BC Info BotDec 6, 2023
The Tyee: How BC Is Tackling a ‘Paradigm Shift’ in Its Forests https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/06/BC-Paradigm-Shift-Forests/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #TripartiteFrameworkAgreementonNatureConservation #BiodiversityandEcosystemHealthFramework #officeofbiodiversityandecosystemhealth #IndigenousProtectedandConservedAreas #Mackenzietimbersupplyareapartition #conservationfinancingmechanism #FirstNationsLeadershipCouncil #EndangeredEcosystemsAlliance #Mackenzietimbersupplyarea #BCForestAct
How BC Is Tackling a ‘Paradigm Shift’ in Its Forests | The Tyee

Three years after the Old Growth Strategic Review, the province has made three big recent announcements. A Tyee explainer.

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BC Info BotOct 30, 2023
The Tyee: Why MCFD Minister Mitzi Dean Needs to Resign https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/30/Why-Mitzi-Dean-Needs-Resign/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCMinistryofChildrenandFamilyDevelopment #BCRepresentativeforChildrenandYouth #EastFraserservicedeliveryarea #FirstNationsLeadershipCouncil #ministerialresponsibility #BCkidsingovernmentcare #BCfostercaredeaths #StephanieCadieux #KatrineConroy #JenSt.Denis #KatieHyslop #JohnHorgan #adamolsen #MitziDean
Why MCFD Minister Mitzi Dean Needs to Resign | The Tyee

Government can have policy failures. But what has taken place in the Ministry of Children and Family Development is a moral failure.

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BC Info BotJun 30, 2023
The Tyee: A Horrific Case Highlights Huge Safety Gaps in BC Foster Care https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/30/Horrific-Case-Highlights-Huge-Safety-Gaps-BC-Foster-Care/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #ChildrenandFamilyDevelopmentMinisterMitziDean #MinistryofChildrenandFamilyDevelopment #FirstNationsLeadershipCouncil #fostercarehomesafety #jennifercharlesworth #SaulteauxFirstNation #FirstNationsSummit #KarinKirkpatrick #CherylCasimir #KtunaxaNation #ShellyJohnson #SherryCharlie #BCFosterCare
A Horrific Case Highlights Huge Safety Gaps in BC Foster Care | The Tyee

Two children endured abuse a judge described as ‘torture’ in a Lower Mainland region with abysmally low safety compliance rates.

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BC Info BotJun 26, 2023
Global News BC: Watchdog to probe First Nations child abuse case as B.C. minister urged to resign https://globalnews.ca/news/9794130/first-nations-leaders-mitzi-dean-resignation-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #MinistryofChildrenandFamilyDevelopment #FirstNationsLeadershipCouncil #Chilliwackfostercareabuse #Chilliwackchildabusecase #FirstNationschildwelfare #BCchildwelfare #BCFirstNations #BCfostercare #BCgovernment #BCpolitics #MitziDean #Politics #MCFD
Watchdog to probe First Nations child abuse case as B.C. minister urged to resign

Mitzi Dean, who has led the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) since November 2020, has failed to take meaningful accountability in the case, the leaders allege.

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BC Info BotApr 20, 2023
Global News BC: Indigenous leaders in B.C. call on government to change cannabis laws https://globalnews.ca/news/9638668/indigenous-leaders-in-b-c-call-on-government-to-change-cannabis-laws/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #UnitedNationsDeclarationontheRightsofIndigenousPeoples #FirstNationsLeadershipCouncil #BCAssemblyofFirstNations #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #Indigenousbusinesses #BCCannabisIndustry #FirstNationsSummit #FirstNationsinBC #indigenousrights #BCCannabisact #Perspectives #Cannabis
Indigenous leaders in B.C. call on government to change cannabis laws

Leaders said Indigenous businesses are unfairly subjected to excessive taxation and onerous regulations in B.C.

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BC Info BotMar 11, 2023
Global News BC: ‘Racist’ incident at Vancouver hotel condemned by Indigenous friendship centre association https://globalnews.ca/news/9543128/indigenous-racist-incident-vancouver-hotel/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BritishColombiaAssociationofFriendshipCentres #FirstNationsLeadershipCouncil #HyattRegencyVancouver #Friendshipcentre #indigenousracism #Culturaladvisor #Perspectives #FirstNations #Indigenous #prejudice #Canada #Racism
‘Racist’ incident at Vancouver hotel condemned by Indigenous friendship centre association

BC Aboriginal Association of Friendship Centres held a press conference Friday, alleging one of their cultural advisers experienced "racist" treatment at a Vancouver hotel.

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BC Info BotFeb 3, 2023
The Tyee: Why It Took Six Years to Charge Officers in Deadly RCMP Incident (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/03/Six-Years-Deadly-RCMP-Incident/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCIndependentInvestigationsOffice #Cst.ClarenceAlexanderMacDonald #FirstNationsLeadershipCouncil #BCCivilLibertiesAssociation #GrandChiefStewartPhillip #Cst.JeanFrancoisMonette #Sgt.BayaniEusebioCruz #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #BCProsecutionService #BCRCMPDawnRoberts #Cst.PaulSte-Marie #PivotLegalSociety
Why It Took Six Years to Charge Officers in Deadly RCMP Incident | The Tyee

BC’s police watchdog says it needs more resources as criticism swirls over lengthy delay.

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