Marten Falls and Webequie First Nations assert their traditional claim to the Ring of Fire – Northern Ontario Business
Communities welcome regional input but insist they’ll steer the federal Regional Assessment process Two First Nation communities in the James Bay region are drawing a line in the sand to…
Ontario makes big promises with critical minerals plans but First Nations advocates remain concerned – CBC
Mar 18, 2022 Premier Doug Ford aims to position Ontario as major supplier of rare earth metals amid green tech boom Lawyers and advocates for First Nations in northern Ontario say…
Ring of Fire: Marten Falls First Nation and Webequie First Nation Provide an Update – NetNewsLedger
March 17, 2022 THUNDER BAY – INDIGENOUS NEWS – In 2020, the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change determined that a Regional Assessment (RA) will be conducted in the…
Steady jobs, independent oversight needed with Faro mine remediation project, say First Nations – CBC
Mar 18, 2022 Environmental assessment now underway for proposal to tackle massive contaminated site When Yukon’s Faro mine opened in 1969, Kaska elder Hammond Dick watched the once intact landscape change. “We…
5 things to know for Friday, March 18, 2022 – CTV News
March 18, 2022 Manitoba’s premier brags about her son’s hockey team when asked about a woman’s death, officials say a child was behind the wheel in a collision that killed…
B.C. premier raises concerns to Trudeau about jobs if fish farms close – APTN News
Mar 17, 2022 Any federal government plans to move away from open-net pen salmon farms in British Columbia should come with transition help for the industry and workers, says Premier…
Indigenous harvesters fighting to exercise their treaty rights is put InFocus – APTN News
Mar 17, 2022 APTN InFocus is talking harvesting rights this episode, everything from lobster to moose to salmon. There are serious issues across the country as Indigenous harvesters fight to…
Historic land agreement “will bring our people home,” says SC’IA⁄NEW Chief – The Discourse
March 16, 2022 The First Nation plans to reclaim its territory at Mary Hill and protect it through Indigenous law. At the end of February, members from SC’IA⁄NEW First Nation,…
Indigenous conservation could mean richer wildlife tourism in Canada – National Geographic
March 16, 2022 Our raft bobs down the Atnarko River in British Columbia’s lush Great Bear Rainforest, one of Earth’s largest remaining temperate rainforests. As we round a rocky strand…
5 things to know for Thursday, March 17, 2022 – CTV News
March 17, 2022 Hundreds are feared trapped in a Ukraine theatre hit by a Russian airstrike, travellers may soon face a rush on booking getaways, and Kanye West is suspended…
