Don’t Glorify War!

Excerpts from a letter about ‘Honouring Aboriginal Veterans’ in the November edition of the Sentinel. Name withheld.

Why oh why do you promote Remembrance Day year after year? It says “They fought to preserve our freedom.” No! Not!…

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Save the eulachon

Excerpts from a letter by retired fisheries planner David Ellis, Vancouver. Edited for brevity.

May I recommend that the new Trudeau government make it a priority for 2016 to fully restore First Nations’ access to the eulachon and … Read More

The federal election was easy, but now the hard work begins

More than 100 days after Canada’s election and the honeymoon period for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still seems to be continuing.

That is probably because expectations are so high in First Nation communities as well as the rest of the … Read More

Climate CHANGES…can we?

In this feature, we are talking about the challenges and opportunities that lay before us all in 2016. Some of our nations are leading the way in finding non-fossil fuel energy sources. Some have said ‘No’ to LNG, others … Read More

No, Yes, Maybe to LNG

by Mark Kiemele

Why Caroline Harry was elected as Malahat Nation’s first female chief in November, she expected to live up to her campaign promise of open and transparent leadership and restoring connections with other First Nations on the Saanich Pennisula.

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Governance powers T’Sou-ke future

“Good governance is key,”says Chief Gordon Planes when he talks about his nation’s never-ending journey for sustainability… and survival. “We all must have light footprint on Mother Earth.”

It is a message that T’Sou-ke First Nation has been spreading … Read More

Homalco woman involved in missing women’s talks

By Cara McKenna

The federal government has heard from Homalco member and women’s advocate Fay Blaney as it designs its inquiry into Canada’s crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett met … Read More

Mega-Malls = Mega Opportunities

Stores at the Tsawwassen First Nation’s rapidly developing megamalls are expected to start opening as soon as May, with a full opening of the massive shopping complex scheduled for this fall. Numbers are staggering for the development along Highway 17 near … Read More

We’ve got to speak of these things…

Coast Salish Protocol was the topic when Geraldine Manson and her brother-in-law Gary Manson of Snuneymuxw talked to students, staff and others at Shq’apthut – A Gathering Place – at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo.

The January gathering was part of … Read More

New leadership voted at mid-island Nations

Snaw-naw-as First Nation has a new chief while the Snuneymuxw First Nation’s previous chief has been voted onto council.

Longtime Snaw-naw-as chief David Bob was voted out on Jan. 11 in favour of Brent Edwards, a former band administrator. There were … Read More