NEB and GNWT study finds 200 billion barrels of oil in the Sahtu – CBC
May 25, 2015 The National Energy Board and the Northwest Territories government estimate there’s close to 200 billion barrels of oil in the Sahtu region of the territory. They evaluated the Canol and…
Companies walked away from NWT’s Tundra mine with gov’t consent – CBC
May 25, 2015 Contract terminated ‘by mutual consent’ last month after companies were ‘unable to complete’ it Two companies hired by the federal government to clean up a contaminated gold…
Kathleen Ganley is the new Justice Minister, Solicitor-General – Calgary Herald
May 24, 2015 Alberta’s new Minister of Justice, Solicitor General, and Minister of Aboriginal Relations graduated at the top of her class in law school and has several degrees. Calgarian…
Niinawind nindibaajimowininaan: our story – Winnipeg Free Press
On July 26, 2013, an employee of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights leaked information to the media that all reference to the word ‘genocide’ was removed from all exhibits…
Sleep deprived mother invents detachable sheets to fight bed wetting – The Globe and Mail
May. 25 2015 Louise Miner gave birth to her first daughter in 2002. Her second daughter arrived 10 years later. By then a lot more than the decade had changed.…
First Nations developing new tool for self-governance – Troy Media
BAYFIELD, NS, May 24, 2015—First Nations communities across the country are adopting constitutions that prove bands do not have to wait for the Indian Act to be repealed or replaced…
The hard lessons of Northern Gateway – Alberta Oil Magazine
What’s it going to take to get aboriginal communities to support pipelines that carry bitumen to the West Coast? More than anyone ever imagined It was, at the time, both…
On LNG, federal Conservatives have a lot of work to do – The Globe and Mail
May. 24, 2015 James Moore, the senior federal minister for B.C., popped up at a news conference with Premier Christy Clark last week to tout liquefied natural gas. Coincidentally, the…
New Alberta Premier sworn in and reaffirms new relationship building with First Nations – APTN
May 25, 2015 EDMONTON — Rachel Notley was sworn in as the 17th premier of Alberta Sunday afternoon in Edmonton. The New Democratic Party formed a majority government earlier this…
Jury make-up troubling issue – StarPhoenix
May 23, 2015 Despite a ruling this week by the Supreme Court that the lack of aboriginal representation on a jury that convicted a First Nations man of manslaughter didn’t…
