Tahltan First Nation shows its mining mettle – Business In Vancouver
March 24, 2022 Tahltan territory is the size of Portugal and rich in precious metals Gold, jade, copper, nickel, obsidian, silver – the northwest corner of B.C., dubbed the Golden…
Indigenous Clean Energy to fund EV chargers in First Nation communities – Electric Autonomy Canada
23 March 2022 Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE), an Ottawa-based not-for-profit organization, has launched a program to install up to 25 electric vehicle chargers in approximately 20 Indigenous communities across Canada.…
First Nations supportive of salmon farming want federal licences renewed – Canada’s National Observer
March 24th 2022 A coalition of First Nations is calling on the federal government to renew salmon farm licences in B.C. this year, saying aquaculture is a vehicle for self-determination,…
Coastal Gaslink Monthly Construction Update – Coastal Gaslink
March 23, 2022 Monthly Highlights Making headway before spring breakup With over 3,500 workers on- site, construction activities steadily progress as we head into spring breakup – the time of…
Reconciliation fund plan would allow Victoria homeowners to donate to First Nations via property tax – CBC
Mar 23, 2022 Council to debate plan in which an added percentage of tax bill would go to Songhees and Esquimalt nations Homeowners in Victoria could soon have the option…
5 things to know for Thursday, March 24, 2022 – CTV News
March 24, 2022 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with NATO leaders, Unifor alleges its former president accepted money from a COVID-19 rapid test supplier, and the NHL voids a…
Clearing the Path is Back – FNTC
Clearing the Path was first launched 27 years ago by the Indian Taxation Advisory Board, the predecessor institution to the First Nations Tax Commission. Our quarterly newsletter is back with…
Western Canada: Supreme Court ruling on Alberta land claims case makes it easier for First Nations to fund legal challenges – The Globe and Mail
Mar 23, 2022 Good morning. It’s James Keller in Calgary. A Supreme Court of Canada ruling involving an Alberta First Nation has made it easier for Indigenous communities to obtain…
Victoria council debates First Nation reconciliation fund option for property taxes – CHAT News
Mar 23, 2022 VICTORIA — Homeowners in Victoria could soon have the option to voluntarily add between five and 10 per cent extra to their annual property tax bill as…
Supreme Court hearing on Indigenous child welfare law will have broad significance, minister, experts agree – Hill Times
March 23, 2022 ITK President Natan Obed says the upcoming ruling will be ‘incredibly important,’ but he hopes ‘we can all agree that this is a cumbersome and adversarial way…
