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Education minister remembered as husband, dad… and huge Jets fan
By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Winnipeg Jets customized a memorial jersey for Nello Altomare with a number that nods to the hockey superfan’s final role as Manitoba’s ...
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‘No room for fossil fuel expansion’: Grand Chief Steward Phillip clears the air on pipelines
By Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Long-time climate advocate and First Nation leader Stewart Phillip is walking back controversial remarks he made on Tuesday. Canada’s climate ...
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B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support
The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs apologized Wednesday and walked back comments he made earlier this week suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project. “I do not ...
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Mount Polley boss says 2014 B.C. mine spill not toxic as firm faces fisheries charges
By Darryl Greer Canadian Press The president of the company involved in the Mount Polley environmental disaster that poured millions of cubic metres of mine tailings into B.C. waterways 10 years ago ...
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Six Nations Public Works battling watermain breaks
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER- Six Nations Public Works crews were out in force today ( Jan 22, 2025) after  frozen water ...
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No ‘Team Canada’ without First Nations land rights, BC leaders say
By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer First Nations leaders say they must be part of “Team Canada” — and decision makers on resource projects — to combat ...