$375-million Indigenous-led conservation deal signed in N.W.T.
2024年11月21日 · The event, which took place at the Behchokǫ̀ Cultural Centre, opened with a fire-feeding ceremony on the edge of a frozen lake. Later, attendees moved indoors, where they listened to leaders’ reflections on the occasion, shared a lunch and, finally, pushed aside the tables and chairs to dance under a large drum-shaped light fixture.
Ontario’s new Highway 413 bill, explained | The Narwhal
2024年10月23日 · The Doug Ford government introduced a new bill Monday aimed at fast-tracking Highway 413. If built, Highway 413 would run through Ontario’s Greenbelt, prime farmland, wetlands, woodlands and waterways, connecting suburbs north and west of Toronto.Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have been trying to build it since 2018, and won re-election in 2022 on promises to deliver on the highway.
Site C dam to get Indigenous name after flooding Treaty 8 …
2024年11月21日 · Here at The Narwhal, we don’t use profit, awards or pageviews to measure success. The thing that matters most is real-world impact — evidence that our reporting influenced citizens to hold power to account and pushed policymakers to do better. And in 2024, our stories were raised in parliaments across the country and cited by citizens in their petitions and letters to politicians.
Hub for water policy, Canada Water Agency, launched in Winnipeg …
2024年10月17日 · Daniel Wolfish, interim president of the Canada Water Agency, said the organization launched as a branch of Environment and Climate Change Canada in summer 2023 and began work to enact the national freshwater action plan.It has already disbursed more than $90 million to projects strengthening freshwater management, including investments in rehabilitating contaminated sites like Lake Ontario ...
In the powwow circle, Indigenous people celebrate history, culture …
2024年9月25日 · Jingle dress dancers in the powwow circle at the 2024 Wiikwemkoong Annual Cultural Festival in Manitoulin Island, Ont. Many Ojibwe communities have different origin stories for the jingle dress dance, but in all these stories the dance came to …
Saskatchewan election platforms: where parties stand on …
2024年10月23日 · The Water Security Agency, a government branch that regulates water impacts in the province, has struggled to implement a comprehensive wetland policy and has faced criticism for failing to properly consider the impacts of draining wetlands for agricultural use.. Wetlands are a critical part of the prairie ecosystem, but are often drained in order to accommodate more cropland.
What B.C. election results mean for the environment | The Narwhal
2024年10月20日 · The two Greens who were elected, neophyte MLAs Jeremy Valeriote in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky and Rob Botterell in Saanich North and the Islands, may have to decide if they are going to support the BC NDP or the BC Conservatives, allowing one of the two parties to form government. Furstenau, who told supporters she plans to advise the new Green caucus, could play a key role in brokering such an ...
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Let’s talk about Truth and Reconciliation Day | The Narwhal
2024年9月30日 · Many other tactics continue to be used, such as militarized raids against Indigenous land defenders, the obstruction of Indigenous conservation and the politically motivated stoking of resentment toward Indigenous Rights.Progress on the 94 calls of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has stalled entirely, according to the Yellowhead Institute.In a recent two-week period, six Indigenous ...
As Saskatchewan election nears, what’s next for mining? | The …
2024年10月8日 · Saskatchewan has big plans for what lies beneath its soil. It’s positioned itself “at the forefront of global critical minerals production.” The province is, in its own words, “a critical minerals powerhouse” at a time when the minerals dubbed crucial to technology and a lower-carbon economy are increasingly sought after. That’s because, according to the government, it …