Three communities in northern B.C. will share nearly $210,000 in funding from the Province for culture-based domestic violence programs for Aboriginal families and communities.

Approximately 350 family members of murdered and missing Aboriginal women and girls joined together for a three-day gathering of healing and memoriam at the Prince George Civic Centre.

A new skills training program gets underway this month for First Nations communities in northern B.C. that will help to ensure they benefit from jobs in British Columbia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.

Allie Auger knows the importance of skills training.  A member of the Saulteau First Nations, Allie is an Aboriginal Skills Navigator for the New Relationship Trust.

A series of community-based job skills training courses in northeast B.C. will support First Nations members becoming job-ready for B.C.’s growing liquefied natural gas and natural resource sectors.

Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad has issued the following statement in support of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation’s renewed interest in the B.C. treaty process:

To support greater First Nations participation in the clean energy sector, applications are now being accepted until the end of January for the next round of funding from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF).