B.C. premier meets with his Yukon counterpart during visit to territory
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:11:14 +0000
This is Premier John Horgan’s first official visit to the Yukon.
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Hundreds lace up to celebrate culture, active living, urban rainforest
Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:34:34 +0000
OPINION: There were children and seniors, elite runners and slow walkers, people wearing orange and people wearing Indigenous costumes. If Disneyland is the Happiest Place on Earth, on Sunday Swangard Stadium was a close second.
Read moreTime running out to register for inaugural Rainforest Trail Run
Credit to Author: Nick Eagland| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:27:28 +0000
The event takes place Sunday at Swangard Stadium, on the traditional, ancestral and unceeded territories of the Coast Salish People.
Read moreMalahat Nation slams premier on Shawnigan Lake dump plan
Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 01:12:07 +0000
Lack of consultation a “stunning black mark” on treaty talks, reconciliation, First Nations says
Read moreNew policy recognizing Aboriginal rights could accelerate B.C. treaty process
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:34:41 +0000
Treaty negotiations have been plodding along since the early 1990s, partly due to Aboriginal groups formerly having to give up self-government
Read moreAmazon near end of hiring spree at Tsawwassen fulfilment centre
Credit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:41:35 +0000
Amazon is nearing the end of an 800-position hiring spree to fill jobs at its new fulfilment centre in Tsawwassen before its fall opening.
Read moreB.C.'s largest First Nation asks province to kill gov'ts pot-shop application
Credit to Author: Nick Eagland| Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 01:09:11 +0000
Cowichan Tribes and B.C. have both applied to the municipality of North Cowichan to open stores in the Cowichan Commons shopping centre.
Read moreAhousaht nation refuses to give up on their own as search for Travis Thomas continues
Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 01:15:46 +0000
“There is a sense of hope and belief from community and family. If there wasn’t, people wouldn’t be doing what they’re doing today,” said Chief Louie.
Read moreWhat I Learned at Canada’s Most Deliriously Patriotic Light Show
Credit to Author: Jack Hauen| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:04:56 +0000
How can a light show be racist, you ask? The “Northern Lights” on Parliament Hill delivers in both official languages.
Read moreFirst Nations group keeps pressure on DFO over proposal for seal and sea lion hunt
Credit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:59:01 +0000
Proponents of the venture maintain that controlling seal and sea lion populations is critical to protecting salmon, though there are divided scientific opinions on the question.
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