Clyde River Inuit Fight Oil Exploration – NOW Magazine
Talk with Jerry Natanine, mayor of Clyde River, Nader Hasan, lawyer, and others. 6:30 pm. Free. The Inuit community of Clyde River is trying to use the court system to stop…
Treaty signing highlights flaws and virtues of the process – CTV
April 13, 2015 VICTORIA – It’s easy for First Nations and the B.C. and federal governments to agree that treaty negotiations are too slow, expensive and fraught with obstacles, but…
Oil sands expansion and carbon reduction policies are mutually exclusive: report – Mining.com
April 13, 2015 Canada will have to set a limit to the planned expansion of its oil sands if the country wants to meet its international commitment to reduce greenhouse…
Partnership steps up to install new staircase in Park – Westerly News
April 13, 2015 Significant steps have been launched to ease the steps taken by Pacific Rim National Park visitors as a unique partnership between the Park and local First Nations…
Comment: First Nations beating war drums – Canadian Mining Journal
Apr 13, 2015 I read a couple news releases last week involving complaints by First Nations about being left out of resource development decisions. No one doubts that they must…
Canada’s Alamos Gold, AuRico merging in $1.5 billion deal – Mining.com
April 13, 2015 Canadian mid-sized bullion miners Alamos Gold (TSX:AGI)(NYSE:AGI) and AuRico Gold (TSX:AUQ)(NYSE:AUQ) have inked a US$1.5 billion friendly deal to merge, creating a company with operating mines in Ontario and…
Aboriginal work stats stagnant: Economist – StarPhoenix
April 13, 2015 Saskatchewan is winning a few battles but is losing the war against First Nations joblessness, says a University of Saskatchewan economist. The consequences of continued failure will…
After Gladue verdict, our jury system deserves a closer look – The Globe and Mail
Apr. 09 2015 Widespread outrage has greeted an Alberta jury’s acquittal of the man who was with sex worker Cindy Gladue when she died of a horribly intrusive injury in…
Michael Den Tandt: Why Canada should abolish the Indian Act and reserve system – National Post
April 13, 2015 Should a national public inquiry be convened to shine a klieg light on the plight of missing and murdered indigenous women? Absolutely. But let there be no…
First Nations Elections Act provides transparency, stabilization to band elections – Truro Daily News
April 13, 2015 MILLBROOK – First Nations bands across the country now will have the option of extending their electoral terms from two to four years under new legislation announced…
