On the morning of Saturday October 19th, RCMP officers arrested two prominent land defenders, Kanahus Manuel and Isha Jules, on the eve of Canada’s federal election.
Manuel and Jules had woken up Saturday morning in what Kanahus calls the Tiny House Warriors “safe zone,” a new camp…
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