(Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake – 8, Onerahtókha/April 2020) The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (“MCK”) and Mohawk Online Limited (“MOL”) are pleased to announce that the Kahnawà:ke Economic Relief Measures Fund will be receiving a significant boost to aid in the efforts to help the community during this challenging time. MOL ...
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Cameco, Orano shut down Saskatchewan uranium facilities due to COVID 19 fears
SASKATOON-Hundreds of employees are being sent home in northern Saskatchewan as Cameco Corp. suspends production at its Cigar Lake uranium mine and partner Orano Canada Inc. closes its affiliated McClean Lake uranium mill. The companies say their facilities will be placed in maintenance mode for four weeks due to the ...
Read More »Ekati Diamond Mine shut down to prevent spread of COVID 19 to staff, communities
CALGARY- Canada’s oldest diamond mine is being shut down to protect workers and local communities from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Calgary-based Dominion Diamond Mines ULC says in a message on its website that none of the employees at its Ekati Diamond Mine about 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife ...
Read More »Conference Board says Canada to avoid technical recession despite hit
By Ross Marowits THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO- Canada will avoid a technical recession even as the COVID-19 pandemic curtails consumer and business spending, and oil prices have cratered, the Conference Board of Canada said Tuesday. After slowing to end the year, economic growth has been weak in the first ...
Read More »Kenney warns cancelled energy projects stand in the way of Indigenous prosperity
CALGARY -Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is warning the province’s $1-billion fund established last year to support Indigenous participation in major projects won’t have any projects to back if the forces that helped kill the Frontier oilsands mining project this week continue to achieve their goals. In a speech at the ...
Read More »Retailers warn of empty store shelves as rail blockade reaches ninth day
MONTREAL- Sectors from retail to oil and gas are calling on governments to resolve a dispute with anti-pipeline protesters as a rail blockade enters its ninth day, extending railway shutdowns and threatening shortages of groceries, chlorine for drinking water, propane and other products. Demonstrators set up a blockade near Belleville, ...
Read More »Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, blames temporary factors
OTTAWA- Canada’s budget watchdog says economic growth during the final quarter of 2019 will be “significantly weaker” than predicted in its fall report. In its latest report on near-term growth, the parliamentary budget office says real GDP growth in the final three months of last year will likely come in ...
Read More »Trudeau misses deadline for disclosing private interests to ethics commissioner
OTTAWA- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has run afoul of federal ethics rules yet again, this time missing the deadline for filing a financial disclosure statement with the ethics commissioner. Every MP is required to file a disclosure statement within 60 days of his or her election being published in the ...
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