Wednesday, April 16, 2025
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which honours the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families and…
First Nations
Canada and Ontario invest in new Indigenous Cultural Centre at Algoma University
The governments of Canada and Ontario announced joint funding for a new Indigenous Cultural Centre at Sault Ste. Marie’s Algoma University. The federal government is investing…
Funding for recreation and green infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan
More than $53 million in joint funding for 24 recreation and green infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan will help the province address infrastructure improvements to arenas,…
Government of Canada to double community-building fund payments
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland recently announced that annual gas tax fund payments to municipalities and First Nations communities will double in…
CIB launches Indigenous community infrastructure initiative
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) recently announced the launch of the Indigenous Community Infrastructure Initiative (ICII), with a target to invest at least $1 billion…
Location and commitment announced for Yukon Energy project
Yukon Energy has announced that a site on Robert Service Way near the Alaska Highway will be the future home of its grid-scale energy storage…
Historic irrigation infrastructure project proceeds in Saskatchewan
The Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project in Saskatchewan – the largest infrastructure project in the history of the province – has marked another milestone with the…
Ontario helps build winter roads in far north
The Ontario government is investing $6 million to help 31 remote First Nation communities and the Town of Moosonee build and maintain 3,170 kilometres of…
New water treatment infrastructure funds for Ontario First Nations communities
The governments of Canada and Ontario are funding drinking water treatment improvements on the Pays Plat First Nation, and the construction of a new water…
B.C. building new road infrastructure for remote communities
Remote and rural communities in British Columbia are benefiting from $28 million from B.C.’s Economic Recovery Plan to upgrade side, secondary and forest service roads.…
New investments for water infrastructure in First Nations communities
Marc Miller, the federal Minister of Indigenous Services, has announced more than $1.5 billion in additional investments to accelerate work to lift all long-term drinking…
Call for proposals for northern transportation infrastructure projects
Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced a call for proposals under the National Trade Corridors Fund (NTCF) for projects to address transportation infrastructure challenges in…
The North is waiting
By Barbara Fox Finally. It’s time to look at recovery. And as the whole of the Canadian economy looks to rebuild from the massive hit…
First Nations Major Projects Coalition appoints strategic advisor
The First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) of the Coast Salish Territory in Vancouver, British Columbia announced the appointment of JP Gladu as a strategic…
COVID-19 funding for First Nations colleges in Alberta
The Alberta government is providing new funds to help First Nations colleges overcome obstacles to ensure students benefit from online course delivery. The government will…
NS government seeks to support green infrastructure projects
The Government of Nova Scotia is currently seeking applications for potential new infrastructure projects to be supported under the Climate Change Mitigation Sub Stream of…
Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project reaches financial close
Wataynikaneyap Power officially announced today that it has achieved financial close and issued the notice to proceed to Valard LP (Valard) for construction of the…
Support formalized for $1.6-billion Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project
Wataynikaneyap Power LP and the Government of Canada celebrated the signing of agreements that formalized support for the Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project. The signing secures…
B.C. First Nations receive clean energy funding
Seven First Nations communities have received a combined $2.24 million to provide new clean energy opportunities and reduce reliance on diesel-generated power. Funding is provided…
New schools coming to Manitoba First Nations’ communities
The Government of Canada has announced an investment of $248 million for new school infrastructure in four First Nations in northern Manitoba. Bunibonibee Cree Nation,…
Wataynikaneyap Power LP files for leave to construct
Wataynikaneyap Power LP (Wataynikaneyap Power) has announced that it has filed a leave to construct application with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to construct and…
OFNTSC unveils First Nations infrastructure vulnerability toolkit
The Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation (OFNTSC), working together with Engineers Canada and Stantec, have collaboratively developed a First Nations Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability…
BC Hydro proceeding with First Nations’ energy projects
BC Hydro has announced it plans to pursue negotiations for electricity purchase agreements with five First Nations’ clean energy projects through its Standing Offer and…
Financial close reached for Henvey Inlet Wind project
Pattern Energy Group LP has announced completion of a $1 billion financing for the 300 megawatt (MW) Henvey Inlet Wind project located on Henvey Inlet…