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NioBay Metals Moosonee  field office  (Company photo) By Dariya Baiguzhiyeva  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Exploration activities for the James Bay Niobium Project are currently on pause. Jan. 8, NioBay Metals Inc. received a three-year permit from the Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines to drill about 20-30 test holes ...

By Binny Paul Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new report published on Monday, called on B.C. to immediately reform its forestry practices, saying industrial logging is accelerating climate change-related issues across the province. The report authored by Dr. Peter Wood and commissioned by Sierra Club B.C. says the provincial government ...

CBC says it is cancelling “Trickster” after Michelle Latimer, the co-creator of the Indigenous TV series, became embroiled in a controversy over her claimed ancestry. The broadcaster says it held “many conversations” about the future of the series with producers, writers, actors, and Eden Robinson, the author of the books, ...

By Carl Meyer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Social media companies can’t be trusted to moderate themselves, so it falls to the government to enforce new restrictions to protect Canadians from harmful content online, according to a report currently under review by the federal heritage minister. The Canadian Commission on Democratic ...

By Julien Gignac  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Over the past 10 years, the Yukon government has collected a mere 0.3 per cent of the value of placer and quartz resources on behalf of all Yukoners, the rightful owners of those minerals. An independent panel appointed by the government to review the ...

By Evan Radford Local Journalism Initiative Reporter REGINA-SASK-Among the lore of Saskatchewan’s pioneers, Bernard Shepherd breaks the mould, he’s Cree, his ancestors were born on this continent and the ground he broke had nothing to do with farming. “It really started with the whole idea of a casino, it was ...

An overall view of Iqaluit, Nunavut is shown on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. , The Canadian Press By Emma Tranter THE CANADIAN PRESS IQALUIT, Nunavut-In Nunavut, it’s not unusual for the internet to cut out, slow down or stop working altogether. Unlike most jurisdictions in Canada, there is no option ...

HALIFAX NS- The Mi’kmaq First Nations partnership and Premium Brands have each acquired half ownership of Clearwater through a new partnership, FNC Holdings Ltd., at a price of $8.25 a share. The $1-billion transaction, including debt, is also expected to see the Indigenous coalition hold Clearwater’s Canadian fishing licences within ...