B.C.'s Premium Brands lent a coalition of seven Mi'kmaw First Nations about $240 million to cover their equity purchase of Clearwater in 2020. But the loan came with a hefty 10 per cent interest rate, according to the non-profit First Nations Financial Authority.
A lawsuit launched by Nunavut Inuit over a federal government decision to allocate fishing licences off the territory's coast to companies outside the territory is being heard in Iqaluit this week.
A new agreement between the federal government and the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia will allow Mi’kmaw First Nations to manage and control their housing and infrastructure.
Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says changes that will take Eskasoni out of the Sydney-Victoria riding are unconstitutional and go against treaty rights and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.