Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation

A 200-MW wind project: a partnership between nine Innu communities and Boralex on the traditional territory (Nitassinan) of the Uashat mak Mani-utenam First Nation

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Monday, March 20, 2023
Indigenous Services Canada, Partnership, CORP, Nation, Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Bill of 2006, First Nations, Boralex, Government, Wind, Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation, Investment, Innu, Indigenous self-government in Canada, Renewable energy, QC, Pessamit, Nitassinan, Uashat

The Apuiat project will be located on the public land of the traditional territory (Nitassinan) of the Uashat mak Mani-utenam First Nation.

Key Points: 
  • The Apuiat project will be located on the public land of the traditional territory (Nitassinan) of the Uashat mak Mani-utenam First Nation.
  • This large wind farm project will create a long-term clean energy source and generate sustainable economic and social benefits for Innu communities.
  • The Innu communities and Boralex each hold 50% of the votes on the Apuiat Wind Farm's Board of Directors.
  • The nine Innu communities and Boralex each hold 50% of the votes on the Apuiat Wind Farm's Board of Directors.

Rio Tinto delivers underlying EBITDA of $26.3 billion and total dividends of 492 US cents per share

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Professional Services, Natural Resources, Mining, Minerals, Finance, Lithium, EBITDA, Safety, Juukan Gorge, Climate change, Female, Trust, Workplace, Hugo, Yinjibarndi language, Policy, ESG, JV, TRQ, Heart, Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation, SPS, James Wedgwood Drawbell, Acquisition, Turquoise Hill Resources, AGR, International Financial Reporting Standards, Indigenous peoples, APM, Environment, PKKP, Panel, Oyu Tolgoi mine, Agreement, Fatality, Rio Tinto, Kurrama people, International, Movement, Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Injury, Person, Rhodes, Heads of Agreement (1981), Rincon, CSP, Cryptocurrency, Renewable energy, Iron ore

Free cash flow1 of $9.0 billion included capital expenditure of $6.8 billion, which decreased 9% as we commissioned our current programme of Pilbara replacement projects, notably Gudai-Darri.

Key Points: 
  • Free cash flow1 of $9.0 billion included capital expenditure of $6.8 billion, which decreased 9% as we commissioned our current programme of Pilbara replacement projects, notably Gudai-Darri.
  • $26.3 billion underlying EBITDA1 was 30% below 2021, with an underlying EBITDA margin1 of 45%.
  • $13.3 billion underlying earnings1 (underlying EPS1 of 819.6 US cents) were 38% below 2021.
  • $8.0 billion full-year dividend, equivalent to 492 US cents per share.

Minister Guilbeault is visiting regions in Quebec to discuss protection of the caribou

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Thursday, August 25, 2022
Biodiversity, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Agreement Respecting a New Relationship Between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec, Essipit, Risk, Confédération des syndicats nationaux, Mikisew Cree First Nation, Conference of the parties, Enrique Dussel, Climate change, Heart, Culture, Wendat, Habitat, Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation, Government, Cree, The Honourable, Organization, Indigenous peoples, Environment, Reindeer, Species at Risk Act, Indigenous self-government in Canada, Conference, History, Cold Lake First Nations, Innu, Fresh water, Forestry, Hunting, Silviculture, Indigenous, QC, COP15

The Government of Canada is determined to work in collaboration with the provinces, Indigenous Peoples, and all stakeholders to protect and re-establish the caribou.

Key Points: 
  • The Government of Canada is determined to work in collaboration with the provinces, Indigenous Peoples, and all stakeholders to protect and re-establish the caribou.
  • As part of the federal government's commitment to protecting the caribou, Minister Guilbeault is announcing $4.6million in funding in 2022 to support five Indigenous communities in Quebec in their efforts to conserve the caribou and caribou habitat.
  • In addition, he met with the Syndicat des Mtallos, a private-sector union, in Chibougamau to discuss protection of the caribou and sustainable forestry practices.
  • Between 2018 and 2022, $4.3 million was transferred by the Government of Canada to the Government of Quebec for the protection and re-establishment of the boreal caribou.