Nanaimo adds urgency to passenger ferry plan – Times Colonist
December 10, 2015 Nanaimo is issuing a formal request for proposals to find a company to run daily foot passenger ferry service to and from Vancouver by late 2016. It…
What’s in Store: Jaguar opens, Kwantlen expand, pandas for kids – Langley Advance
Dec 9, 2015 It’s party time again down on Collection Drive in Langley this weekend, this time the public is invited down to the country’s first-ever luxury auto mall to…
City committee OK’s $1M funding for Shoal Lake road design – CBC
All-weather road expected to cost $30 million, shared by 3 levels of government Dec 09, 2015 The drive to build a permanent road for Shoal Lake 40 First Nation received…
Brian Hutchinson: Plenty of smoke as Christy Clark faces more conflict-of-interest accusations – National Post
December 9, 2015 VANCOUVER — Every now and then, B.C. Premier Christy Clark exercises an “abundance of caution” and recuses herself from provincial government decisions or considerations that might put…
National Indian Brotherhood Trust launches funds for education programs aimed at healing and reconciliation
Press Release OTTAWA, Dec. 10, 2015- The National Indian Brotherhood (NIB) Trust Fund today launched a call for applications to support education programs aimed at healing and reconciliation. Applications will…
Ikaarvik Project aims to connect Arctic researchers and Inuit youth – CBC
Dec 09, 2015 With 60% of people in Nunavut under the age of 30, youth can help connect scientists with communities Inuit researchers want Arctic scientists from other parts of…
Monument to First Nations WW I Hero Underway
For Immediate Release – December 10, 2015 NAUGHTON, Ontario – The Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA) today released a first glimpse of sculptures which will be part of the…
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project Signs Three More Project Agreements With First Nations in Northern B.C.
Press Release PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Dec. 10, 2015) – TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that its Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project has signed long-term project agreements with the Burns…
Full Truth and Reconciliation Commission report to be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press – CBC
December 10, 2015 Just as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to reset Canada’s relationship with indigenous communities, McGill-Queen’s University Press has announced they are publishing a six-volume edition of…
Analysis – N.W.T. human rights complaint system too complex, too legalistic – CBC
Dec 09, 2015 The 11-year-old human rights complaint system in the Northwest Territories is broken and in urgent need of repair, according to the head of the Northwest Territories Human…
