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Na̲nwak̲olas Council, Coastal First Nations, and Coast Funds welcome B.C. investment in Great Bear Sea
Landmark Forestry Agreement will Support Increased First Nations Participation in a Stronger Vancouver Island Economy and Vision For the Future
The Tlowitsis, We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum and K’ómoks First Nations and Western Forest Products Inc. have reached an agreement for the four Nations to acquire a 34% interest from Western in a newly…
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Nanwakolas Council and Vancouver Island University partnership for Guardian training celebrated at the BC Legislature
The fourth cohort of the VIU-Stewardship Technician Training Program, delivered in community, begins this month. The partnership between VIU and Nanwakolas to deliver the program, and the provincial government’s financial contribution that supports the program,…
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Vital steps forward on the pathway to sustainability in the Great Bear Rainforest
Nanwakolas Council, Coastal First Nations, and the Ministry of Forests have today announced new measures to sustain the Great Bear Rainforest as one of the world’s most treasured and diverse coastal temperate forest ecosystems. The…
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GUARDIAN GRADUATE SUCCESS
2021 graduates of the Na̲nwak̲olas and Vancouver Island University (VIU) Stewardship Technician Training Program (STTP), who completed the program in the middle of Covid restrictions, were finally celebrated in person on June 12 at the…
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WHEN THE GOING GETS REAL, THE GUARDIANS GET GOING
The Ha-ma-yas Guardians have been practising responses to marine disaster scenarios for three years now in partnership with the Canadian Coast Guard and Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC). When a fuel tanker carrying 17,000…
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Traditional Feast Marks Beginning of Co-Governance Agreement for Great Bear Sea
Photo credit: Emilee Gilpin Representative from three governments gathered at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art on February 9, 2023, to celebrate the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network Action Plan, which marks the…
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Marine Protected Area Network partners endorse plan to protect British Columbia’s North Coast
Vancouver, British Columbia – The blueprint for a vast network of marine protected areas (MPAs) across the northern third of Canada’s West Coast is being unveiled after more than a decade of work. Today, 15…
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