Indigenous Business

Aboriginal Tourism Ontario (ATO) will hold its second annual Business Tourism Conference April 13 to 15 at the Quattro Hotel and Conference Centre in Sault Ste. Marie.

A much sought-after distribution centre to stockpile goods and ship food to remote northwestern Ontario First Nation communities is one step closer to reality.

The Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association (CAMA) will host its 23rd annual conference Nov. 22-24 in Vancouver, B.C. under the theme, Leading Resource Management, Protecting Our Environment.

The Bow Lake Wind Facility north of Sault Ste. Marie is now operational.

Construction has begun on a $300-million hydroelectric generating station on New Post Creek north of Smooth Rock Falls.

A new partnership will help expand grid connections to 16 remote First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario. On Aug.

Two northwestern Ontario First Nations are receiving a combined $720,000 in provincial funding for drinking water and drainage infrastructure.

Thunder Bay’s North Star Air announced it has signed a “strategic business agreement” with Webequie First Nation. Webequie joins nine other First Nation communities in an alliance with the regional passenger and freight carrier.

A national task force is being established to find ways to eliminate diesel power generation on remote First Nation communities.

The Timiskaming First Nation (TFN) and wpd Canada, a Mississauga-based green energy company, are partnering on a proposed $300 to $350-million wind energy development project.