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Game time: California to decide duel sports betting measures

 By Brian Melley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP)-The gaming industry and Native American tribes bet big on dueling propositions to legalize sports gambling in California, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the most expensive ballot question campaigns in U.S. history. But voters casting ballots in the midterm elections ...

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Federal government moves to cut China out of Canadian critical mineral industry 

By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA-After a national security review, Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is ordering three Chinese resource companies to sell their interests in Canadian critical mineral firms. Champagne’s order comes less than a week after he said Canada would be limiting the involvement of foreign state-owned companies ...

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Feds, NACCA giving small and medium sized businesses a break in wake of pandemic

 By Marc Lalonde  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The federal government and a pair of Indigenous lending institutions are giving small- and medium-sized business owners a break in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, the federal Indigenous Services department, the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) and Metis Capital ...

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Shipping increase approved; Baffinland won’t terminate workers

By David Venn  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Baffinland Iron Mines will “immediately  be rescinding all termination notices” issued to 1,100 employees after federal Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal approved its request to increase its shipping limit this year, a company spokesperson said Tuesday. Vandal’s decision sided with the Nunavut Impact ...

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Trade show brings North together

By Stewart Burnett  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Kivalliq Trade Show costs upwards of $350,000 to host, but society president Robert Connelly says the spinoff benefits to the region dwarf that number. Between flights, accommodation, catering, transportation and all the ancillary needs and services, the trade show injects about $750,000 into ...

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Sioux Lookout building recognized by Ontario Association of Architects 

By Eric Shih  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Each year on World Architecture Day, which falls on the first Monday of October, the Ontario Association of Architects celebrates architecturally outstanding buildings selected among nominations from MPPs. This year, the Jeremiah McKay Kabayshewekamik hostel in Sioux Lookout was selected as one of ...

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Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets are damaging to First Nations, says Merasty

 By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The head of an Indigenous organization that advocates for sustainable and responsible resource development is pushing for “meaningful talks” to happen with Indigenous communities on how to move forward on a 42 per cent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target set by the ...

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Cruise entourage looks north

By Sandi Krasowski  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY, ONT.-The Lake Superior cruise ship industry, coming off a season hosting Viking Cruises and American Queen Voyages along the north shore, has raised the curiosity of other cruise lines about what the North has to offer. In August, representatives from six ...

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