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Global News BC: ‘Urgent crossroads’: 3-year anniversary of B.C. old-growth commitments, groups calling out province https://globalnews.ca/news/9961857/3-year-anniversary-old-growth-commitments/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #2020OldGrowthStrategicReview #B.C.Governmentoldgrowth #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #BColdgrowthforest #BCEnvironment #Perspectives #BCgovernment #sierraclubbc #Environment #BColdgrowth #BCforests #OldGrowth #Politics #Economy #Canada #BCNDP
‘Urgent crossroads’: 3-year anniversary of B.C. old-growth commitments, groups calling out province

According to a number of organizations, none of the 14 recommendations have been fulfilled, while old-growth trees continue to be logged.

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BC Info BotJun 1, 2023
Global News BC: $17M boost for wild salmon restoration as First Nations call for ‘drastic action’ https://globalnews.ca/news/9739420/bc-funding-wild-salmon-first-nations/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #FirstNationsFisheriesCouncil #FisheriesandOceansCanada #GrandChiefStewartPhillip #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #BCsalmonannouncement #SalmonConservation #salmonprotection #BCFirstNations #pacificsalmon #SockeyeSalmon #Environment #BCSalmon
$17M-boost for wild salmon restoration as First Nations call for ‘drastic action’

Fisheries and Oceans Canada says many Pacific salmon stocks are declining to "historic lows" due to the impacts of climate change, habitat loss and other threats.

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BC Info BotMay 5, 2023
Global News BC: ‘We have a voice’: Missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls honoured in Abbotsford https://globalnews.ca/news/9677404/red-dress-day-missing-murdered-indigenous-abbotsford/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #NationalInquiryMissingandMurderedIndigenousWomen #NationalInquiryintoMMIWG #RedDressDayAbbotsford #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #Abbotsfordcityhall #vancouverpolice #Reconciliation #RedDressDayBc #RedDressDay #MMIWG2S #Canada #Crime #MMIWG
‘We have a voice’: Missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls honoured in Abbotsford

Dozens of Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been killed on or near the stretch of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert, known as the Highway of Tears.

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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 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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BC Info BotJan 4, 2023
Global News BC: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond no longer employed at UBC https://globalnews.ca/news/9385936/mary-ellen-turpel-lafond-no-longer-employed-at-ubc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #RepresentativeforChildrenandYouth #UniversityOfBritishColumbia #MaryEllenTurpelLafond #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #IndigenousAncestry #indigenousidentity #Indigenous #pretendian #Canada #UBC
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond no longer employed at UBC

Turpel-Lafond came under scrutiny last fall after a series of CBC reports raised questions about both her claims of Indigenous ancestry and her claims of academic accomplishments.

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BC Info BotDec 1, 2022
Global News BC: B.C. releases ‘snapshot’ of progress on addressing Indigenous-specific racism in health care https://globalnews.ca/news/9319090/bc-government-update-indigenous-racism-health-care/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #Indigenoushealthcare #RacismInHealth-care #IndigenousHealth #MinistryOfHealth #B.C.government #B.C.HealthCare #BChealthcare #Indigenous #Politics #BChealth #Canada #Health #BC
B.C. releases ‘snapshot’ of progress on addressing Indigenous-specific racism in health care 

The B.C. government outlined steps that have been taken on the In Plain Sight recommendations: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in BC Health Care report.

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BC Info BotNov 30, 2022
Global News BC: 2021 B.C. extreme weather events cost province between $10 and $17 billion, study finds https://globalnews.ca/news/9316074/2021-bc-extreme-weather-events-cost/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CanadianCentreforPolicyAlternatives #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #climatechangestudy #VancityCreditUnion #BCweatherevents #B.C.government #ClimateChange #Environment #BCwildfires #BCFlooding #BCHeatDome #Education #BCweather #Economy #Science #Weather #BCstudy #Canada #Fire #BC
2021 B.C. extreme weather events cost province between $10 and $17 billion, study finds

The study provides a first-ever estimate of the total economic costs associated with 2021’s heat dome, wildfires, flooding and landslides.

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BC Info BotNov 29, 2022
Global News BC: UN declaration is focus of government, First Nations meetings in B.C., says grand chief https://globalnews.ca/news/9312677/bc-first-nations-cabinet-ministers-meeting/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #GrandChiefStewartPhillip #UnionofBCIndianChiefs #indigenousrights #BCFirstNations #Reconciliation #BCgovernment #Politics #DavidEby #UNDRIP
UN declaration is focus of government, First Nations meetings in B.C., says grand chief

This is the seventh B.C. Cabinet and First Nations Leaders' Gathering and it comes three years after the province passed legislation requiring its laws be consistent with UNDRIP.

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