Category Archives: 2023

After years of legal battles, a Gitxsan family has finally been granted permanent custody over an eight-year old girl. Their fight began in 2015, when the child was taken from her mother and placed in...

More than 200 elected First Nations leaders and health care workers will be in Prince George tomorrow to kick off the Northern Addictions Forum. Hosted by the First Nations Health Authority, the forum...

In an unprecedented move, Ottawa is providing the Okanagan Indian Band with an advanced payment in anticipation of a specific claims settlement. For the past 11 years, the Band has been in negotiation...

A petition calling for limitations on the foreign ownership of commercial fishing licenses on the west coast hits Ottawa this week. Canada does not currently restrict the foreign ownership of commerci...

Another First Nations-led LNG project in the Northwest has received provincial approval to enter into the environmental assessment process. Chief Executive Assessment Officer Elenore Arend has issued ...

On todays episode, Dr Nel Wieman We discuss the ongoing Toxic Drug Crisis in BC. Our guest today specialized in psychiatry, and has over 20 years experience working with indigenous Communities. Its Fi...

Efforts are underway to contain a mysterious oil sheen which appeared on the Kitimat River yesterday. District officials first received reports of the contamination at around noon, and began investiga...

Unionized support staff working in all 60 of BC's school districts have now ratified new collective bargaining agreements with the province. More than 40,000 employees are covered under 69 newly ratif...

Deputy Commissioner of Federal Policing Michael Duheme will take over as interim Commissioner of the RCMP beginning tomorrow. Current Commissioner Brenda Lucki is serving her final day in the position...