Province offers $14M to Gitxsan First Nation to secure pipeline right-of-way – Globalnews.ca
In order to make LNG a reality in B.C., the provincial government needs to secure land to build pipelines. They are hoping a multi-million dollar incentive will buy them favour…
Inuit from across globe gather in Northwest Territories – CTV News
Published Monday, July 21, 2014 7:13PM EDT INUVIK, N.W.T. — Hundreds of Inuit from across the circumpolar world are meeting in the Northwest Territories this week to discuss a unified…
B.C.’s unionized truckers hopeful dispute with government can be resolved – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 21, 2014 4:01 VANCOUVER _ Unionized Vancouver-area truckers hope a meeting set for today with government officials will resolve an ongoing dispute and averting the possibility of another strike that…
Newfoundland and Labrador teachers reach tentative contract deal with province – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 21, 2014 9:10 ST. JOHN’S, N.L. _ The government of Newfoundland and Labrador says it has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the province’s 6,000 teachers. The…
CDNS at odds with Harper gov’t priorities: Finance Canada focus group report – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 20, 2014 9:10 By Dean Beeby THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Public-opinion research for the federal Finance Department suggests key government policies are out of step with Canadians’ priorities, including…
Ewart: There are a trillion reasons why Alberta won’t slow oilsands development – Calgary Herald
“I’d like it to slow down.” Darren Pentelechuk, an Edmonton-area farmer who made the appeal for restraint at a hearing this week for TransCanada’s proposed Grand Rapids pipeline, isn’t likely…
Muskrat Falls employment went up in May – The Telegram
The latest numbers from Muskrat Falls are out. According to Nalcor, 2,051 people were employed through the mega-project during May 2014. Of that number, 1,803 — or 88 per cent…
Ontario aviation fuel tax hike will put province at disadvantage: industry – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 20, 2014 10:00 By Ross Marowits THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL _ At a time when other provinces are moving to encourage airline traffic by decreasing or eliminating aviation fuel taxes,…
‘Extremely low’ number of people with disabilities in politics, professor says – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 19, 2014 10:00 By Aly Thomson THE CANADIAN PRESS A New Brunswick university professor is calling attention to the need to overcome barriers people with disabilities face in politics after…
No free pass: Western Canadians demand more from energy sector …Financial Post
Many Western Canadians are critical of the energy sector’s environmental performance and actively raise funds for or donate money to environmental causes, but still believe oil and gas development should…
