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James Hopkin

James Hopkin

James has worked as a video journalist for CTV Northern Ontario in Sault Ste. Marie, APTN National News in Halifax and CBC News in Saskatoon.
He has worked on television, radio, print and digital news platforms at different points in his career.
James made the 2,074 kilometre trek from Saskatchewan to work for SooToday back in November 2017.
Born and raised on Manitoulin Island, James is a proud member of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.

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james@sootoday.com

Recent Work by James

Economist: Treaty beneficiaries could be owed nearly $85M

Economist: Treaty beneficiaries could be owed nearly $85M

Historic trial will determine how much money is owned to beneficiaries of the Huron Superior Treaty; depending on the witness, the correct answer is either millions or billions
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Annuities Trial: Expert accused of colluding with Ontario on report

Annuities Trial: Expert accused of colluding with Ontario on report

Robinson Superior Treaty annuities trial hears Dr. Alexander von Gernet received written instructions from Ontario just three months prior to submitting 'voluminous, heavily-researched report' on treaty payments on province's behalf
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<b>Annuities Trial:</b> Noted anthropologist takes the stand for Ontario

Annuities Trial: Noted anthropologist takes the stand for Ontario

Research by Dr. Alexander von Gernet suggests Crown increased annuities to four dollars per capita in 1875 at a time when Robinson treaty territories were realizing financial losses
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Conservation group to buy Batchawana Island for $7.2 million

Conservation group to buy Batchawana Island for $7.2 million

Nature Conservancy of Canada set to acquire largest, privately-owned island in Lake Superior next month
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Finance expert grilled over band spending report during annuities trial

Finance expert grilled over band spending report during annuities trial

'Well, they’re the ones who pay the bills,' says finance professor Eric Kirzner of federal justice department's influence on Robinson Superior Treaty spending analysis
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'The standard of living is still less,' says chief in treaty annuities trial

'The standard of living is still less,' says chief in treaty annuities trial

Testifying at Robinson Superior Treaty annuities trial, Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Chief Duncan Michano says forestry and mining industries flourished while Anishinaabe people lived in abject poverty
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Population stats for Robinson Superior Treaty could be skewed: expert

Population stats for Robinson Superior Treaty could be skewed: expert

Noted Indigenous demography professor says mandatory attendance in residential schools and other cultural factors may have contributed to lower Anishinaabe population totals in treaty territory
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Dispute over Crown revenues, expenses at forefront of treaty annuities trial

Dispute over Crown revenues, expenses at forefront of treaty annuities trial

Economic expert claims treaty beneficiaries are owed billions of dollars for revenues generated in Robinson Superior Treaty territory, but the Crown argues the cost of colonization, resource extraction outweighs those revenues
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Court hearing will decide compensation for broken treaties

Court hearing will decide compensation for broken treaties

A Nobel Prize-winning economist testified that First Nations in northern Ontario may have been stiffed $100B under a pair of treaties signed nearly two centuries ago
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Former Algoma U prof appointed to Order of Canada

Former Algoma U prof appointed to Order of Canada

'There was a real sense of triumph, that I was teaching Ojibwe in a place where it was once forbidden and the fact that my office was right where I used to sleep,' she said. 'It was very ironic'
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