First Nation group expresses concern over commercial salmon fishery opening before conservation levels met – BiV
Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:00am PST The Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations has expressed its concern over the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada’s opening of a commercial sockeye fishery before agreed-upon…
Twin Rivers Paper gets more wood from Crown land in New Brunswick
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 28, 2014 15:47 EDMUNDSTON, N.B. _ The New Brunswick government is giving Twin Rivers Paper Co. access to an additional 200,000 cubic metres of wood from Crown lands. The additional…
Athabasca shares drop amid doubts over oilsands asset sale to PetroChina
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 28, 2014 16:49 CALGARY _ Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH) shares dropped on Monday as the company sought to allay investor concerns surrounding the $1.23-billion sale of its Dover oilsands stake…
NWT government open to oilsands pipeline – Northern Journal
July 28, 2014 at 8:43 PM Minister first from NWT to become president of PNWER Industry Minister David Ramsay made history last week by becoming the first from the Northwest…
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…
