Indigenous Business

Sioux Lookout is taking a serious look at establishing an urban First Nation reserve to stimulate economic development. The initiative is on the agenda for Sioux Lookout's upcoming Economic Development Summit, Nov.

Operating a First Nations-owned forestry company is likely going to eat into Terry Favelle's social life.

A young First Nation boy caught Paul Martin's ear. “'Before you went into politics you were a lawyer and then the president of Canada Steamship Lines, right?'” said the boy to Canada's former Prime Minister.

A new bridge and road system is being built in the Far North of Ontario to allow access to the First Nation communities of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwig and Wapekeka.

Having a greater say in the management of forests was on the minds of 120 attendees at a Thunder Bay workshop in early March.

Uranium exploration activity in Elliot Lake has a community demanding the province start formal consultation proceedings with Serpent River First Nation on its traditional and treaty lands.

Aboriginal businesses across Canada are set to receive a $50 million helping hand in the form CAPE Fund Management Inc., an investment fund launched by former prime minister Paul Martin.

First Nations should insist on taking an ownership role in natural resource projects, rather than consistently going to the Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) as a partnership solution, according to a leading expert on Aboriginal partnerships.

Northern Ontario's employment rate has held relatively steady over the last five years with gains in the northwest. According to figures from Statistics Canada, northwestern Ontario has seen a 1.

A former sawmill property has gotten new life with a First Nation-owned and operated building component manufacturer.