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Principal Richard Coburn calls Stu"ate LeLum Secondary School a "school with heart." This, more than anything else, sets the Chemainus First Nation's school apart from other educational institutions, he says.
At the school's career fair on May 1, Coburn addressed the student body of 130-plus during opening ceremonies.
"All our speakers and presenters today have…
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Yukoners welcome winter. Yukoners even look forward to winter. Yukoners celebrate winter's cultural and entertainment events with an enthusiasm unknown in the provinces to the south. The months of snow and cold provide the residents of the territory an opportunity to acknowledge their rich and diverse demography with numerous festivals and other activities in the months leading…
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A project years in the making that will give Nicola Valley Elders a place to live when they retire and need additional care is finally getting attention from the provincial government.
While the site overlooking the Nicola River and Coquihalla Highway is bare now, a 50-bed care facility, the Nicola Native Lodge, will likely be started soon.
Work has been ongoing for…
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On April 28, just 27 days after setting out from Nanaimo, eight people walking to Ottawa to raise awareness for youth suicide prevention arrived in Edmonton. There they were treated to a meal by Pearl Calahasen, Alberta's Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, while they explained their cause.
Paul Lalibert, the walkers' media organizer and support van…
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The Alexandria Indian Band has served notice through the Tsilqot'in National Government (TNG) that the province's plan to withdraw ferry service across the Fraser River at Marguerite will impose major inconvenience and expense on the band and the public.
A notice was posted on the ferry April 22, signed by Chief Ervin Charleyboy, tribal chairman, and Joe Alphonse, director…
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After sitting vacant for more than 30 years, a former residential school has been resurrected on the St. Mary's Indian Band reserve near Cranbrook.
While significant refurbishing was completed to turn the residential school into a four-star resort, certain features were kept to serve as a reminder of the building's previous use. The stone facade, containing crosses on all…
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Chalk it up as a great learning experience. That's how members of the British Columbia boys' entry felt following their participation at this year's National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.
The second annual Canadian tournament for Native players was staged April 27 through May 3 in Akwesasne.
But this marked the first year a British Columbia squad took part. And…
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The fifth annual National Aboriginal Tourism Conference and Tradeshow was held in Winnipeg April 23 to 25 at the Radisson Hotel downtown. British Columbia's First Nations were prominent among the attendees at the event hosted by Aboriginal Tourism Team Canada, an organization comprised of government and First Nations members.
In a conference packed with workshops,…
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Nenqayni Treatment Centre is tucked away in a private valley on the Xatsu'll First Nation (Soda Creek reserve), 21 km north of Williams Lake. The name Nenqayni, Chilcotin for 'people of the land,' is fitting to describe an environment where the beauty of the land itself helps care for the people. This tranquil setting of grassy fields and trickling waters, together with soft…
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"Being diagnosed with HIV is not a death sentence -it's a lifestyle change."
That was the message delivered by Derrick Maier to a group of delegates during HIV/AIDS 101, one of the workshops held during the HIV/AIDS conference in Chilliwack March 16 to 19. The seventh annual conference, which was hosted this year at the Rhombus Hotel and Resort, was titled Aboriginal…
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The Institute for Aboriginal Health at the University of British Columbia has appointed its first director.
Dr. Eduardo Jovel, a Pipil Indian from El Salvador, accepted the post on Jan. 1 and has been installed until Dec. 31, 2008.
The announcement was made by Dr. Richard Vedan, director of the First Nations House of Learning, and Dr. John Gilbert, principal of the…
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The Nenqayni Treatment Centre in the territory of the Xatsu'll First Nation proudly hosted its first powwow March 29. The idea was suggested about three years ago, but was postponed until the centre finished building a new gym and youth centre this spring. Organizers hope the powwow will become an annual event.
Numerous First Nations were represented, as family and friends…
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The Tsilhqot'in National Government (TNG) may have started a firestorm with the Canadian government when it took the bold step of issuing its own firearms licences and implementing its own hunting regulations Feb. 14.
The main reason: "We've never been in agreement with having Canada impose their laws upon our people and we felt it was an infringement upon our Aboriginal…
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The man leading British Columbia's residential school survivors organization says the government has refused to consider extending the mandate of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF).
"The federal government really has no long-term strategy for community-driven healing and it's tragic. Really tragic. One of the most wonderful things that's happened in the Aboriginal…
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In British Columbia, a mobile diabetes unit is on the road, and sometimes, in a plane, to bring eye exams to remote communities.
It began in early 2002 as a pilot project operated by the First Nations Chiefs' Health Committee in partnership with the University of British Columbia Department of Ophthalmology, Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch and the…