Vancouver – First Nations leadership across BC is united in calling for immediate action to protect incarcerated peoples amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.The COVID-19 outbreak at the Mission Institution is now the third largest outbreak in the Province of BC, with…
Vancouver – In an open letter to various Ministers in Government, UBCIC is demanding an immediate release of all non-violent offenders as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response and emergency state of Indigenous incarceration. Dear Ministers, Dr. Ivan Zinger, Canada’s…
((Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaʔɬ/sel̓ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver – Grand Chief Stewart Phillip was re-elected by acclamation to President of Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) for another three-year term, a position he has served for the past twenty-one consecutive years….
Coast Salish Territories/Vancouver – On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the removal of former Attorney General and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and former Treasury Board President Jane Philpott from the federal Liberal caucus and dropped them as election candidates…
Ottawa/Calgary – On Friday , the National Energy Board (NEB) released its report and recommendations on the Reconsideration Hearing, one of two reports that will be considered by the Governor in Council when making its final decision on the Trans…
Coast Salish Territory /Vancouver – The Union of BC Indian Chiefs unequivocally denounces the inaccurate and misleading statements made by Minister Carolyn Bennett to the national media and to the chiefs gathered at a meeting of the Assembly of First…
Ottawa/Fraser Valley – The National Energy Board was told on Thursday that it has less than six months to redo its environmental review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, taking into account the impact of additional oil tanker traffic off…
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is celebrating the Federal Court of Appeal verdict on the Trans Mountain approval and calls on Prime Minister Trudeau to immediately stop construction and shut the project down. The…
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – On the heels of the news showing that the Trans Mountain Pipeline project will increase in cost, and that is part of what taxpayers are currently paying for after the Federal Liberals bought the pipeline project,…