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B.C. Conservatives call on government to investigate death of Indigenous teen
Party claims a "crisis of accountability" in province's child and youth welfare system and "broader systemic failures that continue to put Indigenous children at risk."
Family of Indigenous B.C. youth who died in care say they believe she froze to death
Family members of Chantelle Williams, 18, who died after being found unresponsive outside on a freezing morning this past January, say they want answers from those responsible for her well-being.
Mount Arrowsmith has been a landmark for centuries. Now, it could anchor Port Alberni's future
Mount Arrowsmith is one of the first things you see when you come over the hump of the Alberni Summit and descend into the valley. The mountain has long held an important place in local First Nations histories — but is also playing an important role in the future of the city.
Vancouver urban Indigenous hoops teams win big at All Native Basketball Tournament
The Burnaby Chiefs and All My Relations basketball teams left Metro Vancouver with dreams, and returned as All Native Basketball tournament champions in their divisions.
Action needed to boost low Indigenous youth COVID-19 vaccination rate, health officials say
With COVID-19 variants now circulating widely in Canada, health officials are trying to get Indigenous youth vaccinated — but they remain an elusive demographic to reach.
Beyond Kamloops
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc pause to grieve children in unmarked graves at former residential school
Tk'emlups te Secwepemc language coordinator Ted Gottfriedson says the First Nation has tended to everyone else's needs for months, but now it's taking time for itself to grieve in its traditional way.
Beyond Kamloops
Kamloops residential school survivor says aunt may have been buried at the former school
A Kamloops Indian Residential School survivor says she believes her maternal aunt may have been buried at an unmarked burial site in the apple orchard of the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
This Cree teacher overcame residential school and 19 months in hospital to help keep her language alive
Not even being forbidden to speak her language in residential school, nor a 19-month stint in the tuberculosis ward of a hospital as a teen, stopped Dorothy Visser from speaking, writing and eventually teaching the Cree language.
VPD accused of losing Indigenous mother's ashes during Downtown Eastside street cleanup
A Downtown Eastside resident feels like she lost her late mother a second time after Vancouver Police Department officers and city workers trashed a suitcase she says contained the deceased woman’s ashes.
Deportation fears keeping undocumented migrants away from vaccine clinics, advocates say
Advocates say creating culturally appropriate clinics with trusted migrant organizations would reduce vaccine hesitancy among undocumented migrants.