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By Breanne Massey Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In an effort to make on-reserve homes safer and more energy-efficient, the Akisqnuk First Nation’s (AFN) housing department has been collaborating with ThinkBright Homes to provide inspections for 20 homes in the community. AFN housing manager Dale Shudra and his team asked band ...

By Zoe Ducklow Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Kwakiutl First Nation is partnering with the University of Victoria and Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACE) to bring business education to Indigenous people in Port Hardy. The program, free for up to 20 students, will run in-person at the North Island Mall with a ...

By Maan Alhmidi THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will spend an additional $204 million targeted at child care, education and infrastructure to help Indigenous communities fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau says the government is spending $120 million to support early learning and child-care facilities in First ...

By Michael MacDonald THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX-Potential sales have cost the band more than $1.5 million. Mike Sack, chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation, issued a statement today saying the band has also been blacklisted by lobster buyers. “The (non-Indigenous) commercial fishery has systematically boxed us out of the market,” ...

 Will there be a Christmas without Santas? By Christopher Reynolds THE CANADIAN PRESS George McKay belts out a hearty “ho ho ho” as he makes the rounds at a weekend farmers market in Brampton, Ont. Wearing full Santa garb, from tasselled hat to silver bells and with an all-real white ...

By Shari Narine Local Journalism Initiative Reporter WINNIPEG MAN-Nekaneet First Nation Chief Alvin Francis regards the recently signed memorandum of understanding with TC Energy as an opportunity for First Nations to get “our foot in the door into corporate Canada.” Francis is president of the newly created Natural Law Energy ...

By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) has branched out after a quarter century of operations. FNBC has launched its own Indigenous trust services company called FNB Trust. Suzanne Trottier, the vice-president of FNB Trust, said First Nations Bank of Canada had long ...

By Evan Radford, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Saskatchewan First Nation in Treaty 4 territory has signed on to be part-owner of TC Energy’s yet-to-be-completed, long-contested Keystone XL pipeline, more than 160 kilometres of which are to pass through the southwest corner of the province. The Nekaneet Cree Nation, west ...