From left to right Mayor John Ruttan, Snuneymuxw Councillor Bill Yoachim, and Snuneymuxw Chief Doug White III.

After an urban protest camp was set up that lasted several hundred days, British Columbia has revoked permits for a five-storey condominium project that was set to be built on top of the ancient Coast Salish village of c’esna?e m.

Also known as Marpole Midden–located in south Vancouver–construction was halted last winter when the developer, Century Group, unearthed several human remains from a burial site estimated at more than 4,000 years old.

A partnership has been forged between two B.C. First Nations that could see them benefit from future joint development projects destined within their overlapping territories.

The economic-based protocol agreement, signed Sept. 26, will provide the Sts’ailes [Chehalis band] and the X’xtsa [Douglas First Nation] with ensured certainty and stability when it comes to economic development ventures, say nations’ chiefs.

Candles flickered brightly as stories of loss and remembrance were shared among the 80 people that gathered in Vancouver to pay tribute to lost Aboriginal women Oct. 4.

Knowledge Keepers: Authorship, Artistry and Archives Exhibition in the Murray Library on the University of Saskatchewan campus will conclude on Dec. 18. It is the first time the University Library has curated an exhibition which profiles Aboriginal-only related materials. It was developed to coincide with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s National Event which took place in Saskatoon, June 21-24, and was unveiled in May 2012.

The new multi-purpose communiplex has opened on Ocean Man First Nation. “We are a community that is steadily growing with a very young population. We need to offer our youth these types of activities, services and the programs that will eventually be made available. We did our homework and prepared a good strategic plan for a healthier community,” Chief Gloria Shepherd said in a news release.

The Muskoday First Nation and province opened five single-family bungalows in Birch Hills in Prince Albert in September. At an approximate cost of $1.06 million, $742,000 in funding was provided by the province through Saskatchewan Housing Corporation and $318,000 contributed by Muskoday First Nation. “The chief and council of MFN always seek a way to improve housing options to our band members,” Chief Austin Bear said in a press release, adding that the partnership was originally developed several years ago.

Three people from the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation have been arrested and charged with first degree murder in a double homicide. Kody Bear, 22, Brittany Bear, 21, and a 17-year-old male have been charged in the deaths of Sheldon Yuzicappi, 28, and Jessica Redman, 27, also of Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Oct. 11, when Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP responded to a complaint of people possibly injured on the Standing Buffalo First Nation. Upon arrival, Yuzicappi and Redman were found deceased.