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Qalipu FN: Land Use Survey
June 8, 2021 Qalipu First Nation is conducting a land use survey in partnership with Matador Mining. The data from the survey will be used to prepare a report to help advise the Environmental Assessment process for the proposed goldmine near Cape Ray on the south-west coast. It will also help to identify any potential […]
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Saint John to have land acknowledgment read before council meetings – CBC
Jun 03, 2021 First land acknowledgment in Saint John council history to happen June 14 Saint John city council has made the decision to begin each council meeting with a land acknowledgement alongside community members singing the national anthem. Mayor-elect Donna Reardon said Wednesday the first reading of a land acknowledgement in city council history […]
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Madawaska Maliseet First Nation and Canada reach historic land claim settlement agreement
From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada April 13, 2021 — Madawaska Maliseet First Nation, New Brunswick — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Honouring Canada’s legal obligations to First Nations and working collaboratively to renew relationships are key to righting historical wrongs to advance reconciliation with First Nations in Canada. Chief Patricia Bernard of […]
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Millbrook’s Shannon Park reserve needs HRM endorsement before development begins – TheChronicleHerald.ca
HALIFAX, N.S. — Millbrook First Nation is in the final stages of creating a reserve at Shannon Park but before it can move ahead, it must receive support from Halifax Regional Municipality. In 2014, Canada Lands received 33 hectares of land at Shannon Park from the Department of National Defence. At the time, the federal […]
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Title Claim filed on December 7, 2020 by the Wolastoqey Nation
Read More: http://wnnb.wolastoqey.ca/2020/12/09/title-claim-filed-on-december-7-2020-by-the-wolastoqey-nation/ NT5
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Export of Canadian Hydropower to the United States – First Nations in Québec and Labrador Unite to Oppose Hydro-Québec Project
WEMOTACI, QC, Dec. 3, 2020 – Five First Nations in Québec, the Innu of Pessamit, the Atikamekw of Wemotaci, and the Anishnabeg of Pikogan, Lac Simon and Kitcisakik, have joined the Innu Nation of Labrador to oppose Hydro-Quebec’s massive new power transmission corridor to the United States. In two separate briefs addressed to the Canada […]
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Greater Land Protection Across Nova Scotia
October 14, 2020 Nova Scotia has extensive coastline, pristine lakes and rivers, diverse ecosystems and an array of scenic views. Government is committed to protecting the province’s land and waterways with the addition of 10 more designated protected areas. Two of the areas will be recognized with Mi’kmaw names. “Nova Scotia is one of the […]
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Wolastoqey seek court declaration of Aboriginal title on their traditional lands
FREDERICTON (Oct. 5, 2020) – The six Wolastoqey Communities in New Brunswick today announced they gave notice under the Proceedings Against the Crown Act to the Crown in right of New Brunswick and Canada that they will be filing a lawsuit seeking the Court’s recognition of the Wolastoqey Nation’s title to lands in New Brunswick. […]
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Historic claim settlement for Sipekne’katik and the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia
From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada July 15, 2020 — Ottawa, Ontario — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada The Government of Canada is working in partnership with Indigenous peoples to renew the relationship based on affirmation of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership. A historic agreement has been concluded for the settlement of the […]
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Supreme Court of Canada will not hear Mi’kmaq appeal of Mill River sale – CBC
Request for judicial review had been rejected at provincial level Apr 23, 2020 The Supreme Court of Canada has denied a request to appeal a decision denying P.E.I.’s Mi’kmaq people a judicial review of the sale of the Crown land connected to the Mill River resort. As usual, the court gave no reasons for its […]
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