By Dean Bennett THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON- Alberta will bring in legislation this fall to create a Crown corporation backstopped by $1 billion to help First Nations invest in major energy projects like pipelines. Premier Jason Kenney made the announcement after meeting with chiefs from across Alberta at Government House ...
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US land managers shift position on Chaco protection bill
By Susan Montoya Bryan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- A top official with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday the agency is open to Congress considering legislation limiting federal leases for oil and natural gas development near a national park in New Mexico held sacred by Native Americans. ...
Read More »Three First Nations organizations sign protocol to work jointly
CALGARY and TREATY 7 TERRITORY, AB, May 30, 2019 – Three First Nations Institutions joined with the Lands Advisory Board to sign an historic Protocol pledging to work together to assist First Nations to improve governance, increase local jurisdiction and advance wealth generation. The Protocol Agreement was signed by the leaders of ...
Read More »Martha’s Vineyard tribe, town spar over casino construction
BOSTON- Officials on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts are battling a Native American tribe’s efforts to build a casino on the famous resort island. Aquinnah town officials asked a Boston federal judge Friday to require the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe to apply for a town building permit for their planned casino. The ...
Read More »Wilson Raybould says she never had an ‘end game’ planned during SNC affair
OTTAWA -Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says there was never a specific “end game” for her during the SNC controversy that had anything to do with power. Some of Wilson-Raybould’s former Liberal colleagues and other political observers have questioned what she wanted to achieve by speaking out about pressure she ...
Read More »Judge rules SNC Lavalin headed to trial on charges of fraud, corruption
By Christopher Reynolds THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL -A Quebec judge has ruled there is enough evidence to send SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. to trial on charges of fraud and corruption. The Montreal-based engineering and construction giant is accused of paying $47.7 million in bribes to public officials in Libya between 2001 ...
Read More »Court says B.C. can’t restrict oil shipments in key case for Trans Mountain
By Laura Kane THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER-British Columbia’s top court has ruled the province cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and Alberta’s efforts to get its resources to overseas markets. The province filed a constitutional ...
Read More »Court to rule on B.C.’s pipeline permit law in crucial case for Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER- A court will rule today if a proposed British Columbia law that restricts diluted-bitumen shipments through its borders is constitutional. The decision is expected to be crucial for the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and Alberta’s efforts to get oilsands crude to overseas markets. A panel of ...
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