Plan for the inlet

Tsleil-waututh  Nation – People of the Inlet – has unveiled a science-based action plan to restore the contaminated Burrard Inlet. The draft plan, released in February, has the nation’s leadership saying that identifying issues that must be resolved will result … Read More

Computers on the cheap!

Hundreds of laptop and desktop computers are available for $100 or less to coastal First Nations.

That’s the message from Darren Blaney of Homalco First Nation. Darren who has already bought refurbished computers from the BC Technology for Learning Society. … Read More

Clean energy, better houses under scrutiny by nations

Fossil fuel-freeenergy and low-cost, low-carbon-footprint homes were just two topics under study at a Stz’uminus nation gathering on March 7. The workshop marked the end of a Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council NmTC project funded by BC’s clean energy business fund.

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Snaw-naw-as health services increase

A long-held dream of David Bob for a full suite of health services for the Snawnaw- as First Nation community is becoming a reality.

Dr. Randal Mason is visiting the nation’s four-year-old health centre two days a week. A dental hygienist … Read More

A few days at Klahoose

Peacefulness settles in on arrival at the Klahoose First Nation offices overlooking Squirrel Cove on Cortes Island.

It may have something to do with the place, looking east over West Redonda Island to Desolation Sound and the mountains on the Mainland, … Read More

LNG no gas for some

The proposal for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Saanich Inlet continues to make the news and is proving to be ‘a gas’ for anyone interested in local politics, historical treaties or fossil fuel energy markets.

In early … Read More

Lawsuit targets E&N

by Cara McKenna

Snaw-naw-as First Nation is on a mission to get its land back after a railway was built cutting through its reserve north of Nanaimo decades ago.

The nation is suing the owners of the E&N (Esquimalt and Nanaimo) … Read More

Toolkit 2.0 spreads across Canada

It may not be a best seller, but The Housing Policy Toolkit 2.0 is certainly highly regarded by First Nations throughout Canada.

Housing is one of the foremost challenges faced by First Nations. Clear, fair, consistent and community-specific housing policies … Read More

Stz’uminus looks at land use

Almost 100 members of Stz’uminus First Nation gathered in their community centre on Feb. 10 to discuss ideas for future land use on IR 13, the large swath of reserve lands that stretch from Shell Beach to Kulleet Bay.

As … Read More

Fill ‘er up in more ways than one

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A prime piece … Read More