Meliadine Gold Mine’s Environmental Impact Statement Short on Traditional Knowledge: KIA – Mining Life
Jul 25, 2014 While Agnico Eagle Mines has made efforts to incorporate Inuit Qaujimanituqangit in the research and development of its Meliadine gold project, the Kivalliq Inuit Association has asked…
ICC declaration calls more better cooperation, coordination among Inuit orgs – Nunatsiaq News
he Kitigaaryuit Declaration also calls on Inuit Circumpolar Council leadership to host a circumpolar Inuit economic summit The Inuit Circumpolar Council’s 12th general assembly closed July 24 in Inuvik with…
Canada-European Union Trade Deal To Be Rejected By Germany: Report – Huffington Post
MONTREAL – The Harper government isn’t responding directly to a report that Germany is set to reject Canada’s long sought after trade deal between Canada and the European Union. The…
Noront Appeals Ontario Mining Recorder Ruling – Mining Life
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Noront Resources, the proponent of what could possibly be one of the first projects to get off the ground in Ontario’s prospective Ring of Fire mining district,…
Nunavut government to consider funding for plan to put out Iqaluit’s ‘dumpcano’ – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 27, 2014 10:00 IQALUIT, Nunavut _ Government officials are to meet this week to consider a plan for putting out a dump fire that has been fouling the air in…
Alberta First Nation contests energy asset swap – The Globe and Mail
An Alberta First Nation is invoking a recent Supreme Court ruling over aboriginal land rights, complicating a deal involving two major pipeline companies. The Stoney Nakoda First Nation, whose reserve…
Mining centre welcomes new head – Northern Ontario Business
The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) has appointed a new director for its Rio Tinto Centre for Underground Mine Construction (RTC-UMC) in Sudbury. Dr. Matthew Pierce, a principal engineer with…
Government violated duty to consult Taku River Tlingit First Nation over Chieftain Mine Project – Business in Vancouver
The province breached its duty to consult with a northern British Columbia first nation on a mine in their traditional territory, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled. Justice George Macintosh also…
What’s Behind Canada’s Troubled Relationship With Its Aboriginal Peoples – New York Times
July 25, 2014 They call it “Murderpeg.” With 6,222 instances of violent crime reported in 2012, the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba consistently ranks among the most violent cities in Canada. It’s…
Regional Chief Beardy – Fuel Tax Hike Will Hurt Northern Communities – Net Newsledger
TORONTO – Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy says the fuel tax hike recently announced in the provincial budget by the newly-elected Liberal government will boost airline fares and make it even…
