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syilx performing artist Madeline Terbasket will perform in an evening comedy show, planned for those who attended the residential “schools” on Sept 30 ‘National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.’
‘Ideally, he would be charged for every single account of child abuse that’s happened,’ says Alex, an Indigenous youth who says they were in Saunders’ care when he was employed by the B.C. government as a social worker.
The fire started Saturday and is listed as out of control. No evacuation orders yet.
Prompted by rise of hate-related incidents during the pandemic, this will be the commissioner's first public inquiry.
“Our strength comes from being able to laugh, even in the darkest of times,” says Coralee Miller of Westbank First Nation.
‘When we talk about those stars, it's like, we go back, and we reconnect with our ancestors again,’ says Elder Leonard Cardinal.
Tl’etinqox Chief and Tsilhqot’in National Government tribal chair Joe Alphonse is one of 16 recipients of the Order of British Columbia.
Community worked with UBC and RESEAU Centre for Mobilizing Innovation to develop sustainable water source.
Sheldon Pierre Louis’s painting celebrates the strength of Indigenous women.
‘All I want to do is let the truth be known, some of the horrors that happened,’ says Jack Kruger.
