Windmill vows jobs and collaboration with Algonquin on ‘Zibi’ development – Ottawa Citizen
May 21, 2015 Algonquin construction workers and tradesmen will play a key role in the redevelopment of the former Domtar site on the Ottawa River as part of what is being called…
Protestors air concerns at LNG information session – Smithers Interior News
May 20, 2015 New Hazelton RCMP was onsite at the Kispiox Hall this morning to supervise a protest against an LNG information session held by the provincial government and the…
Chinese, aboriginal leaders honour Jim Chu – Vancouver Courier
May 20, 2015 Chinese and aboriginal leaders joined together Tuesday to honour Jim Chu for his service as police chief, saying his seven-and-a-half years of leading the Vancouver Police Department…
Federal funding program to assist unemployed First Nations members with skills training – Daily Business Buzz
May 20, 2015 TRURO HEIGHTS – Federal funding was announced on Tuesday for skills training aimed at off-reserve aboriginal youth. “Through the aboriginal skills and employment training strategy, or assets,…
Ontario First Nations demand a say over nuclear waste storage – The Globe and Mail
May. 21, 2015 First Nations in Northern Ontario say municipalities are opening their doors to the federal organization that is looking for a place to dump nuclear waste but most…
CBU program efforts supported by $100000 donation – Cape Breton Post
May 20, 2015 SYDNEY — The aboriginal business studies program at Cape Breton University is $100,000 richer thanks to a donation from accounting firm Grant Thornton. The Purdy Crawford chair…
FedNor airdrops funding to remote First Nations – Northern Ontario Business
5/21/2015 Webequie First Nation’s airstrip is going under the microscope with federal money arriving to conduct a redevelopment plan. On May 20, FedNor Minister Greg Rickford announced a $1.36 million…
Saskatchewan could lose nearly 12K oilpatch jobs: Report – CBC
May 20, 2015 The province is projected to see a 29-per-cent decrease in positions from its 2014 number Oil and gas is expected to take a hit this year, and…
Improving worker commitment key to closing Canada’s productivity gap – ICP
May 20,2015 Labour productivity in Canada is lagging – we generate less value per hour worked relative to our international peers. [1] Despite the fact that labour effort (work hours…
Fednor Invests $151k in Kasabonika Lake First Nation – Net Newsledger
20 May 2015 Kasabonika Lake, Ontario – Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), announced today a Government…
