Squamish Nation approves $3-billion housing project in Kitsilano

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:21:41 +0000

The Squamish Nation voted Tuesday night in favour of a $3-billion housing development project on reserve land in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver. Squamish Nation voted 87 per cent in favour of moving ahead with the project in partnership with Westbank Development to build 6,000 rental housing units in 11 towers on a 11.7-acre parcel of […]

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Lawyer competence includes knowledge of Indigenous-Crown history: B.C. law society

Credit to Author: Cayley Dobie| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:46:08 +0000

Beginning in 2021, all practising lawyers in B.C. will be required to take an online course covering the history of Indigenous-Crown relations as well as legislative changes that could arise from the province’s newly enacted Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

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