Ontario fast-tracks gold mine despite Grassy Narrows’ concerns — and a pending lawsuit – The Narwhal
March 12, 2026 Grassy Narrows First Nation has already challenged a water permit for the Great Bear mine and is taking the province to court over its Mining Act, as…
First Nation entrepreneur delivers powerful message of having purpose at Toronto forum – Anishinabek News
March 12, 2026 TORONTO – Money isn’t everything. That’s a message that Mark Marsolais-Nahwegahbow, the founder and CEO of Birch Bark Coffee Company, delivered at the Canadian Council for Indigenous…
Feds stall on Bill S-2 amid opposition and First Nations frustration – MBC Radio
Mar 12, 2026 A long-running provision buried deep within the Indian Act—one that quietly narrows the path to federal recognition with each passing generation—has returned to the centre of debate…
Indigenous women face persistent barriers to workplace retirement, benefits plans: expert – Benefits Canada.com
March 12, 2026 Indigenous women in Canada continue to face structural barriers to workplace retirement plans and benefits programs, driven by employment instability, eligibility rules and traditional benefits design that…
YVR Fairmont properties formalize Indigenous partnerships with agreement – TravelPress
March 12, 2026 A supportive relationship between two Fairmont hotel properties in Vancouver and the Indigenous Tourism British Columbia (ITBC) group was formalized at a signing ceremony at the Fairmont…
Government to ask MPs to reject Senate pitch to limit privacy exemption for political parties as PM heads to Yellowknife – iPolitics
March 12, 2026 What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day. A day after accompanying Nunavut’s newly minted Liberal MP Lori Idlout…
New Indigenous partnership aims to link Alberta oil assets to global carbon markets – play 103.7
Mar 11, 2026 EDMONTON — An Alberta technology company and an Indigenous-led cooperative say they are forming a partnership aimed at developing carbon-credit projects tied to the province’s oil and…
Lorne Gunter: Charter protections put in danger by court decision, federal agreement – Edmonton Journal
Mar 11, 2026 Property rights are at the centre of individual freedom. If governments have limited ability to tell you what you may do on or to your property (including…
Alain Bartleman on how Canada’s courts are reshaping Indigenous rights and economic development – MLI
March 11, 2026 Karen Restoule is joined by Alain Bartleman, Partner at Fogler Rubinoff LLP, for the series’ first conversation that looks beyond British Columbia to the national legal landscape.…
Western Standard: Reconciliation or Apartheid 2.0? How Canada’s race-based land pact threatens equality before the law – JCCF
March 10, 2026 A Rights Recognition Agreement signed in secret between the Musqueam Indian Band and Canada’s federal government recognizes Musqueam Aboriginal Title over Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, North Vancouver, West…
