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

Cape Breton men accused of fishing baby eels referred to restorative justice | PNI Atlantic News

Fisheries and Oceans Canada shut down the elver fishery in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on Fisheries and Oceans Canada shut down the elver ...

Source: Google Alert - www.ngnews.ca | Published: February 20, 2026

Ottawa helps Marinvest Energy develop its Baie-Comeau LNG megaproject

... Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC). The text of an email sent on May 27, 2025, by a “senior ...

Source: Google Alert - www.nationalobserver.com | Published: February 20, 2026

Cabinet minister's proposed licence exemption 'troubling,' says P.E.I. Fishermen's Association - CBC

... Fisheries and Ocean's Canada's owner-operator policy for lobster fishing licences. ... Fisheries and Oceans Canada's owner-operator policy, however, ...

Source: Google Alert - www.cbc.ca | Published: February 20, 2026

'Another example of systemic failure:' SFN calling for full investigation into Duke Point pollution

The Nation's dedicated harvesting areas were indefinitely closed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, as a result of the spill, with an estimated economic ...

Source: Google Alert - nanaimonewsnow.com | Published: February 19, 2026