Chief leaves a 14-year legacy – Orillia Packet
It has been said there’s no higher calling than public service — a call that’s long been heeded by the selfless and tireless, dreamers and visionaries willing to toil for…
Nunavut review board staff to hold uranium meetings in Saskatchewan – Nunatsiaq News
“Our land and environment is priceless and necessary for our way of life” Nunavut Impact Review Board staff will head to northern Saskatchewan at the end of this month to…
Billionaire Craig McCaw Is Selling Disputed James Island For $75 million – Huffington Post Canada
You know you’re rich when you have enough money to buy an island. You know you’re really, really rich when you have enough to buy a $75 million island. Telecommunications billionaire Craig McCaw…
Scugog Island casino, employees headed for the bargaining table – durhamregion.com
Current labour contract expires Sept. 30; talks to begin Sept. 27 SCUGOG ISLAND — Contract talks between the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino and its employees are scheduled to begin…
Call before you dig: Why Canada’s energy firms are increasingly calling on archaeologists – Financial Post
Grant Aylesworth recognizes that many people think archaeology involves khaki-clad researchers digging up museum-bound artifacts in exotic locales. That happens, but in Canada a growing number of professional archaeologists such…
Mount Polley: A wake-up call for Canada’s mining industry – Science Matters
By David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Communications Specialist Jodi Stark. When a tailings pond broke at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine in south-central B.C., spilling millions of…
When science meets aboriginal oral history – Toronto Star
Press Release – The Inuit tales were right about those great big shy guys who came before In Inuit oral history, the Tuniit loom both large and small. They inhabited the Arctic…
NS energy minister hopes to make decision on fracking within month – The Telegram
Andrew Younger wouldn’t comment on the 387-page report because he needs time to read it, but he said the public deserves a response within a “reasonable time frame,” adding he…
Charlebois: Arctic agriculture a growth area – Ottawa Citizen
Investing in northern agriculture is not just about the North. Canadian northern regions have often been considered ideal portals into important markets like Russia and Asia. The geopolitical virtues of…
Premiers call for roundtable on aboriginal women – The Guardian
The country’s premiers are calling for a national roundtable to discuss the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women as a compromise measure in the absence of a national public…
