BC FNs chief not a band member: opponents
In British Columbia an embattled chief is in court trying to head off a challenge from dissidents.
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High BC custody death numbers show need for oversight
Police investigating themselves is a controversial topic across the country. In British Columbia, that practice may be coming to an end.
Extraordinary testimony from judges at Paul inquiry
Extraordinary testimony continued at the Frank Paul inquiry in Vancouver.
B.C. premier steps down
British Columbia Premier Gordong Campbell suddenly resigned Thursday. APTN journalists discuss the stunning event.
‘Our culture, our way of life has been protected’
The Conservative government has rejected a controversial gold and copper mine proposal in British Columbia’s interior that threatened to destroy a lake sacred to area First Nations.
New BC Aboriginal affairs minister thrust into the fire
A cabinet shuffle in British Columbia has brought in a new minister of Aboriginal relations and reconciliation.
‘People in power are abusing us’
There’s an outcry from Aboriginal leaders that racism is an issue within the justice system in British Columbia’s interior.
Red tape leaves community in the cold
Jurisdictional red tape is putting pressure on housing in one northern B.C. community that sits along the provincial boundary with the Yukon.
Police ID highway of tears body
A day after the country’s justice ministers released a report calling for the creation of a national data-base for murdered and missing women, police revealed they had identified the body of another First Nations woman found dead near British Columbia’s highway of tears.