BCSFA Publishes First Sustainability Progress Report
Press Release VANCOUVER B.C. – Salmon farmers in British Columbia are taking further steps towards increasing the availability of information on farming practices and key areas of public interest by…
UBCIC Demands Clark Government Implement Recommendations from Privacy Commissioner’s Scathing Report
Press Releases (Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – October 26, 2015) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs is demanding that the BC Government take immediate action to implement the recommendations made…
Bullfrog Power and B.C.’s Kitasoo/Xai’Xais First Nation partner on school solar project
Press Releases October 28, 2015 Vancouver—Today, Bullfrog Power®, Canada’s leading green energy provider, is announcing a partnership with the Kitasoo/Xai’Xais First Nation to develop the Klemtu Solar Project on a…
Coalition on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Demands Provincial Accountability for Deleted Emails regarding Highway of Tears
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C.- October 27, 2015) A Coalition on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls is extremely upset that the BC Information and Privacy Commissioner has found that…
Tsleil-Waututh Nation Takes NEB, Canada, Kinder Morgan to Federal Court Over “Broken” Pipeline Review
Press Releases VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Oct. 27, 2015) – Today, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) is challenging the National Energy Board’s (NEB) review of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project, before the…
Modern Treaties Boost First Nations Income, Benefit Resource Companies
Press Releases ..beyond bettering First Nations economically, there are material benefits for resource companies and neighbouring communities. October 28, 2015 – Modern treaties have boosted incomes in First Nation communities…
Lelu Island Update
Press Releases There has been a great deal of misinformation out there about Pacific Northwest LNG’s proposal and the exploratory work they are doing on Lelu Island. Here are the…
Developing a more complete picture of arthritis in Indigenous communities
Press Releases CIHR Foundation Grant Recipient Dr. Cheryl Barnabe Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Dr. Barnabe’s Research Dr. Cheryl Barnabe, a Métis clinician and researcher at the University…
AHMA Partners with BCNPHA to Present Dr. Cindy Blackstock at BC’s Affordable Housing Conference
Press Releases VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA) and BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA) have come together to form a unique partnership to support the mandates of…
UBCIC Celebrates Repudiation of Harper Conservatives. Liberal Government Must Keep Its Promises
Press Releases (Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – October 20, 2015) The 2015 Federal Election resulted in a Liberal majority government with 70% of the registered electors in British Columbia electing…
