Sisters in Spirit: MMIWG remembered during annual vigil

An annual vigil to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls this year came in the midst of Canada’s long-awaited national inquiry into the problem.

Several people who attended the Sisters in Spirit vigil on Vancouver’s … Read More

Turning the Tides: Fundraising for Indigenous court cases

Dozens of people came together in North Vancouver in late September to raise legal money for Indigenous communities who are fighting the Kinder Morgan pipeline in court.

The event called “Turning the Tides” happened in the days before First Nations, … Read More

Meeting in Klahoose

By Edith Moore, NmTC Communications Liason

Our Board of Directors meet every couple of months and are dedicated to making sure that the staff of the Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council are on target.

On September 21,, the Klahoose Nation hosted … Read More

Snuneymuxw, Canada reach agreement on 79 Acre Reserve claim

Snuneymuxw and Canada have signed a $49 million agreement that could help the nation to expand its crowded reserve lands and house more of its members.

After many years of work, the community has settled a specific claim for the … Read More

New chief for Homalco

Homalco First Nation has a new chief after the band held elections on Oct. 23.

Darren Blaney was running against incumbent chief Mary Ann Enevoldsen.

Blaney was running on a platform of financial accountability as well as supporting youth, elders, … Read More

Kinder Morgan fight reaches crucial moment

Story and photos by Cara McKenna

Hundreds of people opposed Kinder Morgan with renewed vigour on Sept. 9 as B.C.’s new NDP government has promised to do “whatever it takes” to stop the pipeline and support Indigenous rights.

First Nations … Read More

Walk for reconciliation draws tens of thousands

Story and photos by Cara McKenna

Standing on a wooden platform, Tsleil-Waututh Elder Amy George spoke to an enormous crowd of people before the Walk for Reconciliation in Vancouver on Sept. 24.

George, a survivor, spoke about a decade she … Read More

Thousands attend B.C. Elders Gathering

Photos by Todd Peacey

About 5,000 elders from all corners of British Columbia travelled to Campbell River to attend this year’s B.C. Elders Gathering.

The 41st annual gathering took place from June 11 to 13 at the Strathcona Gardens Recreation … Read More

Work begins on Canada’s Indigenous Languages Act

By Cara McKenna

On June 15, Canada announced it will work on a law to preserve, protect and revitalize Indigenous languages, with goals to complete it by 2018.

Federal ministers say the Indigenous Languages Act will be created collaboratively with … Read More

TRC calls to action cover walls of new exhibit

By Tessa Vikander

The recently opened WE CALL exhibit is loud, and not just because its text murals span two large walls from floor to ceiling.

Behind the scenes of the display at Simon Fraser University’s Teck Gallery, a community … Read More