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The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) announce two recepients of $500 bursary awards for the 2005/2006 academic year. The awards for the inaugural year for the Stewardship Community Bursary went to Brenda Boye, a BCIT student from Surrey and Leonard Guno, a Malaspina University-College student from New Aiyansh.
This bursary is awarded annually to a full-time, BC university student who is…
The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards will be handed out in Vancouver on Jan. 27, and two people living in British Columbia will be on the receiving end at the 13th annual achievement award gala.
The community development award will be presented to Wendy Grant-John for her efforts to bring economic and social development opportunities to her Coast Salish community of Musqueam.…
Disgruntled members of the Tsimshian Nation are calling for a "timeout" to treaty negotiations, claiming that the current representatives at the table are self-appointed and operating under a shroud of secrecy.
The concerned group, comprised of community leaders from all of the Tsimshian bands, met in mid-December in Prince Rupert, just days after circulating a petition that demands a…
Disgruntled members of the Tsimshian Nation are calling for a "timeout" to treaty negotiations, claiming that the current representatives at the table are self-appointed and operating under a shroud of secrecy.
The concerned group, comprised of community leaders from all of the Tsimshian bands, met in mid-December in Prince Rupert, just days after circulating a petition that demands a…
Another Aboriginal woman has gone missing on the "Highway of Tears" near Prince Rupert, again raising fears that a serial killer is on the loose in northwestern British Columbia.
Tamara Chipman, 22, was officially reported missing in late November and a massive two-week search in December along Highway 16 between Terrace and Prince Rupert has turned up nothing. If she is not found,…
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Capilano College has announced the launch of the Aboriginal
Tourism Operations Certificate, a one year, full-time program, offered at the Squamish campus. The college is now accepting applicants for the January 2007 intake.
The program was designed with a four-pillar approach that focuses on innovation, leadership, creativity, and stewardship. These themes are woven…
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The seventh annual National Aboriginal Women in Leadership Training Conference, to be held Oct. 26 to 28 at Vancouver's Empire Landmark hotel, will feature singer/songwriter/educator Buffy Sainte-Marie as one of the keynote speakers on opening day
Sainte-Marie performed at the first National Aboriginal Women in Leadership Conference in 2000 and she returns to help the host…
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Calvin Helin still plans to operate his free karate club, primarily for Aboriginal children, in British Columbia, but after digging into his own pocket to cover club expenses the last few years, Helin, is now seeking some financial sponsors.
"It's growing so big I can't carry it anymore," Helin said of the Shudokan Aboriginal Karate Club he founded in 2002 in East…
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The grieving parents of a 19-year-old have become resigned to the fact that their son's final resting place is at the bottom of the Bulkley River, but they are deeply upset that search equipment that might have located his body was unavailable for more than two months.
Ernie John was last seen in the early morning on June 25 in his truck plunging into the river in the…
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Tsimshian and Museum of Northern British Columbia officials are in a race against time as they work towards obtaining the world's most coveted private collection of Canadian Aboriginal artifacts, which is set to go to auction at Sotheby's in New York on Oct. 5.
The famed Dundas collection contains a number of treasured, sacred objects that originate from the Tsimshian…
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The number of Aboriginal students completing high school is still lagging well behind the national average, according to a report released recently by the Caledon Institute of Public Policy.
According to figures contained in Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada, which were calculated based on information contained in the 2001 census, approximately 43…
Since it was first identified 25 years ago, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, has claimed the lives of around 25 million people worldwide. And, each day, an estimated 8,000 people are added to the list of the dead.
From Aug. 13 to 18, scientists, educators, policy makers, service organizers, community leaders and people living with AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus (…
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It has been six years since the city of Vancouver, the province of British Columbia and the federal government announced a plan to improve the conditions of those living on the streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, but despite ambitious proposals concerning housing, health and safety, some organizations say little is being done for members of Canada's poorest community.
…An amazing new facility that opened in June celebrates the lands and legends of the Osoyoos Indian Band through historical time to the present. The $9-million Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre presents the story of the people in the context of one of the most environmentally unique landscapes in Canada.
The new facility allows the centre to move out of temporary modular structures, where it…
"I'm not better than anyone. No one is better than me." Lillian George of the Wet'suwet'en Nation began the First Nations program for the World Peace Forum with a declaration of equality. George was addressing a crowd of international delegates gathered in Vancouver June 23 to 28 to discuss and promote peace.
A guest speaker for the First Nation's Wolf Sessions, George said everything…