New Brunswick bans fracking, plans ‘prudent’ impact study – Financial Post
March 26, 2015 PORTLAND, Maine — Lawmakers in New Brunswick voted on Thursday to prohibit fracking in the eastern Canadian province, committing to study the controversial method of extracting oil…
B.C.’s Heiltsuk Nation mobilizes boats to protect herring fishery – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 26, 2015 BELLA BELLA, B.C. _ The Heiltsuk Nation is vowing to protect herring in its territory by any means necessary as it readies boats to defend…
BC herring harvest faces rough waters – Times Colonist
March 26, 2015 The British Columbia commercial herring fishery is taking place on a sea of troubles this season. Herring, a foundation fish in the ocean food chain, remains a…
Aboriginal jobs must be priority, chief says – StarPhoenix
March 26, 2015 Each winter, hundreds of huge RVs with Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba plates set up camp on the Osoyoos Indian Band’s Okanagan-area reserve. The campground and RV park…
PMO ordered Justice department to re-word Criminal Code to weaken Gladue principles… – APTN
March 25, 2015 PMO ordered Justice department to re-word Criminal Code to weaken Gladue principles for Aboriginal offenders OTTAWA – When Prime Minister Stephen Harper was meeting with First Nation…
Mushkegowuk Council Exploring Ring of Fire Options for Power – Net Newsledger
March 26, 2015 Mushkegowuk Homelands – BUSINESS – Mushkegowuk Council has announced that it will explore possible alliances with the Quebec Crees to bring a new hydro transmission corridor to Ontario…
BC treaty process in limbo after province pulls chief commissioner – The Globe and Mail
Mar. 25, 2015 The B.C. government’s abrupt decision to rescind its approval of a new B.C. treaty commissioner has opened a significant rift with the federal government and aboriginal groups…
Nunavut community struggling with radio, TV broadcasts – Nunatsiaq News
March 25, 2015 Clyde River residents seeking service and repairs A shortage of qualified technicians has left Clyde River without radio broadcasting for nearly four months — and the hamlet…
Nuu-chah-nulth and their view of their fisheries – Courier Islander
March 25, 2015 (The Nuu-chah-nulth Justification Trial: The Nuu-chah-nulth View.) The recent Ardent Angler column by Jeremy Maynard (“The Nuu-chah-nulth Justification Trial,” March 17, 2015) is mostly accurate, but leaves…
Matawa chiefs oppose Ring of Fire project sale – Northern Ontario Business
March 25, 2015 This week’s acquisition by Noront Resources of the chromite properties from Cliffs Natural Resources has raised a furor among the First Nation communities closet to the Ring…
