Okanagan Correctional Centre breaks ground
For Immediate Release 2014JAG0134-000695 May 23, 2014 Ministry of Justice OLIVER – With the help of an excavator, representatives from the Province, Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB), local community and construction…
Strateco demands an end to BAPE mandate under penalty of lawsuit
Posted: 2014-05-22 The mining company Strateco considers it pointless and damaging to hold a BAPE on the controversial uranium industry. If the government does not stop the work of this…
Glenn Feldman, Pioneer in Indian Gaming Law, to Deliver Keynote Address at Indian Country Online: The 2014 Congress, June 2 – 3
May 05, 2014 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–(May 5, 2014) – Glenn Feldman, lead attorney in the seminal 1986 California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians case before U.S. Supreme Court, will…
Thunder Bay to Benefit from AFP Approach to New Courthouse
TORONTO, April 24, 2014 – The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships welcomes the news that the Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse is now officially open. Ontarians will benefit from the province’s Alternative…
Update from All-Energy Canada Conference
Media Release (April 9, 2014, Toronto, ON) The Plenary session at the All-Energy Canada Exhibition & Conference was a big success. The Plenary speakers left food for thought for the…
First Nation Sues Government to Protect ‘Cultural Refuge’ Area from Proposed Coal Mine
NANAIMO, April 9, 2014 – The West Moberly First Nations are in court this week to challenge a proposed coal project in an area of critical spiritual and cultural importance.…
Province Announces Nearly $1 Million from Criminal Activity Forfeited to Province
March 24, 2014 Money Reinvested in Law Enforcement, Victims Services: Minister Swan Two traffic stops have resulted in $960,000 being forfeited to the province, which will be redistributed to law…
Appointments to the Parole Board of Canada
March 12, 2014 – Ottawa, Ontario The following nine appointments to the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) were announced today by the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and…
National Specific Claims Research Associations Open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Specific Claims Research Associations Call for Immediate Restoration of Funding February 26, 2014 Last week, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) notified Claims Research Associations and First Nations across…
Cutting land claim research ‘self-destructive’: Madahbee
UOI OFFICES, Feb. 26, 2014 – The Harper conservatives are demonstrating self-destructive behaviour by trying to step away from their lawful obligations to fund land claim research. “They are trying to use…
