Photo: The limestone cliffs along Little Limestone Lake are rare in Canada, says Gaile Whelan Enns, director of Manitoba Wildlands. (photo courtesy CPAWS Manitoba) A new Manitoba national park was announced […]
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Photo: Rodney Yellowdirt stands next to the re-routed Pembina pipeline near Alexander First Nation, Alta. With the support of residents, including Yellowdirt, a portion of the pipeline was originally going to
Source: Frontier Centre For Public Policy Tom Flanagan and Lee Harding / November 2016 This paper examines 21 First Nations in Canada who scored highly on the 2011 Community Well-being Index
Seven habits of highly effective First Nations Read More »
Source: Frontier Centre For Public Policy Attawapiskat First Nation — an isolated Northern Ontario reserve — played a prominent role in the Idle No More indigenous protest movement that erupted
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At the 2017 PDAC Convention media reception, Minister Carr announced that flow-through will be maintained, and the METC renewed. A successful PDAC and CMIF advocacy win for budget 2017! Thanks
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Hello members, Here is the latest news release from the Manitoba Government about the recent diamond discovery (bedrock hosted) in NE Manitoba by the Lynx Consortium who are made up
Province confirms discovery of diamonds in northeast Manitoba prospecting reports Read More »
Check out this Winnipeg Free Press article about the mineral claims in the Steinbach area.
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Source: Gov.mb.ca The Manitoba government is investing more than $170,000 in a wilderness safety training program to prepare Indigenous people for careers in mining and environmental industries, Education and Training
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Source: Statistics Canada In January 2017, Statistics Canada released this table on employment in natural resource industries. Mining employment is grouped in with forestry, fishing, mining, quarry, oil and gas.
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Source: Thompson Citizen Written by: Ian Graham Thompson Progressive Conservative MLA Kelly Bindle’s address to the Thompson Chamber of Commerce Feb. 1 covered regional concerns about the state of the Hudson Bay
Debt constraining provincial government, says Thompson MLA Read More »