Squamish Nation remuneration figures unveiled – Squamish Chief
Band’s chiefs and councillors earned just over a million dollars Squamish Nation’s top earning councillor took home more than $99,000 for the 2014 fiscal year. Last month, the Squamish Nation…
Injunction ruling on N.B. forestry plan expected Friday – Globalnews.ca
FREDERICTON – A New Brunswick judge is expected to provide a ruling Friday afternoon on a bid by aboriginal leaders to block an increase in harvesting levels of softwood lumber.…
Federal government sued over funding for Nunavut land use plan – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Aug 19, 2014 16:35 By Bob Weber THE CANADIAN PRESS An Arctic planning body has taken the federal government to court, claiming Ottawa is blocking efforts to create a land-use plan…
Alleging political interference, Nunavut Planning Commission sues Ottawa – Nunatsiaq News
“The residents of Nunavut and the people who wish to do business in Nunavut are casualties” August 19, 2014 Following a protracted dispute, the Nunavut Planning Commission filed a lawsuit…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes another northern tour – CBC
Aug 18, 2014 Is the government’s approach to Canada’s North failing? At the literal top of the government’s 11-page list of accomplishments in Northern Canada is the creation in 2008 of the…
Update 1 – British Columbia gov’t review to look at all mine tailings ponds – MSN Money
August 18, 2014 VANCOUVER, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Canadian province of British Columbia said on Monday it has ordered an independent review of all tailings ponds at every permitted…
Churchill crude plan cancelled – Regina Leader-Post
A rail company is putting the brakes on a controversial plan to haul millions of litres of crude oil across its northern rail line to the port of Churchill, Man.,…
Update 1 – British Columbia gov’t review to look at all mine tailings ponds – MSN Money
VANCOUVER, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Canadian province of British Columbia said on Monday it has ordered an independent review of all tailings ponds at every permitted mine in the…
Judge reserves decision on forestry plan challenge by First Nations … – CBC
Group of chiefs seeking injunction to block government from giving industry more Crown wood A Court of Queen’s Bench judge has reserved decision on an application by First Nations chiefs…
‘The Great One’ coming to Lethbridge – Globalnews.ca
He took hockey to new heights, and now ‘The Great One’ is looking to elevate entrepreneurs in Lethbridge. Wayne Gretzky is set to speak at the biggest business event to…
