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Straight Talk

Missing person: 23-year-old male Mission resident last seen on March 22

Mar 31

B.C. RCMP are seeking to locate a resident of Mission who has been missing for over a week.

News

COVID-19: Union of B.C Indian Chiefs urges halt to Coastal GasLink pipeline work

Mar 30

The UBCIC also recently called for a shutdown of work on the Site C dam project for the duration of the pandemic emergency.

Movie Notes

Makers of celebrated Vancouver film The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open host live Q&A at noon on March 31

Mar 30

Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Maija Tailfeathers will both be on hand for the discussion, hosted by levelFILM on Instagram.

Straight Talk

Updated: missing 16-year-old female from Nanaimo has been located

Mar 27

She was last seen around 10 p.m. on March 23 when she left her north Nanaimo home.

News

COVID-19: First Nations Leadership Council demands that Justin Trudeau declare national state of emergency to deal with "nightmare"

Mar 23

“Prime Minister Trudeau must take immediate and sweeping action to declare a National State of Emergency before the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through First Nations and vulnerable communities."

Straight Talk

Missing 16-year-old female from Mission last seen on March 11

Mar 13

Denisha Heward was last seen on March 11.

Movie Reviews

Marie Clements's Red Snow takes a head-spinning trip through the Arctic and Afghanistan

Mar 11

The B.C. artist's poetic, mystical touches find vivid new expression on film.

Theatre Reviews

Inheritance: a pick-the-path experience digs into land claims and entitlement in engaging new ways

Mar 7

Audience members can choose the show's path with a click of a remote--posing mind-boggling challenges for a cast that seems to handle it all with ease and humour.

Straight Talk

Solicitor General Mike Farnworth authorized redeploying RCMP resources in response to Coastal GasLink's injunction

Mar 5

The Mounties deployed massive firepower as they cleared peaceful protesters and created an enormous exclusion zone along the Morice West Forest Service Road in early February.

News Features

Capilano University filmmaker Doreen Manuel's Unceded Chiefs tells historic tale of Indigenous resistance

Mar 4

It shows how Chief George Manuel and others thwarted Pierre Trudeau's efforts to ram the assimilationist White Paper on Indigenous communities.

Music

On Our Radar: Snotty Nose Rez Kids head back to the lab in the video for "Real Deadly"

Mar 2

The song is a rapid-fire barrage of cultural references, from classic hip-hop to cartoons only '90s kids will remember.

Straight Talk

Indigenous woman harassed by South Asian landlord over smudging awarded $23,000 damages

Mar 2

Crystal Smith endured offensive comments and attempts to evict her and her two kids.