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The long-term care facility in Wiikwemkoong on Manitoulin Island is one of more than two dozen nursing homes across Ontario set to see their licences expire next June. Toronto Star: David Wassegijig worries that the cultural fabric of his northern Ontario First Nation is at risk of being torn apart.  The 64-year-old retired construction worker is one of...

NationTalk: Toronto, ON – Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB) President and CEO Tabatha Bull recently participated in a global conversation on inclusive trade practices at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Forum, where she highlighted a newly released report examining exporting challenges and barriers for Indigenous businesses. Atamitowin, the second report in a series undertaken...

Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory asks Ottawa for $20M — but feds say long-term care is Ontario’s responsibility CBC Indigenous: A jurisdictional battle between Ottawa and Ontario over funding for a new elders home in a northern First Nation could leave dozens of residential school survivors separated from their families and community a second time, says the...

A photo of an Indigenous tourism experience. Photo credit: Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada media kit Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: The president of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) says his organization is facing major cuts that risk setting the industry back a decade. This week, at the peak of tourism season, Keith...

The Accounting for Colonialism journalism consortium found that First Nations under imposed financial intervention were more likely to experience problems with crowded housing as compared to those Nations where no financial interventions were made. Photo: Brett McKay/MacEwan University  APTN News: Development is moving fast in Kehewin Cree Nation. With project after project, the First Nation...

Natural Resources Canada has hit the pause button on natural resource projects due to excessive demand from Indigenous communities and organizations. Photo by Consumers Energy (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)  Canada’s National Observer: By the time Ottawa paused applications, a program helping Indigenous communities join resource development was 80 per cent oversubscribed, according to a briefing note...

WindSpeaker.com: Indigenous tourism in Canada is a growing attraction, said federal Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault, with at least one-third of international travelers and one-third of Canadian travelers wanting the “Indigenous authentic experience.” Despite those statistics, there were no dedicated dollars in last month’s federal budget for Indigenous tourism in the $158 million set aside for...

NationTalk: OKT Law – Madawaska First Nation is celebrating a win in its legal challenge of New Brunswick’s refusal to share casino revenue with the First Nation. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal released its decision, found here, ruling in favour of Madawaska First Nation’s challenge of New Brunswick’s decision to deprive the First Nation of...