Monthly Archives: January 2012

Statistics Canada may contact you to participate in an important survey of Aboriginal peoples (First Nations people living off-reserve, Métis and Inuit). The Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) will be collecting information on matters such as education, employment and health that will be useful to Métis governments, service providers and policy-makers in the years ahead. In all, about 50,000 Aboriginal people will be contacted to participate in the survey, many of whom will be Métis. Statistics Canada will begin interviews February 6th and the survey will continue until the end of June. If you are called, we encourage you to participate. Continue reading →

Calgary, AB (January 23, 2011) – In a decision released today, Madame Justice Constance Hunt, of the Alberta Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal in R. v. Hirsekorn – the Métis Nation of Alberta’s (“MNA”) Métis harvesting rights litigation. Continue reading →

Detour Gold Corporation and the Métis Nation of Ontario, as represented by its President Gary Lipinski and the MNO’s Regional Consultation Committee for the James Bay-Abitibi/Temiscamingue areas are pleased to announce that they have finalized an Impact and Benefit Agreement (IBA) with respect to the development and operation of the Company’s Detour Lake gold mining project in northeastern Ontario. Continue reading →