Next update time Fri May 19 at 4:30 PM PDT. Road open with sections of single lane alternating traffic. Loads over 3.8 meters in width restricted. Road construction work between Ainslie Rd N and Kanaka Station Rd for 16.1 km (Jackass Mountain Summit). Next update time Fri May 19 at 5:00 AM PDT. Paving operations at 104th Avenue Exit Ramp. Next update time Wed May 31 at 8:00 AM PDT. Ferry is currently out of service at Big Bar Reaction Ferry (Big Bar Reaction Ferry). To see more about the movement go to To view video of the event check out Les Johnson’s GFTV site at : for the short video or for the long version.Big Bar Reaction Ferry, in both directions. 19 at the Anglican Church in Grand Forks at noon. The next event, a teach-in, is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. To watch the Grand Forks movement go to IDLE NO MORE Grand Forks on Facebook. This was the second protest held in our region. It was started in the fall of 2012 by four aboriginal women wishing to make a change. Idle No More is a national movement aimed at bringing awareness to aboriginal issues and environmental issues affecting Canada and the world. “They’re doing this all over the place and its working and that’s the power of the people.” “We need to keep it going,” said Stephenson. “To see the support out here today for my people, and everyone in the world, is very moving,” said Metis drummer Tanis Sklapsky-Carson.

“We can only do so much because we are up against this corporate agenda,” he said, adding standing in solidarity is the only way to succeed. He said that as a politician it is “frustrating” to get things done. “What you said echoes the feelings of those across Canada.” “Thank you for your words of wisdom,” said Atamanenko when he was invited to make a speech to the circle. What will we tell the little ones when there is no more water for them?Įven Southern Interior Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko joined in before continuing on his way to an event in Beaverdell. We are being sold out as a country and land is left desecrated. “We have to realize the time has come – this is no longer acceptable behavior,” said Stephenson of greed and the pollution of our world. Protesters included the young, elderly, aboriginal, Doukhobor and everything in between, demonstrating that the event really wasn’t an “Indian thing” but concerned many Boundary residents.

The noon-time gathering began by walking and drumming in a circle of solidarity followed by a smudging ceremony, prayer and speeches. “This is for human beings and we need to keep it going forward … We are tired of the greed … Human rights are being walked upon and trampled. “This is not just an Indian thing,” said event organizer and local Metis Patrick Stephenson during his prayer. More than 30 people braved the chilly temperatures to show their solidarity in the national Idle No More movement during a peaceful public protest at Gyro Park in Grand Forks, Saturday, Jan.

No Boundaries by Alex Mar