Daphne Bramham: There's little time or appetite for a vote on the 2030 Olympics?
Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:56:08 +0000
Opinion: Why there has been no push for a decision here until now seems astounding
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B.C. proposal to reduce hunting in northeast draws threat against First Nation chief
Credit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:04:17 +0000
Blueberry River First Nations say they have “watched the continuous breaching of our treaty rights” to the point that overdevelopment has left them unable to practise their traditional way of life.
Read moreTribal police, RCMP investigate suspicious death near Lillooet
Credit to Author: Lynn Mitges| Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 03:11:17 +0000
Tribal police found a 49-year-old male deceased in the front yard of a residence within the Xaxli’p First Nation community.
Read moreB.C. forest industry bracing for impact of old-growth timber crunch
Credit to Author: Derrick Penner| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:24:34 +0000
Province’s value-added sawmills, coveted in value-over-volume transition, fear they will be hit hardest by shrinking timber harvests
Read moreVictoria council committee supports voluntary reconciliation fund; final vote April 7
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:44:29 +0000
Mayor Lisa Helps says the plan is for the city to collect the money and provide it to the Victoria-area Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
Read more'You are burdened with reconciliation' : First Nation lawyer tells judge in land claims case
Credit to Author: Keith Fraser| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 23:51:34 +0000
A lawyer for a First Nation seeking Aboriginal title to B.C. lands told the judge in the case that he was “burdened” with reconciliation.
Read moreTsleil-Waututh measure erosion, pollution and overfishing since contact and industrialization in Burrard Inlet
Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 01:45:33 +0000
Between 1792 and 2020, according to reports released on Thursday, Burrard Inlet lost 1,214 hectares of intertidal and subtidal areas to development and erosion.
Read morePowell River and Tla'amin consider whether to change city's name
Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:00:53 +0000
City namesake was Israel Powell, who was involved in forcibly sending kids to residential schools and banning potlatches
Read moreB.C. Indigenous Muslim man says he was denied service while trying to open bank account
Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 02:33:44 +0000
TD Bank apologizes to single father Sharif Mohammed Bhamji and promises an investigation
Read moreQualicum councillor donates kidney to First Nation chief: 'I just felt it was necessary to do'
Credit to Author: Carey Bermingham| Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 18:09:59 +0000
The two men will undergo surgery on Monday in Vancouver.
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