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

Weekly Quiz: Online Scapegoating, Elver Economics, and the Old World Order | The Walrus

Canada's elver fishery has long been a flashpoint between ... In 2024, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) declined to open the elver ...

Source: Google Alert - thewalrus.ca | Published: February 21, 2026

PC's plan to work around P.E.I. Conflict of Interest Act seeing more opposition | CBC News

... Fisheries and Oceans Canada's owner-operator policy requires MacEwen's fishing licence stay in his name. MacEwen has said that he plans to apply ...

Source: Google Alert - www.cbc.ca | Published: February 21, 2026

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

Fisheries and Oceans Canada's owner-operator policy, however, requires that MacEwen's lobster fishing licence stay in his name. MacEwen said he's ...

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