First Nations Summit

• 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.

  Cannabis

  Apr 20, 2023
  
• B.C. hears from 161 First Nations on plans for old-growth logging deferrals

  The province announced last month that an expert panel had mapped 26,000 square kilometres of old-growth forests at risk of permanent biodiversity loss.

  Politics

  Dec 17, 2021
  
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• Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs criticizes former social worker plea deal, calls it frustrating

  ‘We stand with his victims and their families as they are left to process this disgusting deal.’

  Crime

  Sep 28, 2021
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• First Nations leaders outraged after B.C. teen found dead in group-home closet

  His death was ruled a suicide, but leaders said they have ordered an autopsy and want the Abbotsford police and coroner to investigate. 

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2020
• AFN summit to examine whether government has their best interests at heart

  A two-day gathering of the Assembly of First Nations is taking a hard look at the governing Liberals to decide whether the best interests of Canada's First Nations are truly represented.

  Politics

  May 2, 2018
• B.C. government and First Nations groups hope to speed up treaty talks

  The slow pace of land-claim treaty talks in British Columbia is about to get a kickstart with a series of reforms to speed up negotiations and produce more deals.

  Jun 8, 2016