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March 20, 2024


Kaska chief says his nation ‘can’t support’ proposed mine after consultation

A Kaska chief says the revised decision document for a proposed mine in southeast Yukon has done little to change his view on the project. The document was posted on the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) on March 8. “Once again, we’re not happy with the decision,” Chief Dylan Loblaw of the Ross River...

February 9, 2024


Ross River Dena Council appealing ruling on proposed Kudz ze Kayah mine

The Ross River Dena Council on behalf of the Kaska Nation is appealing a recent court decision on the proposed Kudz ze Kayah mining project in southeastern Yukon. BMC Minerals’ Kudz ze Kayah mining project, a proposed $381-million dollar mine located 115 km south of the Ross River Dena Council in Ross River, Yukon. Photo:...

January 10, 2024


Yukon judge sends Canada, Yukon and Kaska back to negotiating table over proposed mine

BMC Minerals’ Kudz ze Kayah project, a proposed $381-million dollar mine located 115 km south of the Ross River Dena Council (RRDC) in Ross River, Yukon. Photo: BMC  APTN News: A Yukon judge says Canada and Yukon must go back to the negotiating table with the Kaska Nation over a proposed mine in the territory...

November 27, 2023


First Nation in Yukon says its ‘disheartening’ that territory appealed ruling on Beaver River Watershed

APTN News: A First Nation in Yukon says it’s frustrated the territorial government is appealing a court ruling “:stopping a mining exploration project from proceeding in an untouched watershed on its lands. The Beaver River Watershed falls within the traditional territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun (FNNND) in north-central Yukon. The First Nation refers...

May 19, 2023


‘It needs to be a day of reckoning:’ Parliamentary committee studying land back

‘I think this study will really explore the connection of Indigenous people to land in a way that people don’t naturally equate to property.’  A school bus rests on the road at 1492 Land Back Lane Blockade in Caledonia, Ont. Photo: APTN file  APTN News: The standing committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs is undertaking...

April 12, 2023


Trudeau says premiers’ claims about natural resources power grab have ‘no grounding in truth’

Premiers criticized justice minister for saying Ottawa will look at resource agreement CBC News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing the premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba of misinterpreting remarks by a federal minister on whether Ottawa might review agreements that give those provinces control of natural resources. “Let me be very clear. The minister of...

April 11, 2023


Western premiers blast Lametti for suggesting Ottawa might ‘look at’ provinces’ power over natural resources

Lametti told an AFN meeting he would examine calls to rescind Natural Resources Transfer Act CBC News: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and three western premiers are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to disassociate his government from comments made by his justice minister — who promised last week to “look at” a decades-old law that...

April 8, 2023


Canada is sitting on a critical minerals motherlode. But is it ready for the new gold rush?

Proponents say Canada must do more to turn aspiration into action CBC News: Drive two hours north of Ottawa, put on a hard hat and bright orange vest, descend into a pit — and you find yourself on the frontline in the fight to be part of the new, green economy. A mining project might not...

March 16, 2023


Yukon gov’t to appeal court decision quashing approval of mining project near Mayo

Supreme Court found that consultation with First Nation over Metallic Minerals’ project was inadequate CBC News: The Yukon government is appealing a court decision that quashes the approval of a mining project near Mayo, Yukon. It’s the latest in an ongoing dispute between the territorial government and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun (FNNND) over a...

November 14, 2022


Yukon Liberals spike NDP bill that would have required First Nations’ consent over oil and gas development

Yukon NDP has been fighting to reinstate the consent clause into territorial laws over the industry Julien Gignac · CBC News · Posted: Nov 14, 2022 4:00 AM CT | Last Updated: November 14 The Yukon Liberal government has trounced a bill that, if passed, would have required Yukon First Nations consent to oil and gas exploration and development...

March 1, 2021


Yukon Regional Land Use Plans

The Narwhal – Two Yukon First Nations are renewing calls for a regional land use plan to be completed before any new development on their traditional territories is considered, including a mineral exploration project right next door to Tombstone Territorial Park. Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun recently sent...

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