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With over 40,000 people evacuated and infrastructure overwhelmed, Indigenous leaders say climate change is hitting their ...
OTTAWA - The new Crown-Indigenous relations minister says there's a "critical" need to build up First Nations infrastructure — but that work won't qualify for the federal government's push to ...
For example, the Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission line in Ontario is a 1,800-kilometre line that provides an electricity grid connection for 17 previously remote nations. Twenty-four First ...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is pushing through a controversial mining bill despite the protests of several hundred First Nations members who came from the far north to the front lawn ...
The ministers said they’ve received a number of great suggestions from First Nations. Rickford and Lecce said there are large infrastructure projects they want to complete to help some remote ...
The proposed law aims to accelerate mining development and create First Nations-led special economic zones such as for the Ring of Fire. Copper $ 4.7955 / lb 0.53% Brent Crude Oil $ 77.23 / bbl -3.47% ...
OTTAWA — The new Crown-Indigenous relations minister says there's a "critical" need to build up First Nations infrastructure — but that work won't qualify for the federal government's push to ...
Alvin Fiddler, grand chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, said if the bill is passed, First Nations communities will take a stand. "There will be conflict on the ground, and those that oppose it will ...
Mamakwa says about 200 people remain in Sandy Lake First Nation, along with the fire rangers. “It’s pretty much like a sleeping giant, the officials told me,” Mamakwa said.
While burn bans have been lifted across much of northwestern Ontario, provincial authorities warn people to remain cautious while crews contend with two dozen fires in the region. Here's the ...