The First Nations Leadership Council (Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit, and British Columbia Assembly of First Nations) and the Governments of Canada and British Columbia will be making an important announcement about early learning and child care for First Nations in British Columbia. The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development,…
September 11, 2024 Gaspé, Quebec Parks Canada The Association of Expropriated Persons from Forillon and their Descendants and Parks Canada invite you to an event to celebrate an award received during the 2024 Parks Canada CEO Awards of Excellence and…
September 11, 2024 Louisbourg, Nova Scotia Parks Canada Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Member of Parliament for Cape Breton—Canso, will commemorate the refurbishment of the Louisbourg Lighthouse at a ribbon cutting ceremony…
Port Hardy, British Columbia — Please be advised that Chief Leslie Walkus and Gwa’sala-Nakwaxda’xw Council members, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, and the Honourable Grace Lore, British Columbia’s Minister of Children and Family Development, will participate in a signing ceremony and celebration of a historic coordination agreement to affirm and restore jurisdiction…
September 10, 2024 Smoky Lake, Alberta Parks Canada Parks Canada and the government of Alberta will unveil new Canadian Heritage Rivers System plaques to commemorate the official designation of the Alberta section of the North Saskatchewan River as a Canadian Heritage River. Flags of Treaty 6 and the Otipemisiwak Métis Nation in Alberta will…
Ottawa, Ontario (September 6, 2024) — Today, Ministers Vandal, Anandasangaree, and Hajdu issued the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Cathy Merrick Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC). Grand Chief Merrick was a trailblazing leader, as the first female Chief of the AMC, and a cherished member…