Ontario First Nations Prepared To Lay Down Their Lives To Protect Lands: Chiefs – Mining Life
July 30, 2014 TORONTO – Aboriginal people in Ontario are prepared to lay down their lives to protect their traditional lands from any unwanted development, a group of First Nations…
Simons: Controversial new law shines harsh light on First Nations finances – Edmonton Journal
July 31, 2014 EDMONTON – Joe Pastion, 41, is chief of the Dene Tha’ First Nation. The band, in the far northwest corner of the province, 555 kilometres north of…
John Ivison: Damning audit of Aboriginal Affairs shows a department … – National Post
July 31, 2014 Bernard Valcourt has been handed the political equivalent of the punishment meted out to Sisyphus, who was tasked with rolling an immense boulder up a hill in…
West Vancouver council says no to LNG tankers – BiV
July 31, 2014 Tankers carrying liquefied natural gas should stay out of Howe Sound, according to a unanimous motion passed by West Vancouver council. After hearing numerous environmental concerns, West Vancouver council…
Sask. First Nation salary postings trickle in – News Talk 650
July 31, 2014 Saskatchewan First Nation salaries continue to trickle onto the federal government’s website following Tuesday’s deadline. Six of the province’s 70 First Nations have had their financial audits and…
First Nations checkup: Bands now held accountable online – National Post
July 31, 2014 The Department of Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development has begun posting online the financial statements of First Nations bands across Canada, including the salaries and expenses of…
The End of Cliffs in the Ring of Fire? – Mining Life
July 31, 2014 A New York hedge fund proclaims it’s won a bitter proxy fight with Cliffs Natural Resources to achieve majority control of the Ohio iron ore and coal…
Airport/Port Authority Possible for Ring of Fire – Mining Life
Jul 28, 2014 A former deputy minister of Transport Canada recently recommended an airport/port transportation authority model for the Ring of Fire mineral development area. “It would be at arms…
Kitsault moly mine work underway – Terrace Standard
Jul 28, 2014 at 7:00 AM SIX YEARS after it bought the site of a former molybdenum mine at Kitsault on the north coast, followed by intensive periods of drilling…
Oilsands blowout caused by steaming, regulator confirms – Northern Journal
July 29, 2014 Confirming the company’s recent admission that high-pressurized steaming practices may be at fault for the ongoing bitumen seepage near Cold Lake, an independent technical review by the…
