The Tlowitsis, We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum and K’ómoks First Nations, and Western Forest Products Inc. have reached an agreement for the Nations to acquire a 34% interest from Western in a newly formed limited partnership for $35.9 million.

Premier David Eby; Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General; Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation; and Kelli Paddon, Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity, have issued the following statement in support of Moose Hide Campaign Day:

Huu-ay-aht First Nations and B.C. are celebrating the creation of the Oomiiqsu (Aboriginal Mother Centre), a new housing, support and child care centre that will help Indigenous women and children on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Premier John Horgan and Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, have issued the following statement on Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation:

The shíshálh Nation and the Province of British Columbia are starting negotiations on the first joint decision-making agreement to be negotiated under Section 7 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act).