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A group of more than 20 Tanzanians and their family members have filed a lawsuit against Barrick Gold Corp., alleging they or their loved ones were beaten, shot at or killed by police at one of the company's mines in the African country.
Thousands of claims have been filed in a settlement for residential school day scholars, but a lawyer who helped organize the class-action lawsuit says thousands more may still be eligible to apply.
Canadian mining firms are not held responsible for horrors inflicted on Indigenous communities by foreign subsidiaries. But a Toronto court could change that
Black, Indigenous people overrepresented in Toronto transit enforcement incidents, report finds Black and Indigenous people have been "grossly overrepresented" in Toronto transit enforcement incidents for much of the last decade, a new report finds — and when it comes to why, racial bias cannot be ruled out. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Apr 14, 2021 2:29 PM ET | Last Updated: April 14 Black and Indigenous riders were more likely than white riders to be formally charged or cautioned by TTC fare inspectors and special constables in enforcement incidents, whether they be on transit ro...
Mynor Padilla: Killer of anti-mining activist pleads guilty Published image captionMynor Padilla (left, being escorted by police) pleaded guilty during his retrial The ex-security chief at a mine in Guatemala, Mynor Padilla, has pleaded guilty to killing an anti-mining activist in 2009. Adolfo Ich was killed at the Fénix mine, which was owned at the time by a subsidiary of Canadian mining giant Hudbay Minerals. He had been campaigning against the mining project and for his community's land rights. Germán Chub, a bystander, was also shot, leaving him paralysed. The guilty plea comes at a...