Aboriginal business students eligible for $3000 awards – Wawatay News
Aboriginal business students across Canada are now eligible for 188 $3,000 HSBC Indigenous Business Award scholarships over three years thanks to Indspire and HSBC Bank Canada. “Indigenous business students have…
Aboriginal home builder aims for 2015 plant startup – Northern Ontario Business
Aboriginal home builder Bernie Bird is counting on a fat order book this summer to start the cash flowing toward erecting a composite home manufacturing factory inDryden. His company, AlterNative…
Kahnawake to regulate aboriginal cigarette industry – Montreal Gazette
Sale of tobacco employs an estimated 2,000 of 8,000 residents of reserve Kahnawake’s Mohawk council will try to regulate the multi-million-dollar aboriginal cigarette trade within its borders after signing a…
Supreme Court land ruling in favour of BC First Nation won’t impact Gateway, Enbridge CEO says – Financial Post
CALGARY – The recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling recognizing the Tsilhqot’in First Nation’s aboriginal title claim in British Columbia won’t impact the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, Enbridge Inc. president…
Lac Seul stakes its development claim – Northern Ontario Business
A 2012 Friendship Accord struck between Lac Seul First Nation and Sioux Lookout is already paying huge dividends if you judge the brisk foot and vehicle traffic through the local…
Barbara Yaffe: Aboriginal ruling will create court solutions – Vancouver Sun
Business groups in B.C. put a positive spin on the recent Supreme Court ruling on aboriginal title, knowing they will need aboriginal sanction for much of their future activity. So…
Western premiers in Iqaluit to discuss impact of development on North – CP
IQALUIT, Nunavut _ The premiers of six western provinces and territories arrive in the Arctic boom town of Iqaluit, Nunavut, today for a gathering expected to focus on natural resources…
Treaty vs. title: First Nations’ new Tsilhqot’in choice – CBC
Supreme Court’s aboriginal land title ruling offers First Nations another route to land claims There are 59 First Nations in British Columbia involved in negotiations with the provincial and federal…
Nominations open for Aboriginal business award for forest industry – Pulp & Paper Canada
Nominations are open for the 2014 Aboriginal Business Leadership Award, a $5,000 award which recognizes and celebrates First Nations entrepreneurs for their success in a forest products business that exemplifies…
A model for First Nations relations – National Post
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in the Tsilhqot’in Nation case arising out of British Columbia will inform the way business is conducted across Canada. Here in Ontario, I…
