After productive conversations between the Province, Lil’wat Nation and N’Quatqua, the parties have reached an agreement for the reopening of Pipi7iekw (Joffre Lakes Park).

Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) has purchased, with funding from the Province of British Columbia, the private property on which the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School operated between 1891 and 1981.

Following ongoing conversations between B.C. and Lil’wat, Pipi7iekw (Joffre Lakes Provincial Park) will be open over the Labour Day long weekend.

From the Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/crown-indigenous-relations-northern-affairs/news/2023/07/the-haida-nation-british-columbia-and-canada-sign-the-nang-kuula--nang-kuulaas-recognition-agreement.html

Ts’uubaa-asatx First Nation and B.C. are celebrating a key reconciliation milestone that creates community and economic development opportunities by returning culturally significant land back to Ts’uubaa-asatx in the Cowichan Valley. 

Tseshaht First Nation and the B.C. government are celebrating an important step forward in their partnership, with provincial funds supporting Tseshaht as they work toward a new housing development that will benefit the entire Alberni Valley.

A new agreement between the Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council (NNTC), its member communities and the provincial government aims to strengthen a collaborative government-to-government relationship on shared decision-making in Nlaka’pamux territory.

Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, has appointed two new members to the Minister’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Women (MACIW).