Archive - Jan 5, 2008
Urban reserves outside of Winnipeg provide economic opportunities for First Nations
January 5, 2008 - 8:50am | by brianbeatonNative-owned gas bars near city thrive - Aboriginal clients, First Nations benefit from special tax discounts
By Alexandra Paul - Jan 3 2008
Deanna Larocque fills a customer's gas tank at the Red Sun gas bar and convenience store in Highway 6.
BUSINESS is good for the latest urban reserve on the outskirts of Winnipeg, with 80 to 85 per cent of customers drawn from First Nations people attracted by deep tax discounts.
Working with First Nations to protect boreal forest, a critical shield against global warming
January 5, 2008 - 8:35am | by brianbeatonA critical shield against global warming
JOE FRIESEN - January 4, 2008
WINNIPEG — The boreal forest occupies nearly half of Canada's land mass, yet it's more significant to national myth and memory – as home to the coureurs de bois and the hewers of wood – than it is to any discussion of a shared future.