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A Path to Fewer Indigenous People in Prisons – The Tyee
‘We’re ready to go with a plan,’ says Kory Wilson of the BC First Nations Justice Council. A Tyee Q&A. In March, the federal government announced Canada’s first Indigenous Justice Strategy. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Catch ‘The Frontliners’ Onstage at the Firehall Arts Centre Vancouver’s very own award-winning comedic drama […]
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Read MoreBCFNJC Congratulates Justice Trailblazing staff Christina J. Cook and Katisha Paul
May 07, 2025 BC First Nations Justice Council Congratulates Justice Trailblazing staff Christina J. Cook and Katisha Paul Unceded & Ancestral Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, Vancouver, BC: The BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) is proud to celebrate and extend our heartfelt congratulations to BCFNJC staff members Christina […]
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Read MoreB.C. coroner reopens investigation of Indigenous woman’s death – APTN News
May 07, 2025 British Columbia’s chief coroner is reopening the investigation into the death of an Indigenous woman the day after her family went public with concerns about how her case was handled. Dr. Jatinder Baidwan said in a statement Tuesday that he’s directing a coroner’s inquest to publicly review the circumstances that led to […]
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Read MoreCoroner Announces Inquest for Tatyanna Harrison – The Tyee
May 7, 2025 Families have been seeking inquests for Harrison, Noelle O’Soup and Chelsea Poorman, all Indigenous young people. B.C.’s chief coroner says the investigation into the death of Tatyanna Harrison will be reopened and an inquest held, three years after the discovery of her half-naked body on a boat in a Richmond marina. The […]
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Read MoreChief coroner’s statement on Tatyanna Harrison death investigation
May 6, 2025 VICTORIA – Dr. Jatinder Baidwan, British Columbia’s chief coroner, has released the following statement regarding the investigation of the death of Tatyanna Harrison: “As a parent, I cannot fathom the trauma and grief that the Harrison family has experienced over the past three years. The pain of losing a child is unimaginable, […]
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Read MoreOn Red Dress Day, BCAFN Honours and Remembers: Urging Action to Implement All 231 Calls for Justice
(xʷməθkʷəyəm̓ (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesẖ (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) – Today, the BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) and First Nations across the nation gather in solemn remembrance of the lives lost and forever changed by the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+). As communities reflect on the deep […]
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Read MoreFamilies Fight for Answers in Deaths of Three Young Indigenous Women – The Tyee
Three years later, loved ones say they’ve hit a brick wall with police, coroners and MCFD. It’s been three years since the deaths of Tatyanna Harrison, Noelle O’Soup and Chelsea Poorman. But their families are no closer to any answers to explain how three young Indigenous people died in the Metro Vancouver area. And in […]
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Read MoreBC First Nations Justice Council Stands in Solidarity with Families and Advocates Calling for a Coroner’s Inquest into the Deaths of Tatyanna Harrison, Chelsea Poorman, and Noelle O’Soup
May 5, 2025 Unceded & Ancestral Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, Vancouver, BC: On this Red Dress Day, the BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) stands in solidarity with the families of Tatyanna Harrison, Chelsea Poorman, and Noelle O’ Soup, and echoes the urgent call to Minister of Public […]
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Read MoreTatyanna Harrison’s Cause of Death Disputed by Independent Forensic Pathologist: Families, Justice For Girls, and UBCIC Call for Coroner’s Inquest into Deaths of Tatyanna Harrison, Chelsea Poorman and Noelle O’Soup
May 5, 2025 Tatyanna Harrison’s Cause of Death Disputed by Independent Forensic Pathologist: Families, Justice For Girls, and UBCIC Call for Coroner’s Inquest into Deaths of Tatyanna Harrison, Chelsea Poorman and Noelle O’Soup Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh) Nations (Vancouver) | May 5, 2025 — Today on Red Dress […]
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Read More‘We stand in solidarity’: Métis society on 15th anniversary of local woman’s disappearance – Energeticcity.ca
May 5, 2025 It has been 15 years since Abigail Andrews was last seen in April 2010 in Fort St. John, and the Fort St. John Métis Society described the story as a “deeply sensitive situation.” FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — It has been 15 years since the disappearance of a local Indigenous woman – […]
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