Sabina Gold & Silver Files NI 43-101 Technical Report for the 2021 Updated Feasibility Study for the Goose Project at the Back River Gold District einnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from einnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted on March 1st, 2021
TORONTO Armed with everything from school attendance records to drones, researchers across Canada are racing to shed light on a bleak part of the country’s history: How many indigenous children died at residential schools, and where are their unmarked graves?
From 1883 to 1998, nearly 150,000 indigenous children were forcibly separated from their families and sent to the government-funded, church-run boarding schools in an attempt to assimilate them. Once there, they were frequently neglected and abused. What happened at the schools was akin to cultural genocide,” concluded a 2015 report from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
It also found that at least 3,200 students died at residential schools over those 115 years a much higher rate than for students elsewhere in Canada though the commission contended that the number was probably much higher and merited further investigation.AD
Lobby Wrap: Pro-psilocybin group enlists By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Mar 1, 2021 11:43am The West Block of the Parliament buildings (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Last week,
Therapsil, a non-profit that seeks to promote access to psilocybin therapy, saw a board of directors’ member join the Lobby Registry. It’s looking to promote patient-centred psilocybin research in Canada, and help patients and doctors access psilocybin through special regulations.
Kitchener-based cybersecurity company
Palitronica Inc was the only client organization with more than two registrations. Four other companies had two apiece:
Staples Canada ULC,
Cape Breton University, and tech company
Benchmark Corp.
Global Public Affairs was the most active lobbying firm, racking up six registrations this week; CFN Consultants had the second-most with five; Capital Hill Group and Summa Strategies each had four; StrategyCorp Inc. had three registrations; and PAA Public Affairs Advisors, Im
A Changing Climate for Northern Research uphere.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uphere.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
1. Diversifying Procurement Market Share
The Canadian government implemented the federal Procurement
Strategy for Aboriginal Business ( PSAB ) in 1996, aiming
to increase the number of Aboriginal businesses participating in
procurement processes. Since its inception, the PASB program has
awarded more than $3.3 billion in contracts to Aboriginal
businesses.
1 Under the PSAB, contracts that serve
primarily Indigenous populations or that are subject to a land
claim agreement must be set aside for bids from Aboriginal
businesses only.
2 Further, the federal government
encourages Public Works and Government Services Canada
( PWGSC ) to set aside additional contracts under the
PSAB.
This article considers what constitutes an eligible Aboriginal