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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a town hall at the First Nations University of Canada in Regina, Thursday, April 13, 2023. A new centre to track Indigenous economic prosperity at the First Nations University of Canada is in the works, and will be funded by the McConnel and Mastercard Foundations, the three organizations announced today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

New centre in the works to track Indigenous data on businesses, land and resources

It fulfils a call to action that a research body be established to track countrywide data

 

Sandy Sault-Hartwick is an Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee artist from Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, who now calls Kelowna home. (Photo contributed)

‘Connected to my culture’: Kelowna Indigenous beadwork artist on national stage

Sandy Sault-Hartwick is attending the Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival in Toronto

 

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Dead animals final straw for Shuswap band in mushroom conflict

‘Does and fawns and bears being shot for no particular reason is quite disheartening’

 

Dozens marched down West Saanich Road in W̱JOȽEȽP near Brentwood Bay to honour missing and murdered Indigenous relatives on May 5, Red Dress Day. Photo by Mike Graeme

B.C. Indigenous matriarchs knit fundraising campaign to reclaim land

Rematriate Stewardship project to bring housing and land to women and families on Vancouver Island

  • May 28, 2024
Dozens marched down West Saanich Road in W̱JOȽEȽP near Brentwood Bay to honour missing and murdered Indigenous relatives on May 5, Red Dress Day. Photo by Mike Graeme
Nate McIsaac captains Team B.C. at the 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Nova Scotia. (Contributed)

Kamloops to host 2025 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships

Tk̓emlups te Secwepemc First Nations working with city as tourney returns to B.C. for 3rd time

Nate McIsaac captains Team B.C. at the 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Nova Scotia. (Contributed)
Chief Derek Epp (left) and Chief David Jimmie after receiving their Freedom of the City of London awards in London, England on May 7, 2024 (Submitted Photo)

B.C. pair given London’s Key to City in historic UK ceremony

Award marks first time honour has been given to First Nations members in over 350 years

Chief Derek Epp (left) and Chief David Jimmie after receiving their Freedom of the City of London awards in London, England on May 7, 2024 (Submitted Photo)
People rally on Parliament Hill on an International Day of Action to Search the Landfills, in Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The remains of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and another woman named as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, killed by an alleged serial killer, are believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Who is Buffalo Woman? Serial killer trial hears of efforts to identify victim

The unknown woman was last seen outside a Winnipeg Salvation Army in March 2022

People rally on Parliament Hill on an International Day of Action to Search the Landfills, in Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The remains of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and another woman named as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, killed by an alleged serial killer, are believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Heiltsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett at a news conference on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

Heiltsuk Nation demands removal of Bella Bella RCMP officer

A protest is planned for noon Friday, May 24 in front of the RCMP office in Bella Bella

Heiltsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett at a news conference on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
The B.C. Prosecution Service has stayed a charge against a Prince George Mountie accused of attempting to obstruct justice. (Black Press Media file photo)

Obstruction charge stayed against B.C. cop linked to Indigenous man’s death

Three out of five Prince George Mounties initially charged no longer facing trial

The B.C. Prosecution Service has stayed a charge against a Prince George Mountie accused of attempting to obstruct justice. (Black Press Media file photo)
British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

B.C. First Nation surveys school site as it hosts meeting on unmarked graves

Nadleh Whut’en Indian Band looking for anomalies at site of former Lejac Residential School

British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The opening of the VNFC Monique Gray Smith, a VNFC board member, said that the new primary care centre will bring more equitable healthcare to Indigenous communities. (News Staff/ Thomas Eley)

New Indigenous primary care centre opens in Victoria

The Ministry of Health has approved approximately $2 million in annual funding

The opening of the VNFC Monique Gray Smith, a VNFC board member, said that the new primary care centre will bring more equitable healthcare to Indigenous communities. (News Staff/ Thomas Eley)
A logo for the Upper Nicola Band is shown in this undated handout image from the Band’s Facebook page. The Upper Nicola Band in B.C.’s Interior says construction crews building a new community centre discovered human remains last Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Upper Nicola Band, Facebook

Discovery of human remains halts B.C. construction project

Upper Nicola Band stops community centre construction in Quilchena, remains ‘not recent’

