Ottawa invites private sector into Arctic monitoring project – CBC
Jul 26, 2015 The federal Defence department has announced a new project that should improve its ability to “detect and track small ships, predict routes and destinations, and identify suspicious…
Canada needs to stake its claim in mining or risk falling behind – MAC
2015-07-27 For 72 years, Canada’s Energy and Mines Ministers have come together for an annual conference. This week, they met amidst the backdrop of a stubborn downturn in global demand for…
The Duty to Consult – A Narrow Vision – First People’s Law
First Nations across Canada are frustrated with a lack of land use planning and consideration for the cumulative environmental effects of development on their lands. This recent decision from the…
Opinion: Aboriginal voters will make up their own minds – Regina Leader-Post
July 27, 2015 One curious side-effect of modern identity politics – the regressive notion that your skin colour, ethnicity or gender determines your priorities, privileges and politics – is how…
Nunavik nickel firm wants to nearly double Raglan’s lifespan – Nunatsiaq News
July 27, 2015 Glencore proposing to dig four new underground mines at Raglan The operators of Nunavik’s Raglan nickel mine hope to expand its lifespan well beyond 2019, with the…
This election, the question is: Does Harper deserve another term? – The Globe and Mail
Jul. 27, 2015 Gerald Caplan is an Africa scholar, former NDP national director and regular panelist on CBC’s Power and Politics. As every political insider will tell you, the real…
Federal government, First Nations face court battle over Transparency Act – CBC
Jul 27, 2015 8 bands refuse to publicly post financial documents, council salaries The federal government is taking eight First Nations to court in a bid to force compliance with…
Greenstone Gold meets off-reserve members – Tbnewswatch.com
THUNDER BAY — Premier Gold Mines has penned relationships with First Nations in the Greenstone area but off-reserve members in Thunder Bay got their first chance to meet with the…
Feds Inject $1 Million Into New VIU Forestry Program – Nanaimo Business News
Vancouver Island University (VIU) is to receive more than $1 million from the federal government to allow it to establish a mobile forestry skills training program on Vancouver Island and…
No light — lots of heat — on troubled CBC – Hamilton Spectator
July 27, 2015 The Senate is so thoroughly discredited that its blueprint for the CBC was destined for oblivion before it was released last week. It is just as well.…
