On a summer morning beside a flowing stream on Christian Island in southern Georgian Bay, Ontario, high school students bend low to scoop water and peer into its depths.  Equipped with scientific tools and curiosity, their tasks are prosaic: they test the water’s quality, search for aquatic insects and map their local watershed. But their […]

permanent jobs to the region, at a special meeting held on July 15. The request for a letter of support came from Coun. Ben Fadeyiw of the MD of Bonnyville, who reached out to the Cold Lake mayor’s office directly.  The MD’s proposal is in response to a Request for Information (RFI) issued by Invest […]

(ANNews) – The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is demanding that the federal government make “concrete” legislative changes to access to information and privacy (ATIP) laws to enable First Nations to access records for the purposes of validating historical claims.  UBCIC Grand Chief Stewart Phillip told Alberta Native News that First Nations have been […]

Kingston residents are among the over 900,000 claims that have been deemed valid in a multi-million class action settlement against LifeLabs Inc. Anyone who was a LifeLabs customer on or before Dec. 17, 2019 and who lived in Canada as of Oct. 25, 2023 was eligible to submit a claim, with the window to do […]