Nunavik’s Ungaluk fund hands out $11 million in 2015 – Nunatsiaq News
June 16, 2015 “We want the program to be considered something that can make us healthier” Nunavik’s Ungaluk crime prevention fund handed out more than $11 million this year to…
Imperial Oil begins production at Kearl oil sands as expansion completed early – Mining.com
June 16, 2015 Canada’s Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO) said Tuesday it has begun production at its US$7.3 billion Kearl oil sands expansion project in Alberta, ahead of schedule, and with production…
Shell-led BC LNG project nears environmental approval – The Globe and Mail
Jun. 16, 2015 A liquefied natural gas consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell PLC is expected to receive B.C. environmental approval within days as the group positions itself to be…
Agnico Eagle may expand Nunavut exploration after striking ‘promising’ gold vein – Mining.com
June 15, 2015 Canadian Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX:AEM)(NYSE:AEM) may expand summer exploration at its Amaruq project in Nunavut as the miner found a vein of gold near an existing deposit…
Behind bars, an ongoing native crisis – The Globe and Mail
Jun. 15, 2015 Prisons are, by definition, grim places. For aboriginal Canadians there is a particular bleakness. The difference between them and other inmates in this country’s penal institutions is…
Ontario Coalition Of Aboriginal People Supports A National Pharmacare Strategy – Wawa news
16 June 2015 The time has come for a national public and universal drug insurance plan to cover all prescription costs and to support the sustainability of our healthcare system.…
BC court orders band councillors to repay unauthorized bonuses – The Globe and Mail
Jun. 15, 2015 Even small Indian Act bands must meet a high standard for managing money on behalf of their communities, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled in ordering…
Federal incentives needed to encourage aboriginal involvement in green energy: experts – Hill Times
06/15/2015 Ontario and Manitoba have developed successful partnership models. Those who work in aboriginal communities on green energy projects say the real key to supporting the industry is to create…
Conrad Black: Canada is afflicted by a pandemic of defective moralizing on native issues – National Post
Conrad Black: Canada is afflicted by a pandemic of defective moralizing on native issues June 13, 2015 Stephen Maher wrote here Thursday that (apart from those that were already extinct),…
AFNQL asks Harper to sack his Aboriginal Affairs minister “immediately” in the name of reconciliation – APTN
June 12, 2015 The Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations for Quebec and Labrador is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fire his Aboriginal Affairs minister “immediately.” In…
