FNLC Outraged BC Prosecution Services Stay Manslaughter Charges in the Dale Culver Case
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April 6, 2024
FNLC Outraged BC Prosecution Services Stay Manslaughter Charges in the Dale Culver Case
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is furious at the BC Prosecution Service’s (BCPS) decision to stay manslaughter charges against constables Paul Ste-Marie and Jean Francois Monette, RCMP officers involved in the arrest and death of Dale Culver in Prince George on July 18, 2017.
Read more“There is no justice”: family of Dale Culver appalled as Crown drops charges against RCMP officers responsible for his death
“There is no justice”: family of Dale Culver appalled as Crown drops charges against RCMP officers responsible for his death
LHEIDLI T'ENNEH (PRINCE GEORGE) – Grieving relatives of a Wet’suwet’en man killed by RCMP officers are warning other families after constables Paul Sainte-Marie and Jean-Francois Monette walked free on Friday. Crown prosecutors announced a stay of charges, ending the prosecution of the two officers in Dale Culver’s death.
Read moreUBCIC Strongly Condemns Residential School Denialism Being Advanced at Municipal Level
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April 2, 2024
UBCIC Strongly Condemns Residential School Denialism Being Advanced at Municipal Level
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – April 2, 2024) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) stands with the Lhtako Dene Nation and is angered, disgusted and deeply disturbed that the Quesnel Mayor’s wife has been distributing a book promoting residential school denialism.
Read moreFNLC Stands with the Haida Nation and Denounces Misleading and Factually Incorrect Statement by B.C. United Party
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March 25, 2024
FNLC Stands with the Haida Nation and Denounces Misleading and Factually Incorrect Statement by B.C. United Party
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is deeply disappointed with a statement made on March 22nd by the B.C. United Party that politicizes the basic human rights of First Nations and mischaracterizes the Haida Title Land Agreement (Agreement).
Read moreFNLC Dismayed by Lack of Progress in Improving First Nations Housing and Infrastructure
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xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. - The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is deeply concerned by the recent findings published by the Auditor General of Canada regarding housing in First Nations Communities released on March 19. It confirms that since their first report in 2003, little progress has been made in supporting First Nations to improve housing conditions in our communities.
Read moreOn World Water Day UBCIC Calls on Governments to Prevent Predicted Water Shortages
News Release
March 22, 2024
On World Water Day UBCIC Calls on Governments to Prevent Predicted Water Shortages
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – March 22, 2024) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) acknowledges World Water Day and calls on the provincial and federal governments to support and provide funding for First Nations in B.C. to combat predicted drought conditions this summer, including funding the shíshálh Nation’s proposed and desperately needed reservoir.
Read moreEnvironment and Land Use Act Orders Regarding Mining Provide Necessary Space to Provide Predictability in the Mining Sector
News Release
March 14, 2024
Environment and Land Use Act Orders Regarding Mining Provide Necessary Space to Provide Predictability in the Mining Sector
(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) fully supports the Province of B.C. taking measures to pause mining activity in the territories of the Gitxaala and Ehattesaht Nations by issuing interim orders under its Environment and Land Use Act. These measures provide the needed time and opportunity to resolve outstanding issues in relation to mining in the Nations’ territories.
Read moreFNLC Calls on the Vancouver Park Board to Halt Planned Eviction of CRAB Park
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(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) condemns the recent plans by the Vancouver Park Board to close CRAB Park and remove structures containing “construction materials” before allowing residents to return with temporary tent shelters only. CRAB park has been home to residents since May 2021 and shelters at least 30 full-time residents, many of whom are First Nations citizens.
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