Makivik and the KRG Oppose Uranium Development in Nunavik
Press Releases Kangiqsualujjuaq, Québec, December 3, 2014 – At a public hearing organized by the Bureau d’audiences publiques de l’environnement (environmental public hearings committee, BAPE) and the Kativik Environmental Advisory…
Funding for Penticton Indian Band wind and hydro study
Press Releases December 4, 2014 PENTICTON – The Penticton Indian Band will receive $40,000 from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund for a feasibility study to explore wind and…
Northern Policy Institute Partnering with The Mowat Centre and The Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity on a Federal Economic Agenda for Ontario
Press Releases December 4, 2014, Thunder Bay, ON – Northern Policy Institute, along with The Mowat Centre and The Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity, is embarking on a project to…
$5.3 million invested to improve Yukon’s electrical transmission infrastructure
Press Releases December 4, 2014 WHITEHORSE—The Yukon government is providing $5.3 million to the Yukon Development Corporation (YDC) to improve transmission infrastructure in central Yukon, announced the Minister responsible for…
Gowlings continues to attract top Aboriginal law talent
Press Release Dec. 4, 2014 Gowlings is pleased to announce that two of Canada’s leading Aboriginal law practitioners, Robert Winogron and Jeremy Bouchard, have joined the Ottawa office of Gowlings…
Energy experts urge eastern provinces to develop strategies focused on shared goals
Press Release TORONTO, December 4, 2014 – Several university researchers have jointly published a white paper on energy policy in eastern Canada, even as Alberta’s Premier Jim Prentice met with…
Oilsands expansion, emissions and the Energy East pipeline
Dec. 3, 2014 In February, the Pembina Institute released the first public estimate of the Energy East pipeline’s upstream climate impact. It showed that producing the crude needed to fill…
Dr. Carl Amrhein to join The Conference Board of Canada as its Distinguished Research Chair
Press Release Ottawa, December 4, 2014 – The Conference Board of Canada is pleased to announce the 5 year secondment of Dr. Carl Amrhein as its Distinguished Research Chair, effective…
Harper Government Launches Initiative to Promote Economic Development Opportunities in Northern Ontario’s First Nation and Rural Communities
Press Releases December 4, 2014 The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), announced today a new…
Notice to All Beneficiaries – 2015 Universal Election for President of Makivik Corporation
Press Releases The Candidates for the 2015 Universal Election for President of Makivik Corporation are: Jobie Epoo Jobie Tukkiapik Robert Watt The Election date for the PRESIDENT of Makivik Corporation…
