Environment Department

A Department of Nipissing First Nation

Who We Are

Situated on the serene north shores of Lake Nipissing, Nipissing First Nation (NFN) stands as a beacon of history and community. Spanning over 30 kilometers, our land stretches between the dynamic City of North Bay and the welcoming Municipality of West Nipissing. Garden Village, Veteran’s Lane, Mosquito Creek, Jocko Point, Paradise Point, Meadowside, Beaucage Subdivision, Beaucage Village, Serenity Lane, Yellek and Duchesnay are our communities.

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$2,500 Indigenous Student Bursary Program

For 2025, Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. is awarding one bursary of $2,500 to an Indigenous student enrolled in an accredited post-secondary program in either Engineering, Skilled Trades, Business Management, Human Resources or Accounting/Finance.

Fisheries News

Dredging projects at Wood Islands - Transports Canada

Transport Canada has also worked with Environment and Climate Change Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada regarding the project's implications.

Source: Google Alert - tc.canada.ca | Published: April 3, 2026

MacEwen still working to maintain his lobster fleet while serving as P.E.I. cabinet minister

Meanwhile, Fisheries and Oceans Canada's owner-operator policy requires MacEwen's fishing licence to stay in his name. Bureaucratic catch-22 creating ...

Source: Google Alert - www.cbc.ca | Published: April 2, 2026

Northern cod stock is now in the 'healthy zone,' DFO says - Yahoo News Canada

... Fisheries and Oceans. Research scientist Paul Regular says there's an ... Oceana Canada, though, thinks it's too soon to be talking about a ...

Source: Google Alert - ca.news.yahoo.com | Published: April 2, 2026

Government of Canada announces stronger protections for Southern Resident killer whales in 2026

... Canada Gazette, Part I on March 6, 2026 and in coordination with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Transport Canada will implement a 1,000-metre ...

Source: Google Alert - www.canada.ca | Published: April 2, 2026