Port Alberni, B.C., site of proposed First Nations, LNG export plant – CP
THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA _ A Vancouver-based company and a Vancouver Island First Nation announced plans Tuesday to work together to build a liquefied natural gas plant on aboriginal-owned land…
Taseko upbeat on New Prosperity after land ruling – MINING.com
July 7, 2014 Taseko Mines (TSX:TKO) has expressed optimism about its twice-rejected New Prosperity gold and copper project in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling. The June 26…
Supreme Court to rule Friday on Grassy Narrows case over logging rights – CP
Jul 7, 2014 THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ The Supreme Court of Canada is set to deliver its decision Friday on a challenge of the Ontario government’s right to permit industrial logging…
Azimut surveying mineral prospects in Nunavik’s interior this summer – Nunatsiaq News
“We’re quite confident about its potential, and converting that potential into an economic reality” The mining company with the largest number of properties in Nunavik is gearing up for airborne…
Aboriginal works get urban makeover – Regina Leader-Post
Regina residents will have the last opportunity to see modern aboriginal art, music and culture collide at the MacKenzie Art Gallery this summer. Beat Nation: Art, Hip-hop and Aboriginal Culture…
First Nations Report: Heavy Metals From Oilsands Contaminating … – Huffington Post Canada
EDMONTON – A new study by two Alberta First Nations and University of Manitoba scientists says there is a link between oilsands pollutants and higher levels of heavy metals in…
BC Hydro aboriginal employment strategy a big success – Beacon News
Jeannie Cranmer gets very excited talking about her job – and she should. She’s responsible for BC Hydro hiring 300 First Nations workers, as the crown corporation reaches out to…
Work together on Gateway, for prosperity’s sake – The Globe and Mail
Mike Harris, former premier of Ontario, is a senior business adviser at Fasken Martineau and a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute. Canada is a resource nation. In every region,…
New reading on aboriginal title seen as changing power balance
The Supreme Court’s expansive view of aboriginal title has empowered aboriginals across the country, says the Tsilhqot’in Nation’s lead counsel who won the watershed judgment.Rejecting the narrow approach urged by…
