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Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says Bell should be embarrassed by the terrible cellphone service the territory has been getting over the last several months. APTN News; The Canadian Press – In a letter to Bell Canada CEO Mirko Bibic, Pillai says Yukoners have experienced frequent dropped calls and poor coverage even while downtown in the...

“They continue to enjoy…the use of land and so on, just as our people continue to experience the impact of the loss.” — Roberta Jamieson, former co-chair of CN Rail’s Indigenous advisory council Murray Sinclair and Roberta Jamieson, former co-chairs of CN Rail’s Indigenous advisory council Windspeaker.com: It took the resignation of its entire Indigenous...

Murray Sinclair says the unanimous resignation was due to ‘disagreements.’  Photo: Danielle Paradis/APTN  APTN News: Twelve members of the Indigenous advisory council for CN Rail have unanimously resigned citing disagreements between the group and Canadian Rail. “As we step back from CN, we are earnest in our belief that CN has missed the mark on...

Rural, remote Indigenous communities face unique obstacles and need adapted solutions. Illustration by Nay Drew / Indigenous Clean Energy Charge Up program  Canada’s National Observer: Paving the way to an Indigenous electric highway in Canada offers opportunities, but also includes navigating communities’ unique needs and potential obstacles, especially in rural and remote areas, experts say. ...

‘The hiring in many organizations just hasn’t been there when it comes to Indigenous People’ NationTalk: HRD: Human Resources Director – A recent Deloitte report found that while many Canadian organizations feel like they’re doing their bit in championing Indigenous employees in the workplace, the individuals themselves feel otherwise. The report interviewed several Indigenous youths looking to...

Civeo also demanded salary cuts years ago, says longtime housekeeping coordinator CBC News: Angela Fiddler doesn’t know how she’ll afford to feed her husband, who’s terminally ill with cancer, after being let go last week — five months after she voted to reject a pay cut. Fiddler is one of around 300 workers at Wapasu Creek Lodge,...

Activists grow toolbox to shift corporate policy It was only after his flight landed in Toronto last year that Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief Na’Moks learned that Royal Bank of Canada had cancelled its in-person annual general meeting with less than a day’s notice. The bank cited COVID-19 as the reason it moved the event entirely online,...

CBC News: About two dozen Lakehead University students in Thunder Bay, Ont. protested outside the Royal Bank campus branch Thursday afternoon — but their concerns had nothing to do with banking fees. Instead, they were calling out the institution for being the country’s biggest funder of the fossil fuel industry, according to a global report called Banking on...

Canadian Press: Pressure sales tactics. Ill-fitted suggestions. Misleading information. Visible minority and Indigenous customers at Canada’s big banks more often received inappropriate treatment from sales staff, part of a wider trend of “concerning” interactions between those institutions and shoppers, a federal consumer watchdog has found. In a mystery shopping review conducted in 2019 by the...

NationTalk: Union of BC Indian Chiefs – Recent announcements that the new cost of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) has ballooned to $21.4 billion, and that the federal government will not invest further public funds into the project should be a major red flag for anyone considering economic participation or ownership of the controversial pipeline, which...

Catalyst – A new study “Building Inclusion for Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Workplaces”, found 52% of Indigenous Peoples working in Canada said they are regularly on guard to experiences of bias, a hallmark of emotional tax, with women on guard (67%) significantly more than men (38%). The new research shows that in addition to paying...

Reconciliation and Responsible Investment Initiative – RRII, a partnership between the National Aboriginal Trust Officers Association (NATOA) and the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) released a report “Business and Reconciliation: An Update Exploring the Performance of Public Companies in Canada” that “suggests that corporate Canada is slow to recognize the value of tracking...

NationTalk – The Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (“MN-S”) has filed a claim against NexGen Energy Ltd. in the Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan. MN-S is seeking from the Court: a declaration that NexGen is in breach of its obligations to negotiate an Impact Benefit Agreement (“IBA”) with MN-S in good faith and on a...