Tag Archives: First Nations
Inquiry on missing, murdered Indigenous women released
GATINEAU, Que. - The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women wants health service providers across Canada to develop programs that could help young people recognize the s...
Jun 03, 2019
Hat Creek Ranch operators concerned about renewal red tape
CACHE CREEK, BC - Hat Creek Ranch is a Provincial Heritage site, much like Barkerville and the Yale Historic Site. The Friends of Historic Hat Creek have been overseeing the property for the past 15 y...
May 31, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Skeetchestn band pushes for more Indigenous-led prescribed burns
KAMLOOPS - A number of First Nations, including one in the Kamloops area, have joined a recent push to use prescribed burns as a wildfire prevention method. Controlled burns are one of the recommendat...
May 24, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Groundbreaking ceremony held for elders and youth co-housing project
KAMLOOPS - Community members, local dignitaries, and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing were among those who gathered at a vacant lot in Brocklehurst Thursday morning to celebrate a unique ...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Diplomat, peacekeeper: Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Poundmaker exoneration
When Milton Tootoosis thinks about the planned exoneration of Chief Poundmaker, he breaks down.A headman and councillor at Poundmaker Cree Nation, about a two-hour drive from Saskatoon, Tootoosis says...
May 20, 2019
Secwépemc research authors to receive Governor General's Innovation Award
KAMLOOPS - Two longtime members of the community and leaders in the Secwpemc nation are being honoured with a national award at the end of the month. Chief, Dr. Ron Ignace and Dr. Marianne Ignace will...
May 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
First retail cannabis store on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reserve opens for business
KAMLOOPS - The city's third legal cannabis shop opened its doors on the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc lands today. Pinnacle Access, run by two TtS members, is the first of its kind on band land, and because of...
May 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Whispering Pines Chief hoping for Trans Mountain discussions before fall election
KAMLOOPS - The chair of a First Nations organization trying to acquire an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline says he hopes the government sits down before the House of Commons rises ahead of ...
James Peters May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Balance of Power
SOUND OFF: Rothenburger wrong on history, wrong on Begbie
ON A RECENT ARMCHAIR MAYOR presentation on CFJC TV (Character assassination of famous BC judge must stop, May 8, 2019), Mel Rothenburger stated that New Westminster was wrong to recently remove their ...
James Peters May 09, 2019 Judge Matthew Begbie (Image Credit: B.C. Provincial Archives)
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