For the Wet’suwet’en nation, formal land rights may be on the horizon
If approved, a draft memorandum of understanding would pave the way, but there’s a catch—it would do nothing to stop the contentious pipeline construction already happening
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Nadine Yousif
Nadine Yousif is a writer based in Edmonton, Alberta. Prior to joining Maclean’s, she was a reporter for the Star Edmonton covering Alberta politics and healthcare. She has also previously worked at the Globe and Mail as a national reporter, and has reported out of Canada’s east coast for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and Metro Halifax. She is a graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism, and originally hails from Baghdad, Iraq.
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