Chief Willie Sellars

• Canada apologizes to Williams Lake First Nation for ‘historical wrongs’ related to village site

  Under a settlement, Canada has provided the Williams Lake First Nation with $135 million in total compensation

  Perspectives

  Sep 10, 2023
  
• B.C. First Nation demands inquiry into man’s death after police respond to distress call

  Rojun Alphonse, a father of four, died on July 10 after his family made a distress call to police, concerned he would hurt himself.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2022
  
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• ‘How proud we are’: B.C. First Nation launches new farm-to-gate cannabis shop

  Sugar Cane Cannabis is the first farm-to-gate facility in B.C. and the first of its kind on Indigenous land in Canada, according to Williams Lake First Nation.

  Economy

  Jun 7, 2022
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• B.C. mayor apologizes for residential school post while facing anger at council meeting

  Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb used his opening remarks to address a post he shared on Facebook suggesting there is an "other side" to residential schools.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2021
• Future of B.C. mayor to be debated after he shared racist post about residential schools

  Councillors will discuss the future of Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb after he shared, then deleted, a controversial Facebook post about residential schools.

  Politics

  Nov 2, 2021