'ÉTAT (BC) - EUDAEMON (MN) - ULTRA LOVE (ON) - BODY NEST (ON)

https://toronto.askapunk.net/event/new-friends-fest-2026

LICE / DEAR EVANGELINE / ANCIENT GREECE / BUFF + DJS

Cafeteria, Thursday, April 16 at 08:00 PM EDT

D-SECTION RECORDS PRESENTS:

LICE - Brampton hardcore punk

DEAR EVANGELINE - Brampton hardcore/sludge

ANCIENT GREECE - Toronto post-punk

BUFF - Brampton heavy metal/punk

w/ DJ Afterparty ft. 999ADJ, PRINCE JOSH, KATARAMA, & CHABALA

Cafeteria, Thurs April 16, 8pm-LATE

https://toronto.askapunk.net/event/lice-dear-evangeline-ancient-greece-buff-djs