Long-term Land-use Plan a Priority for Nunavut Residents, New Study Finds
Press Release IQALUIT, NU, Nov. 15, 2021 – On the heels of the release of the Nunavut Planning Commission’s most recent Nunavut Land Use Plan (NLUP), the Friends of Land…
Land returned to shíshálh another step supporting reconciliation
Press Release SECHELT – The Province has returned almost 100 hectares (247 acres) of Crown land called kwentan makw’ali to the shíshálh Nation. kwentan makw’ali is a 99.6-hectare parcel of…
Statement: Report released on the Nunatukavut Community Council’s Land Claim
Press Release October 28, 2021 Today the Nunatsiavut Government released a report examining the land claim and assertions of Inuit identity of the Nunatukavut Community Council (NCC). Recently, the Nunatsiavut…
Nunavut Planning Commission Reschedules Public Hearings on the 2021 Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan
Press Release The Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC) has responded to concerns raised by Inuit organizations about access to documents by rescheduling public hearings on the 2021 Draft Nunavut Land Use…
Lennox Island and Province sign land agreement for Mount Pleasant
Press Release The Province has transferred two parcels of Crown land to the Lennox Island First Nation. The Government of Prince Edward Island is providing over 27 acres of land,…
B.C., Blueberry River First Nations reach agreement on existing permits, restoration funding
Press Release VANCOUVER – Today, Blueberry River First Nations and the Province have reached an initial agreement that begins to support healing the land, and helps provide stability and certainty for…
Reconciliation project asks B.C. residents to pay ‘rent’ to live on traditional First Nations lands – CTV Vancouver Island
Oct. 5, 2021 Victoria – A Victoria-based non-profit agency has developed a program that allows B.C. residents to voluntarily pay a portion of their housing costs as “rent” to First…
Joint statement on negotiations related to B.C. Supreme Court decision
Press Release Oct. 1, 2021 BUICK – Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, and Marvin Yahey, Chief of Blueberry River First Nations, have issued the following update on…
NTI: Bill 55 Transfers Millions in Taxes from Mining Companies to Inuit with No Additional Revenue or Benefit to Nunavut
Press Release (September 17, 2021, Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay, Nunavut) With the passage of Bill 55 – An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act (PATA),…
NAN Encouraged as Superior Court Injunction Protects Ginoogaming First Nation’s Sacred Land
Press Release THUNDER BAY, ON: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Derek Fox welcomes a Court injunction protecting an area of Ginoogaming First Nation’s sacred land from mineral exploration: “We…
