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By Tara Deschamps THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO-Canada’s cannabis industry is hoping a newly launched review of the legislation that paved the way for the recreational use and sale of pot will help the sector stave off more financial difficulties. The statutory review launched Thursday by Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and ...

TORONTO-Hydro One is offering First Nations a chance to invest in a 50 per cent equity stake in new capital transmission line projects worth more than $100 million. The power utility announced the new plan following the signing of an agreement in the spring with eight First Nations represented by ...

By Nojoud Al Mallees THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- The federal government’s newly announced inflation relief for lower-income Canadians through the GST rebate stacks up as a better policy than some of the cash payments issued by provinces, economists say. After months of mounting political pressure from the NDP to help ...

  “People gather for a ceremony at Sentinel Rock, at Thacker Pass, Nevada on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 site of a proposed lithium mine, gather in remembrance of a massacre of Paiute people near the spot on Sept. 12, 1865.” Credit: Spenser Heaps   A part of the new coalition ...

An aerial view of Sen̓áḵw  (Photo by Revery Architecture)                                                                    VANCOUVER-The federal government is providing a $1.4-billion loan ...

By Marcus Bankuti  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Business deals are often made by people in suits, but they don’t often start with buying a suit. Yet it was through finding a suit for a wedding that Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky- Deer met a close friend ...

By Ryan Planche  PhD Student, Over the last decade, Canada has seen an increase in the number of initiatives to green or circularize the economy through sustainable development, as well as those that support and enhance Indigenous environmental leadership. Both projects are desperately needed given our rapid progress towards capitalist-driven ...

By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Manitoba charity working to bring food to remote Indigenous communities says it will soon have an opportunity to get its hands on more federal funding that will allow it to get more food and support to communities that are in need, but ...