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Thursday, May 3, 2012 10:06 AM
Legislation introduced today will allow provincial laws and regulations to apply to major commercial and industrial projects on federal Indian Reserve Land for the first time, announced Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Mary Polak.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1:00 PM
A small storage, run-of-river hydro facility that will create economic opportunities and help a coastal First Nation get off diesel is one of 11 new projects supported by B.C.'s First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF).
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 5:25 PM
A unique joint decision-making council created through the Kunst’aa guu - Kunst’aayah Reconciliation Protocol between the Haida Nation and B.C. marks a significant achievement today, with the announcement of the new Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) for Haida Gwaii.
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Friday, March 30, 2012 10:30 AM
Aboriginal Health Physician Advisor Dr. Evan Adams has been appointed Deputy Provincial Health Officer, announced Minister of Health Michael de Jong, the First Nations Heath Council and the interim First Nations Health Authority.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:00 AM
B.C. has reached successful agreements with First Nations that deliver specific, practical benefits for communities, companies and the province by shortening project timelines, facilitating faster permits for projects, and creating new jobs, partnerships and training programs.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:30 PM
The Haisla Nation have joined the Coastal First Nations Reconciliation Protocol, a move that will create economic opportunities for the Haisla people and increase certainty over the coastal land base for the First Nation, industry and government.
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Friday, November 18, 2011 3:00 PM
Job training, joint ventures with industry and exploration of clean energy developments are some of the opportunities being pursued by 14 Aboriginal communities across B.C. through a total of $510,000 from the second round of the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011 1:00 PM
The members of the new Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women were confirmed today by Mary Polak, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
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Monday, October 3, 2011 4:00 PM

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Provincial and Aboriginal leaders will honour 20 Aboriginal youth for successfully completing the 2010-11 B.C. Aboriginal Youth Internship Program, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Mary Polak announced.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 2:07 PM

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Placing drawings and handwritten stories into a time capsule, Premier Christy Clark and Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Mary Polak joined Yale Chief Robert Hope and youth from the Yale First Nation to celebrate the introduction of provincial legislation to ratify B.C.'s third modern treaty under the B.C. treaty process.
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