Heiltsuk Nation

• 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
  
• Advertisement
• 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
• Advertisement
• 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
• B.C., Heiltsuk Nation sign reconciliation deal

  The B.C. government has signed a reconciliation agreement with the Heiltsuk Nation aimed at offering support for housing, language and economic development.

  Politics

  Jun 18, 2021
• Security footage released in case of B.C. Indigenous man, granddaughter handcuffed outside bank

  Max Johnson from Bella Bella, who had been a BMO customer since 2014, had taken his granddaughter to the downtown Vancouver branch on Dec. 20, 2019, to open an account for her.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2021
• ‘It’s a symbol of our strength’: Heiltsuk open first Big House in 120 years

  The last Big House in the First Nation's territory along the B.C. coast was destroyed, and the community has been planning and fundraising to build a new one for decades.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2019
• B.C. chief says a single major oil spill could ruin her nation’s economy forever

  Leaders from several north-coast B.C. First Nations say if the Senate doesn't approve a bill barring super-sized oil tankers from the region, their thriving but fragile marine-based economies will die.

  Environment

  Dec 5, 2018
• Advertisement
• La Loche, Sask. woman starts GoFundMe page to prevent Indigenous youth suicide

  A La Loche, Sask., woman has started a crowdfunding page online to prevent Aboriginal youth suicide.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2017
• Advertisement
• Transport minister Marc Garneau visits B.C. fuel spill site

  Members of a First Nation affected by a diesel spill on British Columbia's central coast are calling for changes to be made quickly following another visit from a federal cabinet minister.

  Environment

  Nov 7, 2016