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By Sam Laskaris  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A report released earlier this week indicates it will be a couple of years before the Indigenous tourism sector in Ontario recovers to pre-pandemic levels. The report, which was released on Tuesday, was commissioned by Indigenous Tourism Ontario (ITO), the provincial organization that ...

MONTREAL, Nov.  24, 2021  — The co-chairs of CN’s (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) new Indigenous Advisory Council (“IAC”), Ms. Roberta Louise Jamieson, OC, Kanyen’keha:ka, and the Hon. Murray Sinclair, C.C., M.S.M., Mizhana Geezhik, today announced the successful conclusion of their first meeting and its membership. The Council comprises accomplished and ...

By Anthony Izaguirre And Terry Spencer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)- The Seminole Tribe of Florida on Tuesday ( Nov., 23 2021)  moved to appeal a federal judge’s decision to block its deal with the state to expand gambling and online sports betting throughout Florida. In a ruling late ...

QUESNEL, B.C.- The British Columbia government says it has implemented mining permit changes requested jointly by a Cariboo-region First Nation and a mining firm, clearing the way for expansion of an underground gold mine near Quesnel. A statement from the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation says expansion ...

 Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) President Judith Sayers said the lack of communication with  the 14 Nuu-chah-nulth nations that live along Vancouver Island’s west coast is a major concern. By Melissa Renwick Local Journalism Initiative Reporter After 109 shipping containers were knocked off a cargo ship near Vancouver Island on Friday, ...

VICTORIA- Officials don’t yet know how many containers burned aboard a cargo ship in a still-smouldering blaze off the coast of Victoria, a spokesman for the Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday. The flames initially spread to 10 containers after another 40 fell overboard in choppy waters on Friday,  but JJ ...

By Dirk Meissner in Victoria Canadian Press VERNON, B.C.-The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who say the Ogopogo has always been part of their spiritual teachings. Council members in the Okanagan city of Vernon voted ...

Ceremony at Clarke Lake field, BC, Canada project renamed Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal (source: Ryan Dickie/ Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal) By Shari Narine Local Journalism Initiative Reporter FORT NELSON FIRST NATION-The economic and environmental impacts of a geothermal energy project in Fort Nelson First Nation’s territory in northeastern British Columbia has Chief ...