$375-million Indigenous-led conservation deal signed in N.W.T.
Nov 21, 2024 · 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
Oct 23, 2024 · 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.
In the powwow circle, Indigenous people celebrate history, culture …
Sep 25, 2024 · 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 …
Hub for water policy, Canada Water Agency, launched in Winnipeg …
Oct 17, 2024 · 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 ...
Site C dam to get Indigenous name after flooding Treaty 8 …
Nov 21, 2024 · 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.
What B.C. election results mean for the environment | The Narwhal
Oct 20, 2024 · 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 ...
BlueTriton, formerly Nestlé, closing Guelph water bottling plant
Nov 13, 2024 · BlueTriton, a water bottling company formerly known as Nestlé Waters North America, is ending its operations in Ontario. Since 2007, the U.S. based-company has operated a facility in Guelph, Ont., and two wells in the Town of Erin and Wellington County, where it collects groundwater to bottle and sell.
Saskatchewan election platforms: where parties stand on …
Oct 23, 2024 · 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 …
B.C.'s new pipeline, Prince Rupert Gas Transmission, explained
Jun 18, 2024 · Go here to read our latest coverage of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline.. Four years after the Coastal GasLink pipeline sparked nation-wide protests, construction of another major pipeline in British Columbia is poised to begin this summer.. The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline, owned by TC Energy, the same company that built the Coastal GasLink pipeline, will carry natural ...
How will Doug Ford's government power Ontario and AI? | The …
Sep 4, 2024 · Since taking office in 2018, the Doug Ford government has completely reversed course on energy policy. Early in its tenure, the Progressive Conservatives cancelled more than 750 renewable energy contracts, including one for a large partially built wind farm and many with Indigenous communities.Fast forward to summer 2023, and it embarked on the biggest expansion of green energy Ontario has ...