Shuttered Mine in Abitibi May Live Again – Mining Life
Mar 31, 2015 A team of mining engineers and geologists is determined to relaunch the historic Horne mine in northern Quebec, which produced 11.6 million ounces of gold and 2.5…
Innu Nation frustrated over Muskrat Falls hiring – Clarenville Packet
April 01, 2015 Premier Paul Davis plans to meet with Innu Nation Grand Chief Anastasia Qupee this month to discuss a number of thorny issues that have created tension between…
Tribe looks to future – StarPhoenix
April 1, 2015 Artist-run centre Tribe collaborates with Mendel for one of gallery’s final shows As the Mendel Art Gallery prepares to close its doors, one local arts organization is…
Prison commissioner sidesteps report’s assertions on Snowshoe’s death – The Globe and Mail
Mar. 31 2015 Ten months after an Alberta judge released a scathing five-page report on the death of Edward Snowshoe, Canada’s prison commissioner has issued a formal response that concedes…
Operation Blue Sky crowdsourcing ideas for aboriginal health care – The Globe and Mail
Mar. 31 2015 A long and dark list materializes when tabulating the health problems plaguing First Nations communities across Canada: HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, nutritional deficits, alcohol and drug dependency,…
Harper government expected to re-appoint prison ombudsman to shorter term – APTN
The guy who criticizes the federal government on its prisons, particularly the treatment of Aboriginal offenders, says he expects to be re-appointed as the Correctional Investigator but for a shorter term.…
MLAs check on Inuvik-Tuk highway progress – Northern Journal
March 30, 2015 Economic advisors not concerned about delays Work on the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway is not as far along as crews hoped they’d be by the end of…
First Nations want management control of Ogoki Forest – Northern Ontario Business
March 31, 2015 The northwestern Ontario First Nations of Aroland, Eabametoong and Marten Falls have signed a forest tenure agreement on the Ogoki Forest in northwestern Ontario. The three First…
Modern treaties smooth development for some First Nations groups – The Globe and Mail
Mar. 31, 2015 In Sarita Bay, a remote cove on Vancouver Island, aboriginal-owned land used for decades by loggers is slowly being reimagined as a multibillion-dollar export terminal to ship…
Administration costs for federal program promoting safety of aboriginal women reach $2.2M: report – Calgary Herald
March 30, 2015 The federal government has spent almost as much administering a five-year-old program promoting the safety of aboriginal women and girls as it has on actual contributions to…
