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Federal funding a `game changer’ for northern food security, says Harvest Manitoba

By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Manitoba charity working to bring food to remote Indigenous communities says it will soon have an opportunity to get its hands on more federal funding that will allow it to get more food and support to communities that are in need, but ...

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Former chief says his new role with Axxcelus will help make economic reconciliation a reality

 By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Former Enoch Cree Nation chief and grand chief for the Confederacy of Treaty 6, Billy Morin, has started a new relationship with Axxcelus Capital Advisory. At one time he teamed up with Axxcelus to bring prosperity to his First Nation in Alberta for ...

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Wataynikaneyap Power Reaches Major Milestone

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION, Ontario- Wataynikaneyap Power is pleased to announce the completion and energization of a 230 kV line, approximately 300 kilometres from Dinorwic to Pickle Lake, Ontario. This is the first part of the 1,800 km Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project that is being built to connect 17 remote First ...

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First Indigenous woman nominated to Supreme Court of Canada

OTTAWA- An Odanak First Nation woman has become the first woman, and Indigenous jurist to be nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada since its inception in 1875.   Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the nomination of the Honourable Michelle O’Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada. “I am pleased ...

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Canada joins international agreement to help Indigenous businesses access new markets 

By Marie Woolf THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Canada has joined a global Indigenous trade forum that International Trade Minister Mary Ng says will help First Nations entrepreneurs benefit from free trade agreements. At a ceremony in Ottawa with First Nations, Metis and Inuit representatives from throughout Canada, the minister announced ...

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Chiefs meeting with banks and investors in bid to attract capital to Indigenous Energy Projects 

TORONTO, ON   The Indian Resource Council, an organization representing over 130 First Nations who produce or have a direct interest in the oil and gas industry, is leading a delegation of Chiefs in Toronto on Thursday, June 9, 2022 to meet with the investment community. Their objective is to attract ...

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Indigenous owned expansion project to deliver more clean power to Yukon

 By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Yukoners will soon be reaping the rewards of an $80 million pledge to expand a hydroelectric project in northern British Columbia. Officials from the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) have announced they have hooked up with the Tlingit Homeland Energy Limited Partnership, owned by ...

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Kapyong development one step closer to shovels in the ground

By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Winnipeg and First Nations officials have come to an agreement that, if approved by council, would have the city provide municipal services for what is planned to be the largest urban reserve in Canada. The City of Winnipeg announced the ...

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