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Lil’wat Forestry offering six-week, fully funded wildfire course

Lil’wat Forestry offering six-week, fully funded wildfire course

The next available cohort starts on Feb. 12. and runs until March
es zúmin' Primary Care Centre to open doors in February

es zúmin' Primary Care Centre to open doors in February

The Primary Care Centre will deliver services at the Pq'usnalhcw Health Centre and Southern Stl'atl'imx Health Society, with mobile and virtual services offered for N'Quatqua, Samahquam, Skatin and Xa'xtsa (Douglas) community members
Why Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste dropped out of the Liberal leadership race

Why Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste dropped out of the Liberal leadership race

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says his decision to drop out of the federal Liberal leadership race was partly motivated by a lack of money.
Whistler, Pemberton, Mount Currie all saw population decline in 2024

Whistler, Pemberton, Mount Currie all saw population decline in 2024

Sea to Sky population trends run counter to B.C., which grew by 3% in the same timeframe
Father convicted of manslaughter in killing of Métis hunters denied full parole

Father convicted of manslaughter in killing of Métis hunters denied full parole

EDMONTON — An Alberta father convicted of manslaughter for aiding his son in the 2020 killings of two Métis hunters has been denied full parole.
Armed Forces name former MP as first Indigenous Knowledge Keeper

Armed Forces name former MP as first Indigenous Knowledge Keeper

WINNIPEG — A former Cree member of Parliament and a longtime military member has been named the Canadian Armed Forces' first Indigenous Knowledge Keeper.
Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation

Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation

BLOODVEIN FIRST NATION — Manitoba RCMP say a woman has been charged in the death of a toddler in her care. Police say the injured two-year-old was brought last week into the nursing station on the Bloodvein First Nation, where she later died.
Former priest sentenced to six years for sex abuse of Nunavut children

Former priest sentenced to six years for sex abuse of Nunavut children

IQALUIT — The devastating effects of Eric Dejaeger's sexual abuse of seven Inuit children more than four decades ago are being felt a generation later, a judge said Thursday as he handed the former Catholic priest a six-year prison sentence.
Kyra Wilson wins vote to become new leader of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Kyra Wilson wins vote to become new leader of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

WINNIPEG — Newly elected Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson has vowed to offer the same support to First Nations leaders in the province that her predecessor once gave her in 2022.
B.C. extends deferral of logging in Fairy Creek amid reports of tree spiking

B.C. extends deferral of logging in Fairy Creek amid reports of tree spiking

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has approved a legal order to extend temporary protections to an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island even as the minister of forests acknowledged that the RCMP are investigating reports of tree spiking in