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First Nations students brought into the fold – The Globe and Mail

Nov. 05 2013 It has taken a few detours, but Sheryl Fisher’s 20-year-long dream to earn a master-level business degree is coming true. A member of Squamish First Nation in…

Aboriginal workers key to future labour – Daily Commercial News

November 5, 2013 Engaging aboriginal workers on local projects can help build the workforce of tomorrow, heard the provincial Building Trades conference in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. recent. “We as a…

A home-grown solution to First Nations poverty – Toronto Star

MentorNation will use crowdfunding to promote entrepreneurship among aboriginal Canadians. Mon Nov 04 2013 Despite the federal government pumping billions of dollars into housing, education and health care on reserves…

Celebrity chefs at war over call for Canadian seafood boycott – Fish Update

04 November, 2013 CANADIAN seafood is facing the threat of a ban by a number of high profile chefs in North America over Canada’s stance on seal hunting. Canada has…

Nunavut power utility files 5.1 per cent rate hike scheme – Nunatsiaq News

Two-part proposal raises power rates, moves QEC closer to rate re-balancing November 04, 2013 The Qulliq Energy Corp. filed a new across-the board rate hike application Nov. 1 that would…

Stage set for shale gas showdown – CBC.ca

SWN Resources to resume exploration this week while aboriginal leaders vow to continue protests Nov 04, 2013 It could be another contentious week in New Brunswick on the issue of…

Native friendship centres call for more funding – CBC.ca

Centres say federal funding has not increased in decades, despite increase in demand for services Nov 04, 2013 Some native friendship centres in northeastern Ontario say the funding they receive from…

Lessons from the East Coast native fishery – The Globe and Mail

Nov. 01 2013 Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick is the flashpoint for a new conflict between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians over natural resource development. Protesters, many of them native,…

Canada panel says revised Taseko mine plan may harm environment – Reuters

Nov 1, 2013 A revised mine plan for Taseko Mines’ New Prosperity copper-gold project in British Columbia still poses significant threats to the environment and nearby communities, a Canadian federal…

Northern summit to be held in Timmins – Timmins Press

October 31, 2013 TIMMINS – Ontario cabinet ministers will converge on Timmins in early December to meet with Northern leaders. On Thursday, Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle announced plans to…

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