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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 ...

 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

 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 ...

OTTAWA- The economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.1 per cent in the first quarter, helped by business investment and household spending, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The result was down from an annualized rate of 6.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021. Statistics Canada said the change ...

By Wayne Parry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP)-Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won’t go away, but America’s casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their history in March. The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry’s national trade group, ...

By Lawrie Crawford Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In a show of what might be coming in terms of emerging corporation-First Nation alliances, NorthwesTel and a consortium of 13 Yukon First Nation development corporations have announced an agreement that positions First Nations as new partners of NorthwesTel. The deal was years ...