August 16, 2024 — Yellowknife, Northwest Territories — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada The North and the Arctic are bearing the brunt of the effects of climate change. Building resiliency in Indigenous and northern communities through climate monitoring will help keep them safe and healthy and help avoid some of the steep and rising…
Tsuut’ina Nation, Alberta, August 15, 2024 — Upgrades for the Chief Big Belly Middle School are underway after an investment of more than $2.9 million from the federal government. Serving students in Grades 4 to 8 in the Tsuut’ina Nation, the project for the 26-year-old school will have important repairs while helping make the building…
August 15, 2024 — Muskoday First Nation, Treaty 6 Territory, Saskatchewan — Indigenous Services Canada and Muskoday First Nation Muskoday First Nation Chief Ronald Bear, along with Council, Elders, community members, and representatives from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), celebrated the grand opening of the community’s new water treatment plant. The new state-of-the-art facility will provide…
Eeyou Istchee business receives $99,999 in financial assistance from CED. Whapmagoostui, Quebec, August 15, 2024 – Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) Supporting businesses in seizing economic development and diversification opportunities that are promising for the future contributes to economic development in Quebec’s regions. That is why the Honourable Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for CED, today announced…
August 14, 2024 — Millbrook First Nation, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, Nova Scotia — Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq (CMM) First Nation governments are playing a leading role in assessing the immediate needs of their communities and determining the appropriate course of action during emergencies.…