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First day of missing women hearings marred by protests, more withdrawals
Hearings into the police and prosecutorial handling of the Robert Pickton case began today amid street protests and the withdrawal of four more advocacy groups. Read more…
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Clark rejects request to 'fix' Missing Women Inquiry
The province declines a request by NGOs and the families of missing and murdered women to "fix" the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry before hearings begin on October 11. Read more…
Williams Lake RCMP officer accused of beating teenage girl
17-year-old Jamie Haller was repeatedly punched in the face while in the custody of the Williams Lake RCMP, says the girl's mother, a claim disputed by the detachment's commander. Read more…
Summit to save BC herring draws First Nations, other experts
Amidst the pie charts, tables, and the graphs with jagged lines that end in steep declines, it was First Nations' memories of the herring fishery that gave this workshop a foundation. Read more…
New UBC course takes on representation of Aboriginals in media
A new partnership between the UBC School of Journalism and five First Nations communities in the Lower Mainland aims to correct the omission of, and errors about, Aboriginal people in mainstream media. Read more…
Missing women inquiry dates announced for northern B.C.
The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry has announced the dates and locations for community forums in northern B.C. The forums are part of the research phase of the inquiry before hearings begin in October. Read more…
B.C. First Nations prepare for trade and relations with China
The B.C. First Nations Leadership Council, representing numerous native groups in the province, today announced a China strategy aimed at growing stronger relations between the two. Read more…
UBC Inuit youth research project garners international attention
A University of British Columbia research project aimed at helping Inuit youth learn more about their history and culture captured international interest at a student conference in China last week. Read more…
Ottawa failing First Nations education: child advocate
MONCTON, N.B. - A child welfare advocate is accusing the federal government of failing First Nations when it comes to education, saying that funding military projects and other initiatives should never come at the expense of a young person's future. Read more…
Historic cannery demolished in North Delta
Port Metro Vancouver is demolishing a historic cannery in what some activists say is a concession to a provincial highway project. Read more…
First Nations gain ability to confront local governments over human rights
Starting tomorrow, First Nations members will be able to take their own local governments to task for human rights violations. Read more…
BC First Nations aren’t dupes of US green movement: Chiefs
First Nations groups oppose Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project because it poses real risks to their territories, five chiefs argue, not because they’re being duped by U.S. environmentalists. Read more…
Point missed giving royal assent for trip to Williams Lake, not Europe
Reporters who noted Lieutenant Governor Steven Point's absence when it came time to give royal assent to bills at the closing of the legislative session this week were incorrectly told he was in Europe. Read more…
Pacific Gateway highway expansion hits two roadblocks
The Lower Mainland's controversial Pacific Gateway project, long the target for environmentalists, First Nations and other critics, ran into two significant obstacles in May.
On May 19, Sany Zain,Translink's director of roads, announced to an enthusiastic crowd of project opponents at a Sapperton Pensioners Hall meeting that the proposed United Boulevard extension of the massive highway project was being cancelled because of public opposition... Read more…
Stó:lō disappointed after meeting minister about Yale treaty
Leaders of the Stó:lō First Nation were disappointed following a May 26 meeting with Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Mary Polak this morning. "The Stó:lō are not going to lie down and allow their rights and title to be given to another first nation," said Stó:lō Nation President Joe Hall. Read more…
B.C. gov't denies funding for sex workers, aboriginal groups at Pickton inquiry
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has rejected a recommendation to fund groups representing sex workers, aboriginals and residents of Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside in the forthcoming public inquiry into the Robert Pickton case. Read more…
Province taking park land for power line
The British Columbia government is carving land from a park for the Northwest Transmission Line, a project the mining industry has said is needed to increase development. Read more…
Yale and Stó:lō Nations negotiating river access as treaty moves forward
While the British Columbia government is moving to ratify a treaty with the Yale First Nation, that nation is still discussing with the neighbouring Stó:lō Nation how the treaty will affect them. Read more…
BC and Yale First Nation celebrate treaty legislation
Members of the Yale First Nation expressed what the ratification of a treaty with the provincial and federal governments means to them during an event today at the British Columbia legislature. Read more…
First Nations bearing brunt of flooding, need permanent protection: chief
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says government should do more to protect First Nations communities from flood waters. Read more…
