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 ...

 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 ...

Kimberly Murray was appointed as Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, at a news conference in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The federal government has named former ...

By Shari Narine  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Diversifying its economic portfolio will allow Fort McKay First Nation in northern Alberta to continue to provide a full range of services and programs to members even when oil prices dip. “When council came into office three years ago, they looked at the ...

By Binny Paul Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Haisla Nation Chief Councillor Crystal Smith is the latest leader from B.C. to caution Hollywood A-listers who have been calling on banks to stop financing the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project. “I wonder if the Hollywood actors calling for an end to our ...

By Dirk Meissner THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA- Any federal government plans to move away from open-net pen salmon farms in British Columbia should come with transition help for the industry and workers, says Premier John Horgan. A letter dated March 10 from Horgan to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said concern ...

Toronto, ON, Jan.  14, 2022 –Six Nations twin sisters have been chosen as the young aboriginal business owners of 2022. Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) is excited to announce, twin sisters Dakota and Jesse Brant from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory as dual recipients of the 2022 ...

By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A lengthy recovery from the pandemic, lasting perhaps as long as a decade, is no longer being predicted for the Indigenous tourism industry in Canada. Keith Henry, the president and CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC), had said this past ...