Ceremony at Clarke Lake field, BC, Canada project renamed Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal (source: Ryan Dickie/ Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal) By Shari Narine Local Journalism Initiative Reporter FORT NELSON FIRST NATION-The economic and environmental impacts of a geothermal energy project in Fort Nelson First Nation’s territory in northeastern British Columbia has Chief ...
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Judge rules against Eklutna tribe’s game hall near Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)-A U.S. District Court judge has ruled against plans by the Native Village of Eklutna to build a tribal gaming hall about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of downtown Anchorage. The tribe had intended to offer pull-tabs, bingo and lotteries at the site, the Anchorage Daily News reported. ...
Read More »Right To Play Canada Announces New Canadian Advisory Board Leadership Positions
Toronto, Ontario, Sept. 16, 2021 – Right To Play Canada is delighted to announce the appointment of new leadership to its Canadian Advisory Board (CAB). Jake Lawrence, Group Head and CEO, Global Banking and Markets at Scotiabank will serve as incoming CAB Chair, joining Sean St. John and Ava Hill ...
Read More »Tesla builds 1st store on tribal land, dodges state car laws
By Cedar Attanasio THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAMBE, N.M. (AP)-Carmaker Tesla has opened a store and repair shop on Native American land for the first time, marking a new approach to its yearslong fight to sell cars directly to consumers and cut car dealerships out of the process. The white-walled, silver-lettered ...
Read More »TC Energy sells remaining 15 per cent stake in Northern Courier Pipeline
CALGARY-TC Energy Corp. says it has signed a deal to sell its remaining 15 per cent stake in the Northern Courier Pipeline to a partnership including Suncor Energy Inc. and eight Indigenous communities. Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available.The Astisiy Limited Partnership includes the Athabasca Chipewyan First ...
Read More »Woodstock, N.B. to observe the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
By Jim Dumville Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The town of Woodstock will observe the National Day of Truth and Recreation as a statutory holiday, and the mayor and deputy mayor urge the province to do the same. Following a committee of the whole session on Tuesday, Sept. 14, Mayor Art ...
Read More »Dr. Jacqueline Marie Maurice Named CEO of the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation
ORANGEVILLE, Ontario, Sept. 15, 2021 – The Board of Directors of the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation has appointed Dr. Jacqueline Marie Maurice, an expert in social work and Indigenous child welfare and herself a Sixties Scoop Survivor, as the Foundation’s new Chief Executive Officer. “Dr. Maurice’s invaluable experience and perspectives ...
Read More »TIFF honouree Alanis Obomsawin as prolific a filmmaker as ever at age 89
By Victoria Ahearn THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO-For distinguished documentary maker Alanis Obomsawin, getting a career retrospective at the Toronto International Film Festival isn’t just about reflecting. True to her prolific career of 53 films over 54 years, the 89-year-old member of the Abenaki Nation says going through her archives has ...
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