Harper expected to target families with major fiscal announcement – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2014 By Jennifer Ditchburn THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Joe Oliver will make a major announcement Thursday that is…
Treaty First Nation in B.C. votes to implement living wage policy for workers – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 28, 2014 PORT ALBERNI, B.C. _ A Vancouver Island First Nation is implementing a living-wage policy, boosting the pay of some of its workers by almost $7…
Jobs vs. the environment: First Nations face a tough choice – The Globe and Mail
Oct. 28 2014 For the past few years, British Columbia’s Moricetown Indian Band has mulled whether to join 15 other First Nation groups who have teamed up to get a…
Mining companies owe millions in clean-up securities to territorial government – Northern Journal
October 28, 2014 Yellowknives oppose changes to securities for Ekati Mining companies in the Northwest Territories owe nearly $180 million in outstanding securities to the territorial government. The GNWT took…
Gameti, Wrigley RCMP detachments postponed indefinitely – CBC
Oct 28, 2014 Justice Minister David Ramsay says the federal government ‘ragged the puck’ on funding Seven years ago, the RCMP and the territorial government announced they would establish police…
GNWT budgets additional $50M for infrastructure – Northern Journal
October 28, 2014 For the second year in a row, the territorial government is budgeting an additional $50 million for infrastructure projects as part of its capital estimates for 2015-16.…
Kinder Morgan Canada pipeline plans hits mountain of opposition – Prairie Business
October 27, 2014 VANCOUVER — A Western Canadian pipeline once seen as the best near-term hope for sending more of the country’s controversial tar sands crude to Asia has hit…
Judge reserves decision in Yukon Peel watershed battle – CBC
Oct 27, 2014 Yukon Chief Justice Ron Veale says he needs time to consider a ruling on the Peel watershed land use fight. A coalition of First Nations and environmental…
Barbara Yaffe: Energy sector, not high-tech, will drive BC economy – Vancouver Sun
October 27, 2014 ‘You’ve spent too much time hugging trees instead of chopping them down’ VANCOUVER — Everyone loves the tech sector. Environmentally clean. High-paying jobs. Hopes for the next…
Agnico Eagle’s IIBA talks with Inuit org reach an impasse – Nunatsiaq News
October 24, 2014 Mining company asks Ottawa to provide compulsory arbitration Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. has asked the federal government to intervene and provide compulsory arbitration in its talks with…
