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Rights group releases scathing report on Canada’s violations of Indigenous rights 

OTTAWA- A prominent human-rights group says Canada is failing to address long-standing abuses, delivering a rebuke of what it calls the federal government’s inadequate climate policy and violations of the rights of Indigenous people and immigration detainees. Human Rights Watch says more than two dozen First Nations remain under long-term ...

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Canada appoints First Nations member to Bank of Canada board

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government filled three Bank of Canada board vacancies on Thursday (Jan 12, 2023) with finance veterans including Ernie Daniels, likely the first First Nations member on the central bank’s board, a bank spokesperson said. The Bank of Canada’s board selects its governor and provides general ...

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Rankin Inlet’s Clayton Tartak eyes NTI vice president spot

By Stewart Burnett  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter James Eetoolook, long-time vice-president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. ,is retiring and leaving some big shoes to fill on the wildlife and environment front for the territorial Inuit organization. With an election coming up to replace him, Clayton Tartak from the Kivalliq Wildlife Board ...

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First Nations encourage trades

By Sandi Krasowski  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY, ONT.-More than 100 Indigenous people in Northwestern Ontario are being trained for careers in the skilled trades in an effort for the province to alleviate the labour shortages in forestry and mining. A $1.5-million investment in three Thunder Bay training initiatives ...

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Competition Bureau investing Canadian Gas Association claims after complaint 

By Amanda Stephenson THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY- The federal Competition Bureau is investigating the Canadian Gas Association to determine if it made misleading statements about the environmental impact of natural gas. The bureau confirmed Thursday it has launched an inquiry into “alleged deceptive marketing practices” by the industry lobby group. ...

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TNDC Again Rated One of the Biggest Indigenous Businesses in BC

DEASE LAKE, B. C. — The Tahltan Nation Development Corporation (TNDC) has been rated by Business in Vancouver (BIV) again as one of the biggest Indigenous Businesses in British Columbia. In 2021, TNDC was rated #1 in BIV’s annual list and on November 7, 2022 BIV released its annual list ...

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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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