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Calgary Chamber furthers commitment to Aboriginal-business connections with fall workshops and report

CALGARY – The Calgary Chamber is hosting two new workshops this fall as part of its Aboriginal-Business Connection series aimed at helping Alberta’s natural resource sector and Aboriginal communities work…

Ontario’s Ring Of Fire Brings Opportunity And Fears To First Nations – Huffington Post Canada

09/23/2013 BETWEEN LONG LAKE No. 58 AND LONGLAC, Ont. — Along this desolate stretch of Northern Ontario highway, an idyllic white chapel is perched on the point of a peninsula…

Tobe named Chair of Aboriginal and Rural Health – The Sudbury Star

September 23, 2013 A “highly regarded investigator” has been given the job of finding ways to reduce the number of heart attacks and strokes in Northern Ontario. Dr. Sheldon Tobe…

First Nations seek economic partnership with NEOMA – Timmins Press

September 22, 2013 TIMMINS – First Nations and municipalities in the North face many of the same challenges in terms of economic development. Now, it appears two key groups are ready to…

Kenora Forestry business making progress with First Nations – KenoraOnline

23 September 2013 The Kenora Forestry industry has been struggling for quite a while with not only the restarting of Kenora Forest Products, but to use wood that is located…

Improving Healthcare through Partnership – Net Newsledger

22 September 2013 Partnerships with Aboriginal Groups Help Improve Healthcare THUNDER BAY – Healthbeat – “Through initiatives such as establishing an Aboriginal Advisory Committee, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre…

Tahltan Elders taunt coal mining firm to arrest them

MOUNT KLAPPAN, BC, Sept. 20, 2013 – A showdown between a Tahltan Elder-led First Nations group and a coal mining company in northwest B.C. is getting ugly, as protesters taunt Fortune…

Community Development Fund provides $1 million boost for Yukon community projects

FOR RELEASE September 19, 2013 WHITEHORSE—Nineteen community organizations are receiving more than $1 million in support from the Government of Yukon’s Community Development Fund for projects promoting recreation, health and…

Reclamation of historic mines recognized

VANCOUVER – Two B.C. mines sites were recognized for outstanding achievements in reclamation practices at the Annual BC Mine Reclamation Awards banquet in Vancouver on Sept. 18, 2013. The British…

Questions over flagged cuts to Aboriginal legal aid – SBS

20 Sep 2013 Just before the Federal election, the Coalition announced plans to scrap $42 million from Aboriginal legal aid. The proposed cut sent shockwaves through the legal sector, with…

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