By Joel Barde Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Canada’s ban on international travellers coming into the country for recreation continues to have major repercussions on B.C.’s tourism industry. And if it stays in place through the winter, as many are predicting, few businesses will feel it more than helicopter and cat-skiing ...

CALGARY- TC Energy Corp. says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian Indigenous communities that will allow them to pursue an ownership interest in the Keystone XL pipeline project. The Calgary-based company says the deal was signed with Natural Law Energy, which represents four First Nations in Alberta ...

By Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SASKATCHEWAN-Sean Willy, CEO of Des Nedhe Development, took a pay cut this year. As English River First Nation’s economic development corporation, Des Nedhe operates businesses and essential services in northern communities that were vulnerable to the pandemic. When it hit, Willy and the ...

By Sarah Williscraft Local Journalism Initiative Reporter FORT MCMURRAY-As Alberta projects a $24.2 billion deficit for the fiscal year, the Fort McKay Metis Nation found itself prepared. The current crisis fuelled by COVID-19 and last spring’s Saudi-Russian price war was a serious blow to the community, said McKay Metis President ...

Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline is underway in Kamloops, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward CALGARY- A panel of Indigenous business leaders says limited and slow access to capital is a major barrier to their First Nations’ ability to take an ownership role in the ...

In this photo provided by the United Nations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks in a pre-recorded message played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. The U.N.’s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with ...

By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Four panelists at a presentation held on Wednesday during the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) online Business Recovery Forum said the federal government’s procurement strategy is not only failing Indigenous entrepreneurs, it’s wasting their precious time and resources. It’s no secret that ...

By Andrew Autio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THE DAILY PRESS The next step for the reconciliation of First Nations people is business ownership, including mines, according to Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald of the Taykwa Tagamou Nation near Cochrane. At Wednesday’s 71st-annual general meeting of the Timmins Chamber of Commerce, ...