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A feature panel at this year’s Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase, June 5th and 6th in Vancouver, will discuss how reconciliation and emerging technologies can work in tandem NationTalk: VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase (IPSS), is excited to announce a groundbreaking panel discussion titled “Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Digital Equity: Ongoing Lessons...

NationTalk: VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) has launched a pilot funding program to reduce financial barriers for Indigenous governments and organizations who want to participate as interveners in BCUC proceedings. This important initiative is one way the BCUC aims to advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples through our work and processes....

NationTalk: Vancouver, Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territories –  Today, TELUS announced a doubling of its commitment to the TELUS Indigenous Communities Fund, raising the investment from $1 million to $2 million over the next five years. In alignment with TELUS’ Reconciliation Commitment, the Indigenous Community Fund enables social outcomes and creates space for grant...

Others called for boycott of ice cream company after tweet says Canada is on stolen land CBC News: Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s is being praised by many First Nations people in Canada for a tweet supporting the #LandBack movement on Canada Day.  The tweet from the Canadian branch of the company read: “Another day...

Project will create 500 jobs during construction, 100 jobs once operational: province CBC News: The $3-billion Cedar liquefied natural gas facility (LNG) proposed by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Pembina Pipeline Corporation has been issued an environmental assessment certificate by the provincial government, bringing construction of the floating facility in Kitimat, B.C., one step...

The total Project cost has increased from $12.6 to $21.4 billion. This estimate includes the costs of all known Project enhancements, changes, delays and financing, including impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the substantial preliminary impacts of the November 2021 BC floods in the Hope, Coquihalla and Fraser Valley areas. The Project proudly embodies unprecedented...