Members of the Wet’suwet’en nation are anxiously waiting to find out what’s in the draft agreement that their hereditary chiefs recently struck with provincial and federal officials — and will learn more at clan meetings within the week.  The First Nation will review and potentially ratify the agreement, drafted over the weekend after weeks of civil unrest erupted…

Most of the Wet’suwet’en nation doesn’t yet know what came out of the hereditary chiefs’ weekend meetings with provincial and federal officials beyond the fact that some kind of proposal was made regarding their rights and title.  They’ll be learning more of the details through upcoming clan meetings. The Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs oppose construction of a natural gas pipeline…

A new multilingual stop sign project in Inuvik, N.W.T., is hoping to highlight the importance of Indigenous language preservation. The community-based initiative has created stickers for the stop signs in town, translating them into Inuvialuktun and Gwich’in. The project was approved by the town in a meeting last week, and the new signs are set to roll out across town…

Mi’kmaq-designed software that blends 3D modelling, laser scanning and environmental data is being developed to help communities in the Atlantic region prepare for the potential catastrophic results of climate change.   The online application, developed by 3D Wave Design, a Nova Scotia-based 3D animation and communications company, allows users to simulate conditions like storm surge, inland flooding and wildfires, using real environmental,…

Some people who can’t afford to pay their power bills in the Northwest Territories are seeing the government-owned power corporation use limiter technology, which throttles their power and cuts it off completely every ten minutes.  Nunakput MLA Jackie Jacobson says in the winter, using limiters should be illegal. He said the use of limiters is “life-threatening”…

National protests sparked by the opposition of some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs to a pipeline project in B.C. are also sparking debate in Conservative circles about the party’s own relationship to Indigenous communities. Though the main focus is on resolving the current conflict, Conservatives need to start thinking about how they’ll lay groundwork for a relationship…