Heiltsuk Nation

• Lost for over a century, Heiltsuk Nation celebrates return of bentwood box

  The Heiltsuk First Nation held a special reunification ceremony for the bentwood box last Friday that coincided with a feast to mark the ratification of their written constitution.

  Perspectives

  Jun 6, 2025
  
• B.C. First Nation launches lawsuit against RCMP for failing to enforce band bylaws

  The Heiltsuk First Nation has launched a Charter challenge lawsuit against the RCMP in B.C. Supreme Court for what it says is failing to enforce band council bylaws.

  Perspectives

  Feb 25, 2025
  
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• Heiltsuk Nation votes to approve written constitution in historic referendum

  Sixty-seven per cent of the 725 Heiltsuk citizens who voted approved a written constitution following nearly two decades of development and consultation.

  Perspectives

  Feb 21, 2025
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• Heiltsuk father and daughter file human rights complaint against Canadian Tire

  An Indigenous father and daughter in British Columbia are accusing Canadian Tire and its third-party security company of racial profiling and racism.

  Perspectives

  Oct 1, 2024
• Heiltsuk Nation celebrates ‘powerful, emotional’ return of historic Chief’s Seat

  The nation is celebrating the first step of a repatriation effort to bring home a decorated chief’s seat from the Royal BC Museum.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2024
• First Nation in Bella Bella says RCMP officer transferred over social media posts

  Const. Adrian Robinson has been transferred out of the community, the Heiltsuk Nation announced Thursday morning.

  Canada

  May 30, 2024
• Family of missing Nuxalk and Heiltsuk man offers $10,000 reward for information

  'He’s a good-hearted, kind person, and it’s totally out of character for him to be out of contact with us for this long,' Carl Schooner Jr.'s father said on Thursday.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2023
• Vancouver police constables not in attendance at Heiltsuk ceremony

  Const. Canon Wong and Const. Mitchell Tong, were invited to go to the apology ceremony as part of the settlement reached with Vancouver police earlier this year.

  Politics

  Oct 24, 2022
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• First Nations man, granddaughter handcuffed at bank in 2019, make ground-breaking agreement with VPD

  Maxwell Johnson and Tori-Anne have confirmed that their ground-breaking agreement includes damages, a significant community investment and more.

  Perspectives

  Sep 28, 2022
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• Ruling finds VPD officers used ‘unnecessary force’ in wrongful arrest of grandfather, granddaughter

  Maxwell Johnson was arrested with 12-year-old Tori-Anne when they tried to open a bank account. They filed complaints against the Vancouver Police and the Bank of Montreal.

  Crime

  Apr 6, 2022