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By Marie Woolf THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Canada has joined a global Indigenous trade forum that International Trade Minister Mary Ng says will help First Nations entrepreneurs benefit from free trade agreements. At a ceremony in Ottawa with First Nations, Metis and Inuit representatives from throughout Canada, the minister announced ...
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Chiefs meeting with banks and investors in bid to attract capital to Indigenous Energy Projects
TORONTO, ON The Indian Resource Council, an organization representing over 130 First Nations who produce or have a direct interest in the oil and gas industry, is leading a delegation of Chiefs in Toronto on Thursday, June 9, 2022 to meet with the investment community. Their objective is to attract ...
Read More »Indigenous owned expansion project to deliver more clean power to Yukon
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 ...
Read More »Kapyong development one step closer to shovels in the ground
By Dave Baxter Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Winnipeg and First Nations officials have come to an agreement that, if approved by council, would have the city provide municipal services for what is planned to be the largest urban reserve in Canada. The City of Winnipeg announced the ...
Read More »New interlocutor promises help, no harm as work moves forward on unmarked graves
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 ...
Read More »National Indigenous strategy includes 107 Calls to Economic Prosperity
By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Details of a National Indigenous Economic Strategy (NIES) have been revealed. A press conference was staged in Ottawa on Monday, June 6, to provide information on the strategy, which was built and designed by Indigenous leaders, institutions and organizations from across Canada. Reps ...
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