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A Vancouver Island First Nation has signed a $30-million contract with multinational engineering firm Worley Parsons for environmental and geotechnical assessments and design work on a proposed liquefied natural gas facility.
Huu-ay-aht First Nation, in partnership with Vancouver-based Steelhead LNG, signed the contract on Feb. 6. The signing came despite the recent freefall in global…
The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) is undertaking its research initiative interviewing 1,100 Aboriginal businesses and entrepreneurs across the country as part of Promise and Prosperity: National Aboriginal Business Survey 2015. The council will gather data on the Aboriginal private economy and identify opportunities and challenges nationwide.…
An Aboriginal cultural room has been opened at the Wetaskiwin Hospital and Care Centre in Alberta. Patients will now have a dedicated space for prayer and traditional ceremonies, such as smudging. The room was opened with a traditional Aboriginal pipe ceremony. It will provide a quiet, comfortable space on the hospital’s third floor where patients and families can gather with…
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger limited the time he spent with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs at their annual general assembly held at Brokenhead Ojibway First Nation Feb. 24, reports CBC. He attended to talk about progress made to implement recommendations from the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry and was there for three hours where he faced criticism. Chiefs wanted to address a…
Tribal Chief Eric Sylvestre of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council met with senior official of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) on Feb. 19, and requested that the department work with the tribal council so that all parties can be assured that the MLTC communities either have the infrastructure and capacity in place, or operative service agreements, to…
Aboriginal curlers sought for nationals
Organizers of the 2015 National Aboriginal Curling Championships are hoping to attract 48 teams to this year's event. The national bonspiel will be staged April 2 to April 6 at the Granite Curling Club in Saskatoon.
The Canadian event will feature a men’s division, with a maximum of 32 teams, and a ladies’ category…
Right to impose property tax upheld
The Federal Court has determined that Buffalo Point First Nation’s reserve at Lake of the Woods has the right to tax cottage owners.
Justice Douglas Campbell upheld First Nations’ jurisdiction to enact property taxation laws, and the First Nations Tax Commission’s…
WHAT: Vigil for Naverone Woods who died at the hands of Transit Police
WHERE: Surrey Central Sky Train Station
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 28, 4:30 ‐ 6:00pm
WHO: Speakers will include Naverone Christian Landon Woods’s family members, Union of BC Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, and…
Highway accident claims four celebrated artists
Flags were lowered and tributes flowed when four artists were killed Feb. 10 in one horrific car crash in Saskatchewan; sentiment justified all the more by examining why they were travelling together that snowy morning.
Narcisse Blood, 60, Michael Green, 58, Michele Sereda, 48, and Lacy Morin-Desjarlais, 29, were…
Provinces with high Aboriginal population rank poorly in health
The Conference Board of Canada report has given both Manitoba and Saskatchewan overall grades of ‘D’, ranking them 23rd and 24th respectively out of 29 high-income regions around the world.
Every province and 15 countries in Europe, Asia and North America were…
Isabel Okanese has been thinking about walking across Canada for more than a decade.
The distance is intimidating, but she wants to make the trek to bring awareness to lateral violence within Aboriginal communities, something she’s experienced many times.
“I’ve been put down by people, even Elders, who denied me teachings because I wasn’t Indian enough or I didn’t grow up on a…
Nothing has changed.
That’s what Chief Theresa Spence told the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, which is studying housing and infrastructure on First Nations. Nothing has changed from 2010 when she first declared a state of emergency on Attawapiskat First Nation, located on the west coast of James Bay.
The committee released its interim report in February.
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Changes to be implemented for the upcoming federal election could be a double-edged sword for Aboriginal voters.
“It’s going to put up a few more barriers and make it more difficult for First Nations people to … exercise their opportunity to vote,” said Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde.
Bill C-23, dubbed the Fair Elections Act, has changed the…
The British Columbia government will be moving ahead with all seven recommendations that have come from a panel investigation into the Mount Polley breach.
The announcement is welcomed by Xat’sull First Nation and Williams Lake Indian Band, who were impacted when the open pit gold and copper mine owned by Imperial Metals Corp. released 24 million cubic metres of wastewater into nearby…
An unanswered call for help on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation for an early morning house fire has left two children dead, two communities reeling, and a renewed call for better funding from the federal government for emergency response services.
On Feb. 17, a call was placed to the neighboring Loon Lake volunteer fire department, but the only emergency responders were the RCMP who…