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VANCOUVER-The leader of a new Indigenous Advisory Committee at the Canada Energy Regulator says he wants to fix the system of natural resource development in the country that has previously treated First Nations, Inuit and Metis people as an “afterthought.” Tribal Chief Tyrone McNeil, a Sto:lo member in British Columbia’s ...

By Jamie Mountain Local Journalism Initiative Reporter BEAR ISLAND- In an effort to expand its forestry operations, Daki Menan Lands and Resources Corporation is receiving FedNor funding of $209,500. The investment will allow the social enterprise, which is controlled by Temagami First Nation (TFN) on Bear Island, to enhance forestry ...

NioBay Metals Moosonee  field office  (Company photo) By Dariya Baiguzhiyeva  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Exploration activities for the James Bay Niobium Project are currently on pause. Jan. 8, NioBay Metals Inc. received a three-year permit from the Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines to drill about 20-30 test holes ...

By Binny Paul Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new report published on Monday, called on B.C. to immediately reform its forestry practices, saying industrial logging is accelerating climate change-related issues across the province. The report authored by Dr. Peter Wood and commissioned by Sierra Club B.C. says the provincial government ...

CBC says it is cancelling “Trickster” after Michelle Latimer, the co-creator of the Indigenous TV series, became embroiled in a controversy over her claimed ancestry. The broadcaster says it held “many conversations” about the future of the series with producers, writers, actors, and Eden Robinson, the author of the books, ...

By Carl Meyer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Social media companies can’t be trusted to moderate themselves, so it falls to the government to enforce new restrictions to protect Canadians from harmful content online, according to a report currently under review by the federal heritage minister. The Canadian Commission on Democratic ...

By Julien Gignac  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Over the past 10 years, the Yukon government has collected a mere 0.3 per cent of the value of placer and quartz resources on behalf of all Yukoners, the rightful owners of those minerals. An independent panel appointed by the government to review the ...

By Evan Radford Local Journalism Initiative Reporter REGINA-SASK-Among the lore of Saskatchewan’s pioneers, Bernard Shepherd breaks the mould, he’s Cree, his ancestors were born on this continent and the ground he broke had nothing to do with farming. “It really started with the whole idea of a casino, it was ...