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Council sinks free boat trailer parking for non-resident Indigenous peoples – OrilliaMatters.com
June 12, 2025 Move would have been ‘minimal step towards Truth and Reconciliation calls to action,’ says Métis man It was in time for National Indigenous History Month that Orillia city council received a staff report about the feasibility of offering free parking for vehicles with boat trailers for Indigenous and Métis persons from the Georgian […]
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Read MoreA G7+ Strategy for Natural Gas: Four Scenarios for Energy Security in the 2040s – RBC
June 12, 2025 Key Findings Gas is critical in our best—and worst—case scenarios for global energy systems. Gas will be vital as a transition fuel in a ‘Decarbonizing World’ before declining by the late-2030s; and as an energy security cushion in our worst-case scenario, that we call ‘Dystopian World’. Gas can anchor G7+’s energy security—but […]
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Read MoreOntario First Nation residents take shelter in Toronto-area amid wildfires – Global News
June 12, 2025 On benches outside a hotel near Toronto Pearson International Airport sits members of Deer Lake First Nation. “We don’t know when we’ll be going home,” said Don Meekis, who has been staying in the Toronto-area since the end of May when his wildfire-stricken community was given evacuation notice. “First couple of days […]
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Read MoreHigh benzene levels detected, Aamjiwnaang issues closures – sarnianewstoday.ca
June 12, 2025 Buildings in the area of Aamjiwnaang’s Sportscentre air monitoring system are closed again. The First Nation reported through its notification system Thursday morning that high benzene levels were detected in the area off Tashmoo Avenue. The band office, blue building, environment building, child and family services building, education administration building, CIDL, public […]
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Read MorePaving the Way: Advancing 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion in housing policy and practice – CHRA
Jun 12, 2025 This past April 29-May 1, sessions at the 2025 CHRA National Congress delved into pressing issues facing Canada’s housing and homelessness sector. Paving the Way: Advancing 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion in housing policy and practice brought together shelter providers and researchers to explore research project findings on how to better engage with and serve […]
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Read MoreCochrane woman wins $10K grand prize in inaugural business competition – TimminsToday.com
Jun 12, 2025 Ten business owners applied to the Métis Nation of Ontario’s business pitch event A unique Cochrane business has won an inaugural competition. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Region 3 – Abitibi Inland Métis Community recently held its first business pitch competition. DecoVero won the $10,000 grand prize. It’s owned by Veronique […]
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Read MoreKicking off Indigenous history month – thehighlander.ca
June 12, 2025 On June 5, Haliburton Highlands Secondary School, in partnership with the Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB), hosted the third annual educational pow wow and drum social. The event was in collaboration with Oshkaabewis Dave Rice of Wasauksing First Nation, Odawa Anishinaabe Metis Knowledge Holder, Larry O’Connor, and Elder Christopher Stock. The […]
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Read MoreExhibit at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons explores First Nations’ ingenuity – MidlandToday.ca
Exhibit on display until Sept. 17. ‘We’re excited to centre Indigenous voices and perspectives in our museum’, official says Anishinaabewin Maamninendimowin: Pane Gii-Bite (Indigenous Ingenuity: Timeless Inventions), presented by Indigenous Tourism Ontario and Science North, will be in Sainte-Marie among the Hurons’ indoor museum until mid-September. The exhibit presents a clever and novel mix of […]
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Read MoreRacism in Thunder Bay – An Dead Weight Tied to Our City that Dooms Our Potential – NetNewsLedger
June 12, 2025 Thunder Bay Can—and Must—Do Better THUNDER BAY – As National Indigenous Peoples Day approaches, Thunder Bay finds itself at a crossroads. It is a place of powerful beauty—where the boreal forest meets the strength of the Canadian Shield, and where the stories of the land run deep with the presence of Indigenous […]
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Read More$30B in new investments needed to meet Canada’s critical mineral demand: report – BNN Bloomberg
June 12, 2025 TORONTO — A newly released report estimates Canada will need at least $30 billion in new capital investments by 2040 if it wants to meet domestic demand for the critical minerals key to a green economy transition. But the Canadian Climate Institute’s report says cutting back on environmental safeguards and Indigenous consultation […]
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