A logo for the Upper Nicola Band is shown in this undated handout image from the Band’s Facebook page. The Upper Nicola Band in B.C.’s Interior says construction crews building a new community centre discovered human remains last Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Upper Nicola Band, Facebook
An aerial shot of the Tla’amin community of t̓išosəm (tishosum), meaning “where the waters run milky with herring spawn.” (Courtesy of Georgia Coombs)

A B.C. First Nation’s 3-year effort to change a city’s name

Powell River’s name currently reflect a man whose main goal was to assimilate Indigenous people

An aerial shot of the Tla’amin community of t̓išosəm (tishosum), meaning “where the waters run milky with herring spawn.” (Courtesy of Georgia Coombs)
Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an Indigenous-led alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced today in Winnipeg. A red dress is hangs on a light fixture on National Day of Awareness for the prevention of violence against Indigenous women, also known as the Red Dress Day in Ottawa, Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women, girls

The Manitoba pilot is to be designed with and led by Indigenous Peoples

Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an Indigenous-led alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced today in Winnipeg. A red dress is hangs on a light fixture on National Day of Awareness for the prevention of violence against Indigenous women, also known as the Red Dress Day in Ottawa, Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Kim Coltman, the executive director of Fashion Speaks International, poses for a photo in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. Coltman is organizing a fashion show in Kamloops this weekend to mark Red Dress Day, which helps raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel

Red dresses at B.C fashion show honour missing and murdered Indigenous women

Red Dress Day was inspired by Métis artist Jamie Black’s installation project

Kim Coltman, the executive director of Fashion Speaks International, poses for a photo in Kamloops, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. Coltman is organizing a fashion show in Kamloops this weekend to mark Red Dress Day, which helps raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel
The Boothroyd Indian Band, with the assistance of the BC Wildfire Service (BWS), will be conducting a cultural burn. (Boothroyd Indian Band)

Boothroyd Indian Band conducting cultural burn in the Fraser Zone on May 2

The cultural burn will take place with the assistance of the BC Wildfire Service

The Boothroyd Indian Band, with the assistance of the BC Wildfire Service (BWS), will be conducting a cultural burn. (Boothroyd Indian Band)
Jared Lowndes’ friend Jason Watt makes a statement at Lowndes’ memorial. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror

First Nations Leadership Council joins call for probe into lack of police prosecutions

‘We are shocked and angered, and will not be backing down’ — FNLC

  • Apr 30, 2024
Jared Lowndes’ friend Jason Watt makes a statement at Lowndes’ memorial. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror
The flag of Manitoba flies in Ottawa, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. A school trustee’s comments on Indigenous people and residential schools have led to condemnation from many quarters and a review by the Manitoba government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Manitoba promises review after school trustee’s comments on Indigenous people

Paul Coffey told a school board meeting that residential schools started as a good thing

The flag of Manitoba flies in Ottawa, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. A school trustee’s comments on Indigenous people and residential schools have led to condemnation from many quarters and a review by the Manitoba government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Jared Lowndes’ brother Sean Holland holds an urn carrying Lowndes’ remains in front of the RCMP station in Campbell River. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror

No charges for police who shot Indigenous man in B.C. parking lot: family

Watchdog referred file to crown to consider charges, Lowndes family told charges will not proceed

  • Apr 23, 2024
Jared Lowndes’ brother Sean Holland holds an urn carrying Lowndes’ remains in front of the RCMP station in Campbell River. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror
Premier David Eby, Haida Nation Council President Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop), Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin and Haida Nation Council Vice-President Stephen Grosse (not pictured) signed the “Gaayhllxid/Gíihlagalgang ‘Rising Tide’ Haida Title Lands Agreement” in Haida Gwaii on April 14, 2024. On April 22, Rankin tabled legislation that would translate the agreement into provincial law.(Government of B.C./YouTube)

B.C. tables legislation to recognize ‘historic’ title of Haida Nation

Legislation translates ‘Rising Tide’ Haida Title Lands Agreement into provincial law

Premier David Eby, Haida Nation Council President Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop), Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin and Haida Nation Council Vice-President Stephen Grosse (not pictured) signed the “Gaayhllxid/Gíihlagalgang ‘Rising Tide’ Haida Title Lands Agreement” in Haida Gwaii on April 14, 2024. On April 22, Rankin tabled legislation that would translate the agreement into provincial law.(Government of B.C./YouTube)