Less ferry service money lucrative for Nunatsiavut Marine – The Telegram
May 13, 2015 As the tide goes out on the money available for the Labrador ferry service announced in the recent provincial budget, it might actually prove to be good…
Signs of change are sweeping the nation – Pique Newsmagazine
May 14, 2015 Recent events in Canada have shown not only that change is possible, but that people won’t stand for having corporate interests put before their own. When plummeting…
Close the gap between Canada and its aboriginal people: AFN chief – The Globe and Mail
May. 13, 2015 The leader of the country’s largest aboriginal group is calling on Ottawa to close the gap between Canada and its aboriginal people as the UN prepares to…
Don Cayo: First Nations aiding development – Vancouver Sun
Think-tank report: Players in partnerships between bands and businesses note establishing relationships is key to success May 14, 2015 Resource development in B.C. isn’t stalled, as many appear to fear,…
Perry Bellegarde says feds need to be at aboriginal affairs talks – CBC
May 13, 2015 Provincial, territorial ministers and aboriginal groups in Yellowknife to discuss quality of life gap Perry Bellegarde, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, called out the federal government…
Ex-Snuneymuxw chief in AFN bid – Nanaimo Daily News
May 14, 2015 Doug White to run for Regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, an arm of national group Former Snuneymux chief Doug White announced his intention…
Aboriginal leader calls for indigenous education initiatives – Vancouver Sun
May 13, 2015 Canada would be a better place if everyone had better knowledge about indigenous languages and cultures, aboriginal leader Wab Kinew told hundreds of education leaders in Whistler…
Pacific NorthWest working to keep BC LNG export project alive – The Globe and Mail
May. 13, 2015 Pacific NorthWest LNG is scrambling to come up with a Plan B after the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation soundly rejected the Malaysian-led project’s $1-billion cash offer aimed…
BC premier says First Nation opposition won’t stop LNG project – CTV
BURNABY, B.C. — B.C. Premier Christy Clark insists the possible rejection by a First Nation of a liquefied-natural-gas terminal is nothing more than a bump in the road for a…
Grassy Narrows First Nation activist Judy DaSilva fights CN injunction – CBC
May 13, 2015 Railway issues injunction after traditional Anishinaabe water ceremony held near tracks An environmental activist from Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwestern Ontario is heading to court Thursday…
