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Indigenous partnerships · Joint venture companies

Built together

MCS Rentals works alongside First Nations partners through two joint venture companies. Each is rooted in its treaty territory and built on shared opportunity, mutual respect and a long-term commitment to the communities we work in.

MCS Yuuse, a joint venture company
Joint venture · Treaty 8 territory

MCS Yuuse

A partnership built on community, opportunity, and respect.

TerritoryTreaty 8
Home baseFort St. John, BC
PartnershipMCS Rentals + Yuuse

In Fort St. John, on the lands of Treaty 8 territory, our work carries a deeper meaning. Our joint venture with Yuuse is more than a business partnership. It is a commitment to shared opportunity, mutual respect, and strengthening the communities that have shaped this region for generations.

The partnership is community focused at its core. By working directly with Indigenous leadership and families, we are creating pathways to employment, training and meaningful participation across major industrial and civil projects, so that Indigenous talent and knowledge are part of every stage of the work.

MCS Rentals is proud to stand as a supportive partner, a long-term ally and a contributor to the local community. We recognize the importance of honouring Treaty 8, respecting the land, and working in true partnership with the people who call this region home.

How we work together

  1. Local hiringHiring local workers onto MCS Yuuse equipment and projects.
  2. Training & skillsSupporting skill development so community members grow with the work.
  3. Project opportunitiesOpening new opportunities on major industrial and civil projects in the region.
  4. Reliable equipmentThe MCS fleet and maintenance standards behind every job: safe, dependable and ready.

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“We walk forward by respecting the land, honouring our agreements, and working together for those yet to come.”

Inspired by Treaty 8 principles
MCS Cowessess, a joint venture company
Joint venture · Treaty 4 territory

MCS Cowessess

MCS Rentals and Cowessess Ventures Ltd., working as one.

TerritoryTreaty 4
NationCowessess First Nation
PartnershipMCS Rentals + Cowessess Ventures Ltd.

MCS Cowessess is a joint venture between MCS Rentals and Cowessess Ventures Ltd., the business arm of Cowessess First Nation. Cowessess First Nation is a Saulteaux and Cree community in Treaty 4 territory, with its home reserve at Crooked Lake in the Qu’Appelle Valley of southeast Saskatchewan.

The joint venture brings the MCS heavy equipment fleet together with a Nation focused on economic development, new business and long-term prosperity. Together we bid and deliver equipment work across Saskatchewan and beyond, with the community taking part in the work and sharing in its success.

Our shared identity says it plainly: the eagle and gold-tipped feathers of Cowessess Ventures, the MCS cube and excavator bucket, in the black, red and gold of both partners.

How we work together

  1. Equal partnershipDecisions, opportunities and success shared between both partners.
  2. Community employmentCreating jobs and training for Cowessess members on JV equipment and projects.
  3. Project deliveryJoint bids on industrial, civil and infrastructure work, backed by the MCS fleet.
  4. Long-term growthBuilding lasting business value for the Nation and its future generations.

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Our commitment

In it together

01

Honour the treaties

We work with respect for the treaty territories we operate in and the Nations who hold them.

02

Community first

Local people, local training and local benefit on every project our joint ventures take on.

03

Here for the long term

Relationships built for the next generation, not the next contract.

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