Think-tank gives Manitoba thumbs-up – Winnipeg Free Press
Influential survey says province a great place for mining industry By: Martin Cash Manitoba is back in the good books of the mining-industry establishment, ranking fourth in the influential survey…
Questions remain about decommissioned swing bridge – Orillia Packet
February 24, 2015 The series of assessments of the Atherley Narrows — required before a pedestrian and snowmobile bridge can be built over them — is nearing completion, but there’s…
Nunavik’s GDP rising, but Inuit not getting wealthier: study – Nunatsiaq News
February 25, 2015 “Your economy is growing really fast” KUUJJUAQ — Nunavik’s gross domestic product, or GDP, has risen rapidly over the last decade, thanks to the region’s small but…
Cowie third candidate for Liberal nomination in Peterborough to get … – Peterborough Examiner
February 25, 2015 Brian Cowie got the green light he needs from the Liberal party of Canada this week. Cowie, 56, is a lawyer and former police officer who plans…
Minister Valcourt to meet with AFN National Chief Bellegarde – APTN
OTTAWA–Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt has agreed to meet with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde in the wake of the deadly fire on a Saskatchewan First Nation…
Indigenous school division proposed for Winnipeg – Winnipeg Free Press
February 25, 2015 Sarah Leo says mining deal violates Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement The announcement of yet another amendment to the Voisey’s Bay Development Agreement came as a surprise…
Uncertainty surrounds rights and title decision – Williams Lake Tribune
Feb 24, 2015 Uncertainty was one thing participants at a recent public meeting said they had in common surrounding the 2014 Tsilhqot’in Rights and Title decision. B.C.’s Minister of Aboriginal…
Alberta premier says Keystone XL battle goes on despite veto by President Obama – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2015 EDMONTON _ Alberta Premier Jim Prentice says the struggle over Keystone XL is not over, even with the veto of a bill approving the transcontinental…
Fraser Institute says Saskatchewan first in Canada, second in world for mining – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2015 REGINA _ The Fraser Institute says its annual global survey of mining executives has determined Saskatchewan is the most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment in…
Vale Newfoundland and Labrador to compensate province $230 million – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 24, 2015 By Sue Bailey THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. _ Mining giant Vale will pay Newfoundland and Labrador $230 million for letting the company export…
