Indigenous Business

Aboriginal home builder Bernie Bird is counting on a fat order book this summer to start the cash flowing toward erecting a composite home manufacturing factory in Dryden .

A 2012 Friendship Accord struck between Lac Seul First Nation and Sioux Lookout is already paying huge dividends if you judge the brisk foot and vehicle traffic through the local Tim Hortons.

Sioux Lookout Mayor Dennis Leney and Lac Seul First Nation Chief Clifford Bull said they wowed the audience at the recent Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Conference in the Niagara region.

First Nation leaders at the 40th annual Ontario Chiefs Conference in Toronto paused to remember the life of Grand Chief Stan Loutitt, who died June 10 following a battle with cancer.

Youth entrepreneurs have one more day to apply for an Aboriginal youth training program hosted by Waubetek Business Development Corporation. This summer, Waubetek will host a five-week Youth Business Training Program at Laurentian University.

The Naotkamegwanning First Nation is receiving $45,000 from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency to participate in the environmental assessment of Treasury Metals’ proposed Goliath Gold Mine near Dryden in northwestern Ontario.

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy is calling for government and industry to address legacy and potential future issues of hazardous industrial wastes on Aboriginal territory in Northern Ontario.

Ottawa and Queen’s Park made separate funding announcements on April 4 toward training Aboriginal workers for mining-related jobs in northwestern Ontario and the Far North.

Wahnapitae First Nation has taken a proactive approach to promote environmental sustainability in its dealings with mining companies like Vale, Glencore and KGHM.

A new partnership between industry and First Nations in northwestern Ontario could serve as a model for sustainable development in First Nations communities.