N.W.T. Surface Rights Board set up to resolve land access disputes – CBC
Apr 24, 2015 Board to settle disputes between aboriginal groups and resource extraction companies A board designed to settle land access disputes in the N.W.T. between aboriginal groups and resource…
Barrick faces fresh opposition to executive pay plan – Mining.com
April 24, 2015 Canada’s largest pension fund manager will vote against Barrick Gold’s (TSE, NYSE:ABX) executive pay structure and withhold its vote for the miner’s lead director and chairman of…
NAN – “Shameful Minister Rickford is Not Representing Interests of Constituents” – Net Newsledger
April 23, 2015 THUNDER BAY – POLITICS – Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Harvey Yesno says the 2015 federal budget fails NAN First Nations by lacking significant investments to address…
Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Forestry Expo Continues April 23rd – Net Newsledger
April 22, 2015 THUNDER BAY – The Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Forestry Expo was off to a full day of activity on Wednesday. The trade show and career fair is…
Gov’t emails reveal concerns over First Nation consultation on Enbridge Northern Gateway – The Vancouver Observer
Apr 23rd, 2015 A damning email obtained by a northern B.C. First Nation shows the federal government’s own staff had serious concerns about the Crown’s consultation process with First Nations.…
Rapidly growing oil industry causing health concerns in southeast Sask. – CBC
Apr 22, 2015 ‘They are just pillaging,’ says Oxbow resident It’s not just people living near wells who are concerned about the growing sour gas problem in southeast Saskatchewan. CBC’s…
Federal Budget 2015 Promises Funds for Ring of Fire, Forestry – Mining Life
Apr 23, 2015 The federal budget holds plenty of funds for northwestern Ontario, according to Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford. Rickford, the Conservative MP for the riding of Kenora, said…
Richard Pamak ‘at a loss’ over why he was fired from Nunatsiavut cabinet – CBC
Apr 23, 2015 A former minister in the Nunatsiavut government says he still does not understand why he was fired from his position. Richard Pamak, who served as culture, recreation and…
Lathlin wins The Pas byelection to become Manitoba’s first aboriginal female MLA – Thompson Citizen
April 23, 2015 The NDP’s Amanda Lathlin won more than 50 per cent of the votes cast in The Pas byelection April 21 to fill the vacancy left when former…
Iqaluit gets ready for Arctic Council meeting – CBC
Apr 23, 2015 Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups are arriving in Iqaluit today and early tomorrow morning for the Arctic Council ministerial meeting that will see…
