By Jacob Cardina  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Mere hours after being sworn into office, 46th U.S. president Joe Biden revoked the permit for the $8-billion Keystone pipeline via executive action. “I’m proud of today’s executive actions, and I’m going to start by keeping the promises I made to the American ...

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File) By Bob Weber THE CANADIAN PRESS ...

North Island Hereditary chiefs and environmental advocacy group Sierra BC  are supporting the MMFN’s decision to restrict access to WFP trucks. By Binny Paul, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Indigenous leaders and environmentalists are standing behind a Gold River-area First Nation in its dispute with one of Vancouver Island’s largest forest ...

By Michael MacDonald THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX-Potential sales have cost the band more than $1.5 million. Mike Sack, chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation, issued a statement today saying the band has also been blacklisted by lobster buyers. “The (non-Indigenous) commercial fishery has systematically boxed us out of the market,” ...

  Teara Fraser, commercial pilot and owner of Iskwew Air,  in front of her plane on the tarmac at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday, September 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward By Victoria Ahearn THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO- Not all heroes wear capes, as the saying goes, but ...

By Oscar Baker III Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SYDNEY, N.S.-The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council released a report on the state of Indigenous businesses and the effects of COVID-19, titled the Economic Cost of COVID-19: Supporting the Recovery of Indigenous Firms and Corporations. The study showed that preexisting conditions have only ...

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 ...