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Vancouver Island sees Indigenous push for child welfare control – APTN News
May 14, 2025 Vancouver Island Nations have been working to assume jurisdiction over their children. Fragments of broken pottery and glass lie scattered along the remote beaches of the Smith and Seymour Inlets on the B.C. coast, the only remains of the once-lively villages that belonged to the Gwa’sala and ‘Nakwaxda’xw Peoples. Already ravaged by […]
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Ktunaxa Nation raises concerns over new B.C. legislation – 102.9 Rewind Radio
May 14, 2025 The ʔaq̓am Chief and Council are calling for the withdrawal of two provincial bills they say threaten Indigenous rights and environmental protections in the Kootenay region. Bill 14, the Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, aims to speed up approvals for renewable energy projects by centralizing decision-making within the provincial government. Bill […]
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Political support for LNG gaining traction in Canada, Indigenous leader says – The Globe and Mail
The intensifying U.S. trade war has forced a long-overdue shift in political attitudes in Canada toward support for the development of liquefied natural gas, says an Indigenous leader whose First Nation co-owns an LNG project in British Columbia. Cedar LNG will be an important part of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy that seeks to boost shipments to […]
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ʔaq̓am oppose proposed fast tracking projects Bills – East Kootenay News Online Weekly
May 13, 2025 Submitted by ʔaq̓am Chief and Council ʔaq̓am Chief and Council are deeply disappointed and alarmed by the announcement of British Columbia’s recently introduced Bill 14 (Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act) and Bill 15 (Infrastructure Projects Act), and demand the immediate withdrawal of these Bills. The Bills provide the province with extraordinary, […]
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Former children in care featured in photo exhibit – APTN News
May 13, 2025 Tarah Dowling’s photo exhibit of former youth in care shows the personal impact of the provincial tuition waiver program. Warning: This story contains descriptions of neglect of children in the foster care system. Please read with care. Tarah Dowling is a student preparing to graduate from the visual arts program at Vancouver […]
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Bonnie Nickel: A love for grandma led to a lifetime of caring for others – FNHA
May 13, 2025 It’s National Nursing Week (May 12-18) and this year’s theme is “The Power of Nurses to Transform Health”. Over the next week, the communications team will be sharing a series of stories from community health nurses across BC. When Bonnie Nickel reflects on why she got into nursing, she says it probably […]
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It’s Not Just Trump’s Tariff War Hurting BC’s Forest Sector – The Tyee
May 13, 2025 The legacy of provincial policies and industry decisions is equally to blame. A Tyee investigation. In August 2022, shortly after Canfor Corp. announced plans to spend more than US$200 million to build a new high-tech sawmill in southern Alabama, local media reported that a suite of subsidies had sealed the deal to […]
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First Peoples Law Report May 7 – 13, 2025 – First Peoples Law
This week’s edition includes proposed legislation, separatism, clean drinking water, Treaty rights, and more. National news included justice reform, procurement, and constitutional review A Path to Fewer Indigenous People in Prisons | The Tyee National Chief Calls on New Government to Accelerate First Nation-Led Procurement Authority | Assembly of First Nations National Chief Calls for […]
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Bridge over Sicamous Narrows blockaded as First Nation calls for involvement in project – CFJC Today Kamloops
May 13, 2025 SICAMOUS, B.C. — The R.W. Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous is closed due to a peaceful protest blocking the road. Splatsin and Splatsin Development Corporation (SDC) implemented a peaceful blockage of the bridge by parking dump trucks at either end of the Sicamous Narrows crossing around 10:00 a.m. Monday (May 12). The blockade […]
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Powwow celebrations are underway around B.C. – CBC
May 13, 2025 Everyone is welcome to attend, find your local powwow here If you’re looking for something to do and want to learn more about First Nations culture, you might want to consider attending a powwow this summer. Powwows are cultural gatherings that First Nations people have been partaking in for centuries. You can […]
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