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AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and Regional Chief Terry Teegee Condemn Unnecessary Use of Force Against First Nations Woman

Via AFN
Tag(s): Justice, Racism, Reconciliation

(November 19, 2024 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and AFN British Columbia (BC) Regional Chief Terry...read more

Teegee to work with NDP on involuntary care; eyes inquiry on Indigenous in-custody deaths

Via MyPGNOW
Tag(s): Health & Wellness, Justice, Racism, Reconciliation

BC Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee is ready to get back to the negotiating table with the NDP once the legislature resumes.While Teegee is calling on Premier David Eby to...read more

First Nations call for alert system after children go missing in B.C., Manitoba

Via The Canadian Press
Tag(s): First Nations Children, Youth & Families, Reconciliation

The BC Assembly of First Nations is calling for a new missing child alert system in the wake of two cases of missing Indigenous children. Similar to the Amber Alert System, the BC Assembly of...read more

New system alerts coastal First Nations about hazardous spills on land and water

Via The Discourse
Tag(s): Environment, Fisheries, Food Security, Health & Wellness

The spill notification system is the result of a collaboration between 12 First Nations and the province.   A new notification system and app that alerts coastal B.C. First Nations about oil...read more

Reconciliation with a paycheque: How a new focus on good jobs is helping young Indigenous people and B.C.'s economy

Via Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Community-based Training, Economic Development, Employment, Job Training, Reconciliation, Self-Sufficiency, Skills Training

As a journeyman ironworker, Dalia Landaverde has installed the structural skeletons in some of Vancouver’s largest and most impressive residential towers. Standing outside a massive construction...read more

Terry Teegee: Embracing reconciliation: The path to consent-based decision making and the proposed Land Act amendments

Via The Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Economic Development, Justice, Reconciliation

The critical movement toward reconciliation is not for the faint-hearted. Since passing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in 2019, the B.C. provincial government has been...read more

In BC, Placer Mining Is Big Business. Put It on Hold

Via The Tyee
Tag(s): Economic Development, Environment, Reconciliation

The method scours stream beds, and current laws ignore First Nations’ rights and interests. In B.C., a booming industry can be found in the Cariboo, all along the Fraser River, the Tulameen and...read more

B.C., Ottawa, First Nations announce conservation agreement worth $1B

Via CBC News
Tag(s): Environment, Reconciliation

Nature agreement to help province protect 30 per cent of lands by 2030 The federal government says it's signed its first major nature agreement with a province and First Nations to mutually support...read more

B.C., First Nations leaders gather to advance relationships

Via BC Government
Tag(s): Reconciliation

XʷMƏƟKʷƏY̓ƏM (MUSQUEAM), SḴWX̱WÚ7MESH (SQUAMISH) AND SƏLILWƏTAɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) TERRITORIES / VANCOUVER – First Nations leaders and provincial officials from across B.C. are coming together for...read more

Terry Teegee: A better, safer way forward is still possible: End inhumane decampments now

Via Vancouver Sun
Tag(s): Homelessness, Housing, Justice, Poverty, Reconciliation

Opinion: All levels of government need to take the rights of the unhoused into consideration when making decisions that affect their lives Despite having signed a memorandum of understanding with...read more