Jon Thompson
Freelance Contributor at Freelance
Journalist @Ricochet_en. Belongs to Northwestern Ontario. Prev. @CANADALAND @CBCTBay @TVO @APTNNews. Stream “Thunder Bay” @CraveCanada. [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Jon Thompson
As Ontario is expected to pass its controversial Bill 5 through its third and final reading on Wednesday, representatives of organized labour say their fight is only beginning. “I think this is a watershed moment where people will recognize who is fighting for workers and Indigenous peoples: it was us. We are the heroes we’ve been waiting for,” says OFL president Laura Walton.
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1 month ago |
kenoraminerandnews.com | Jon Thompson
The ice is breaking up slowly on the lakes that surround Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, 110 kilometres south of Kenora, Ontario. The snow’s receding, and mining prospectors are eager to get back into the field. Meanwhile, a trade war with the U.S. is threatening to ramp up critical minerals at volumes and speeds that would transform the entire national economy.
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1 month ago |
pentictonherald.ca | Jon Thompson
The ice is breaking up slowly on the lakes that surround Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, 110 kilometres south of Kenora, Ontario. The snow’s receding, and mining prospectors are eager to get back into the field. Meanwhile, a trade war with the U.S. is threatening to ramp up critical minerals at volumes and speeds that would transform the entire national economy.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Jon Thompson
The ice is breaking up slowly on the lakes that surround Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, 110 kilometres south of Kenora, Ontario. The snow’s receding, and mining prospectors are eager to get back into the field. Meanwhile, a trade war with the U.S. is threatening to ramp up critical minerals at volumes and speeds that would transform the entire national economy.
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2 months ago |
fftimes.com | Jon Thompson
A First Nation chief in northwestern Ontario says political rhetoric about running roughshod over Indigenous consultation to fast-track mining and other extraction projects is emboldening an abusive approach to resource engagement.
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Good on @ColinDMello for trying with Ford’s apology today. Watching the fallout, it’s clear the right question was what the premier learned that helped him to see his comments poorly represented the treaty relationship. The rabid racism of Ontarians could have used a douse, there
@JonSThompson We should invade and conquer them. It can be done in a weekend.
RT @CarAdrianH: LISTEN: On my @ricochet_en podcast “In Bed with the Elephant” an interview w/ the acclaimed Anishinaabe journalist/academic…
RT @gcfiddler: Being ‘passionate’ doesn’t give you an excuse to express your racism. If and when Doug Ford is ready to personally apologiz…
