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No Nunavut land use plan until 2022, NPC says – Nunatsiaq.com
News provokes groans from mining symposium delegates April 11, 2018 A long-awaited territory-wide land use plan for Nunavut won’t be ready until at least 2022, an official from the Nunavut Planning Commission declared yesterday, prompting groans from delegates attending a panel at the Nunavut Mining Symposium in Iqaluit. Brian Aglukark, the NPC’s director of policy […]
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NPC Recommendation to Amend the North Baffin Regional Land Use Plan
Sunday, March 18, 2018 The Nunavut Planning Commission has recommended that the North Baffin Regional Land Use Plan be amended. A Report on the Public Review that includes the revised recommended amendment is avaiable on the NPC’s Public Registry here. NT5
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Rayrock Remedial Options Workshop – Tlicho Government
February 27 and 28, 2018, Behchokǫ̀ – Tłı̨chǫ Government staff (Jessica Hum, Tyanna Steinwand, and Michael Birlea) along with their technical support consultants, Firelight Group and Fielding Environmental met with the Kwetiiɂaà Elders Committee (KEC) represented by Charlie Apples (Behchokǫ̀), Louis Zoe(Gamètì), Jimmy B Rabesca(Whati), Joe Champlain(Whatì), Philip Huskey(Behchokǫ̀), Joe Rosie Mantla(Gamètì), and environmental monitoring […]
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Statements about discussions between the Village of Haines Junction and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
Minister of Community Services John Streicker, Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) Dän nätthe äda Steve Smith and Haines Junction Mayor Michael Riseborough today released the following statements about discussions regarding possible changes to the municipal boundaries of Haines Junction: I am delighted that the Village of Haines Junction and the Champagne and Aishihik First […]
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GN short-changes Iqaluit in contaminated land swap – Nunatsiaq Online
February 12, 2018 “They’ve already used the land they want us to swap with. The airport is built on it” A portion of land near Sylvia Grinnell Park that the Government of Nunavut wants to transfer to the City of Iqaluit is contaminated, an environmental assessment has revealed. The 19.3-hectare parcel is part of a […]
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Government of Yukon and First Nations leaders set course for final Regional Land Use Plan for the Peel watershed
February 01, 2018 Leaders from the Government of Yukon and affected First Nations met in Dawson on January 29 to discuss next steps for finalizing the Regional Land Use Plan for the Peel watershed. Premier Sandy Silver, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Ranj Pillai, Minister of Environment Pauline Frost, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Chief Roberta Joseph, First […]
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N.W.T. Indigenous leaders say Peel decision shows Canada must honour treaties – CBC
Dene national chief calls on prime minister to make statement at Assembly of First Nations meeting Dec 04, 2017 When she heard the news, Gwich’in Tribal Council president Bobbie Jo Greenland-Morgan was still at home with her family, getting ready for the day. “Our family just cheered and were happy because it just means so […]
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Tlicho Government: Marian Watershed Stewardship Program
November 24, 2017 Through September 11-15,2017 graduates from the Tłı̨chǫ Environmental Monitoring Program, in cooperation with members of the Wek’ èezhı̀i Land and Water Board, Wilfrid Laurier, Golder Associates and the Department of Culture and Lands Protection, participated in a field study to examine fish health and water quality on the Marian River near Hislop […]
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GNU: Strategic Environmental Assessment in Baffin Bay
November 06, 2017 The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) will be hosting two day Public Scoping Sessions to discuss the Strategic Environmental Assessment in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, which will assess the potential for offshore oil and gas activities in the area. This is an opportunity for you to ask questions and provide input […]
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Tlicho Government: 2017 Indigenous Mapping Workshop
November 06, 2017 Last week Tlicho Government staff members attended the 4th annual Indigenous Mapping Workshop in Winnipeg, Manitoba from October 30 to November 2, 2017. Organized by Firelight Group, in partnership with Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, and Nanaandawewigamig, welcomed more than 200 community mapping practitioners from across North America. The four-day event explored Google, Esri […]
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