January 17, 2025 The September 30, 2024, “We Are Still Here” event was a powerful celebration. This event was in partnership with a wide range of organizations and departments, including: Lax Kw’alaams Health Department Lax Kw’alaams Brighter Futures Lax Kw’alaams Head Start Lax Kw’alaams Wap Suwilaawksa Lax Kw’alaams Public Works Lax Kw’alaams Education Department Lax […]
Jan. 16, 2025 DELTA – Delta families are benefiting from 40 new child care spaces at the Boundary Bay Montessori school, bringing more spaces to the fast-growing communities of Delta and Ladner. “New spaces, such as the Boundary Bay Montessori child care centre, ensure that more families are receiving the support that they need,” said Lisa […]
Jan. 17th, 2025 “We need a seat at the table.” Chief Willie Sellars says simply at the BC Natural Resource Forum in Prince George last night [January 16]. “We are a resource-based economy in Williams Lake. What we want to do is build relationships, create revenue streams, and make sure that we are a part […]
January 17, 2025 Amarc Resources Ltd. (“Amarc” or the “Company”) (TSXV: AHR; OTCQB: AXREF) is pleased to announce discovery of the new, high grade, gold-rich porphyry copper-gold-silver (“Cu-Au-Ag”) AuRORA deposit at its 100% owned JOY Copper-Gold District (“JOY”), in the prolific Toodoggone-Kemess porphyry Cu-Au region of north-central British Columbia (“BC”). The AuRORA Deposit Discovery is […]
January 16, 2025 Celebrating people, place and planet is a key commitment for the University of Victoria, as is ʔetalnəw̓əl̓ | ÁTOL,NEUEL | Respecting the rights of one another and being in right relationship with all things. Key to fulfilling these commitments are our relationships with the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory […]
January 16, 2025 With the public health toxic drug emergency in British Columbia (BC) continuing to disproportionately impact First Nations people, it remains crucial to support innovative, community-based, and grassroots harm reduction initiatives to curtail the risk of toxic drug poisoning. The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is committed to supporting community-driven, Nation-based initiatives that […]
Canada’s residential schools have divided Indigenous families for generations — the human rights abuses in those facilities divided families and contributed to intergenerational trauma and a vast overrepresentation of Indigenous children placed in the so-called child “welfare” system. Today, there is a wide-ranging network of survivors, advocates and leaders who are working towards a new […]
Tersa Earth Innovations Inc., a pioneering Canadian cleantech startup led by CEO and co-founder Barinder Rasode, is excited to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Precient Technologies. “This partnership with Precient Technologies signifies a groundbreaking leap forward for the mining sector,” said Rasode. “Together, we’re harnessing the power of innovation to […]
January 16, 2025 Letters signal positive steps toward aligning energy policies with climate commitments Vancouver — JESSICA MCILROY, manager, Buildings program at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the release of B.C. ministerial mandate letters: “It’s encouraging to see the new mandate letters emphasize the connection between sustainable economic growth and […]
January 16, 2025 Growing up in Toronto, Emily Haigh always felt a pull to bridge her two worlds. For the daughter of an English father and Anishinaabe mother from the Thessalon First Nation and surrounding Sault Ste. Marie Métis community, it wasn’t always easy. When she went away to university, it was even harder. Haigh […]
