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RCMP may face charges in death of Wet’suwet’en man, advocates say reform is urgent
The IIO says three officers may have committed offences after the shooting of Jared Lowndes and is filing a report to prosecutors
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After another beloved relative dies at the hands of police, calls for change amplify
The family of Chris Amyotte, Leaping Frog Man, says the 42-year-old was distressed and seeking help when police shot him six times with a beanbag gun
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Wet’suwet’en, Coast Salish leaders share solidarity in pipeline fights
‘We could never move forward on our own, it must be all of us together,’ said Hereditary Chief Namoks during stop in ‘Vancouver’
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In Maskwacis, Pope Francis apologizes to crowd of Indigenous survivors
‘I humbly beg for forgiveness,’ the Catholic leader said on the first stop of ‘pilgrimage’ within Treaty Six territories
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Little Wolf: New children’s book by Heiltsuk author tells urban Indigenous story
Releasing the first of a series of three books, Teoni Spathelfer pulls from personal experience and dreams to write a series of stories that spans generations
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Nuu-chah-nulth leaders celebrate legal victory for commercial fishing rights
B.C. Court of Appeal ruling affirms unlimited rights for Ahousaht, Hesquiaht, Mowachaht/Muchalaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, and Ehattesaht/Chinehkint First Nations on the west Coast of Vancouver Island
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‘For the well-being of our communities’: Coastal Dance Festival celebrates cultural resilience in uncertain times
The 14th annual festival will be a free online celebration of songs, dances and stories from along the coast
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‘Like going back in time’: W̱SÁNEĆ people to regain rightful ownership of abundant remote island
Title of SISȻENEM, off Sidney Island, set to be transferred to W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council after ‘historic’ agreement with The Land Conservancy of British Columbia
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New resource challenges racist history as B.C.’s 150th year approaches
Authors of open-source educational booklet hope it will be utilized in schools, by policymakers
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New UBC Indigenous fisheries centre aims to uplift community rights
Initiative led by Nisg̱a’a scholar Andrea Reid launches with ‘Fish Outlaws’ project documenting criminalization of First Nations fisheries around Salish Sea