Sturgeon Lake business owner, supporter of Indigenous hockey culture featured on Hockey Night in Canada – northeastNOW
Jun 6, 2022 If you were watching the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast Tuesday night between the Calgary Flames and the San Jose Sharks, chances are you probably saw a…
Baffinland starts process to lay off up to 1,328 employees in Nunavut – CBC
Jun 06, 2022 Letter to Nunavut government gives notice of mass terminations starting Aug. 31 Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation intends to lay off up to 1,328 employees – including 209…
Indigenous stakeholders launch national economic strategy – APTN News
June 06, 2022 A group of Indigenous stakeholders has launched a national economic strategy. Their 114-page document was unveiled in Ottawa and contains 107 calls to economic prosperity. Read More:…
Red Rock Indian Band hosts the 2022 Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Assembly – Anishinabek News
June 7, 2022 THUNDER BAY – Red Rock Indian Band hosted the 2022 Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Assembly in Thunder Bay. Chiefs-in-Assembly met from May 31 to June 2 at…
BC mining: Agreement with First Nation reached – CTV News
June 6, 2022 VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says it has entered a first-of-its-kind “consent-based” agreement with a First Nation over land use, changing the way resource projects move…
Police fail Indigenous employment target – Verve times
Jun 6, 2022 Victoria Police has failed to achieve its one per cent target for Indigenous employment. In response to a question taken on notice at recent budget estimates hearing,…
Federal government gives $1M to tourism initiatives across Nunavut – Nunatsiaq News
Jun 6, 2022 Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal made the announcement Friday as part of Tourism Week in Canada Four projects in Nunavut will share close to $1 million from…
First Peoples Law Report May 30 – June 5, 2022 – First Peoples Law
Language rights remain front and centre in Quebec Quebec’s “meanness and narrow-mindedness” over language law will lead to “questionable future”— Picard | Windspeaker Land defence and recognition were in the…
First Nations partnerships take centre stage at Forward Summit 2022 – Canadian Forest Industries
June 6, 2022 The Forward Summit 2022, in association with the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business, featured a panel that focused on the value of true partnerships between industry and…
Dehcho member protests nomination process as grand chief candidates are announced – CBC
Jun 06, 2022 Three candidates have been confirmed in the upcoming June election A member of the Dehcho First Nations said an unfair application process is preventing him from running for grand chief.…
