By Aleksandra Sagan THE CANADIAN PRESS At least one of the Edmonton Eskimos sponsors plans to cut ties with the Canadian Football League team unless it changes its name, while other corporate partners say they are watching closely for results of the team’s “ongoing engagement” with Inuit communities. National car-and-home ...

By Bob Weber in Edmonton. VANCOUVER-The return of playful, popular sea otters to the Pacific shores of British Columbia is adding nearly $50 million a year to the province’s economy despite its impact on valuable fisheries, says a study. University of British Columbia researchers say their conclusions may apply anywhere ...

By Bob Weber THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON- Seven environmental and Indigenous groups have asked the Alberta government to restart oilpatch monitoring as soon as possible given that other activities are coming out of the COVID-19 shutdown. In a letter delivered to the Energy and Environment departments Wednesday, the signatories also ...

                                     (HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County Detachment is celebrating and honouring National Indigenous History Month in June.  The OPP said they  are celebrating the unique heritage and ...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCTIC VILLAGE, Alaska -Arriving home on one of the last regular flights before pandemic restrictions went into effect in mid-February, Sarah James got to her house to find two caribous worth of meat in her freezer. Since flights have become intermittent to this indigenous village 100 miles ...

OTTAWA, June 2, 2020 – The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced today that First Nations with existing loans under the First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA) will receive interest payment relief as a result of a $17.1 million support from the Government of Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic is ...

MONTREAL-Canadian National Railway Co. says business has gone downhill since mid-March as the COVID-19 pandemic rips into a sector that serves as a barometer of economic cycles. CEO JJ Ruest, speaking at a conference held online, says revenue ton miles, a key industry metric, fell 15 per cent year over ...

CALGARY- Dominion Diamond Mines ULC has been granted creditor protection under the  Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. The company says the CCAA filing was brought on by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which closed the diamond markets. Dominion operates the Ekati diamond mine, in which it owns a controlling interest, ...