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Treaty 8 First Nations call for 2% resource revenues from projects on their land
Treaty 8 First Nations chiefs in Alberta are calling for a two-per-cent share of royalties from projects that develop ...
First Nations express concern about Alberta’s data-centre strategy in open letter to province
A group of First Nations communities in Alberta is criticizing the province’s electrical grid operator for how it will allot ...
Point Park returned to Northern Ontario First Nations after 27 year-long struggle
The smell of walleye and the sound of live music wafted through Point Park on Indigenous Peoples Day. Under the 30C sun, ...
Sask. First Nations leaders back recently removed RCMP commanding officer
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is demanding answers after the sudden removal of Rhonda Blackmore as ...
First Nations encampment set up to oppose Ring of Fire development
A First Nations encampment has been set up in Ontario’s mineral-rich Ring of Fire region to protest provincial and federal laws created to fast-track development. Organizer Jeronimo Kataquapit, a ...
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First Nations create plan to relocate Texada Island grizzly pending government approval
Three First Nations say they've created a plan to relocate the Texada Island grizzly bear that has caused issues for ...
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B.C. First Nations are leading a waste revolution
A thick smoke from a burning garbage dump used to hang over Lil’wat Nation, putting the community’s health at risk.
Island First Nations receive $66.7M in loans for housing, water and sewer treatment
The funding was heralded as addressing a severe housing shortage among the First Nations and unlocking economic opportunities ...
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Canada’s wildfire crisis is displacing First Nations at alarming rates
With over 40,000 people evacuated and infrastructure overwhelmed, Indigenous leaders say climate change is hitting their ...
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‘This is our home’: Two First Nations setting up encampment near proposed bridge to Ring of Fire
A political decision one thousand kilometres from Jeronimo Kataquapit’s home in a remote First Nation near James Bay set the ...
First Nations say Alberta data centre strategy won’t attract big tech players
The chiefs of four First Nations in Alberta say they’re eager to take part in the province’s nascent data centre industry, but argue the province is taking the wrong approach to attract large-scale ...