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CALGARY-TC Energy Corp. says it has signed a deal to sell its remaining 15 per cent stake in the Northern Courier Pipeline to a partnership including Suncor Energy Inc. and eight Indigenous communities. Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available.The Astisiy Limited Partnership includes the Athabasca Chipewyan First ...

By Jim Dumville Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The town of Woodstock will observe the National Day of Truth and Recreation as a statutory holiday, and the mayor and deputy mayor urge the province to do the same. Following a committee of the whole session on Tuesday, Sept. 14, Mayor Art ...

ORANGEVILLE, Ontario, Sept.  15, 2021  – The Board of Directors of the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation has appointed Dr. Jacqueline Marie Maurice, an expert in social work and Indigenous child welfare and herself a Sixties Scoop Survivor, as the Foundation’s new Chief Executive Officer. “Dr. Maurice’s invaluable experience and perspectives ...

By Victoria Ahearn THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO-For distinguished documentary maker Alanis Obomsawin, getting a career retrospective at the Toronto International Film Festival isn’t just about reflecting. True to her prolific career of 53 films over 54 years, the 89-year-old member of the Abenaki Nation says going through her archives has ...

By Jessica R. Durling  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For entrepreneurs, First Nation investment opportunities are a way to keep business and money in the local economy, according to Sean Willy, Des Nedhe Group’s president and CEO. Willy gave a talk at the Humboldt and District Chamber of Commerce virtual luncheon ...

 By Abby Francis  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tla’amin Nation has owned tenures in the Okeover and Theodosia areas for over 45 years and the business arm, Tla’amin Management Services LP, re-entered the aquaculture business in 2018. Its main operations, under Pa’aje Shellfish LP, are in the tox?na? (Okeover) area which ...

By Morgan Sharp  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter TORONTO, ONT- Ryerson University is no more. The institution in downtown Toronto named after a man increasingly tarnished by his role in creating Canada’s residential school system will find itself a new name, possibly in time for the 2022 academic year. That is ...

By Scott McLean  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association (NAABA) is launching a shared services pilot program to support local Indigenous-run businesses. The services offered will include marketing and communications, human resources, bookkeeping, strategic planning and grant writing support. The pilot program is expected to launch ...