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B.C. First Nations leaders want immediate end to open-net salmon farms
Via National Observer
A First Nations leadership alliance is calling for the immediate end to salmon farming using open-net pens in B.C. waters, citing the threat of sea lice to wild fish stocks. And on Monday, NDP...read more
‘We need action’: Teegee on delayed MMIWG National Action Plan
Via CKPG Today
It has been a little over a year since the final report on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and still no National Action Plan to show for, causing some unrest...read more
Indigenous Day (Part 3): B.C. minister acknowledges province’s ‘very dark’ history
Via Business In Vancouver
Glacier Media hears from Indigenous leader, police chief and government minister in three-part series in advance of National Indigenous Peoples Day. ...read more
Indigenous Day (Part 2): Vancouver police chief says VPD values its relationship with Indigenous peoples
Via Business In Vancouver
Glacier Media hears from Indigenous leader, police chief and government minister in three-part series in advance of National Indigenous Peoples Day. ...read more
Regional chief Teegee calls for policing 'overhaul'
Via Prince George Citizen
Anger. Frustration. Sadness These are some of the emotions Terry Teegee, the Regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations, has felt in recent weeks. ...read more
No more reports, no more commissions: Indigenous people want immediate action
Via The Star
Indigenous people are being killed by police. We are being incarcerated at rates far beyond the rest of the Canadian population. Our children are caught in a vicious cycle and continue to be...read more
Indigenous Day (Part 1): B.C. Regional Chief Terry Teegee calls for ‘overhaul’ of policing
Via Richmond News
Glacier Media hears from Indigenous leader, police chief and government minister in advance of National Indigenous Peoples Day Anger. Frustration. Sadness. These are some of the emotions Terry...read more
Chief points to local in-custody deaths in advance of anti-racism rally
Via Prince George Citizen
A major figure in the B.C. Assembly of First Nations has put the spotlight on the deaths of two Indigenous men in Prince George ahead of a peaceful protest in this city against racism. The rally is...read more
Big Oil Leaders Should Stop Trying to Push Back Indigenous Rights
Via The Tyee
Under cover of COVID-19, they’ve asked to delay federal UNDRIP law. We won’t be shoved aside. by Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations The emergence of COVID-19 has meant...read more