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Gord Downie is teaming up with a prominent aboriginal leader to encourage companies to promote dialogue and reconciliation with First Nations people.

The Tragically Hip’s frontman and Assembly of First Nations regional Chief Morley Googoo announced the project yesterday before Downey’s concert in Halifax.  The Legacy Room initiative has bars, restaurants and other companies set up a special room where aboriginal issues could be discussed.

Prime Minister Trudeau says his government remains on course to meet its climate targets, despite the approval of two big pipeline expansions out west.

One is the Trans-Mountain pipeline from Alberta through B.C. to surburban vancouver. The other connected Alberta with Wisconsin.

Campaigners against climate change and First Nations groups attacked the government’s decisions as a betrayal.