West Fraser’s Kerry Douglas, of Quesnel & Campbell River’s Ed Wilcock, E&B Helicopters, receive 2017 safety awards

Beau Dick, Canadian artist of the Northwest Pacific Coast tradition, was a leading proponent of the collective experience of builders and artisans cooperating on big projects, a shared burden strongly reflecting the traditional way of life in the Indigenous communities of the Northwest Pacific Coast. “The time-line in the experience is all shared,” he explained, about working on cultural projects. Beau was a man with strong connections to the coastal past, born in 1955 and raised in Kingcome Inlet, B.C. (an inlet flowing deep into the mainland coast) there to grow up with a lot of culturally-grounded individuals.

Beau lived his first 10 years surrounded by extended family including Elders, uncles and aunts, and others who maintained the society of Big House Potlatch culture rooted in history. They lived in personal contact with pristine surroundings of Kingcome Inlet, sustained by hard work and thriving culture in manufacturing various forms of arts and crafts. His early years were spent fully immersed in Kwakwala, the language of the nation. Beau sat amongst carvers, father, grandfather, and uncles, and listened to histories, legends, laws, jurisdiction, in Kwakwala, and learned the way things came to pass and what is to come. Beau was vigilant about maintaining and passing along that knowledge for the rest of his life.​                                                         READ IT HERE

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AgriMarine Holdings / West Coast Fishculture (Lois Lake) Ltd

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Tŝilhqot’in Nation Challenged with ‘Business as Usual’ from B.C.

Frank Busch Book Review"...The strong narrative voice of Painted Turtle Man peels the layers of society off in small but explosive revelations.

The growth of Indigenous business in the economy is extraordinary and behind its sucess stand proud a diverse and spectacular crowd of characters many of who are widely ignored by the mainstream media.  It is first and foremost a story of survival against all odds, a story of historical injustices many of which continue today. But despite this these spectacular people have broken through years of negative stereotypes        

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OTTAWA, ON - Oct. 18, 2017 - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde today honoured the memory of Gord Downie as an artist and advocate who made a great personal effort to advance reconciliation and raise awareness of First Nations issues in Canada.
 
“I honour the life and work of Gord Downie, a dedicated and accomplished artist who used his profile to advance reconciliation and build support for First Nations peoples,” said AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. “Gord had the ability to reach people who might not be otherwise engaged in our issues. This was a tremendous personal effort on his part, one that illustrates his commitment to justice and his belief that every Canadian has a role to play in reconciliation.”

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Wicapi Omani, “Walks Among the Stars”, Offers Condolences to Family

GROWING THE BUILDING TRADES IN MANITOBA'S INDIGENOUS YOUTH

Grieg Seafood commends work of Ocean Legacy Foundation

Aquaculture Experience and Innovation from Canadian Growers

Brain Drain Washes Out The Red Road

Goodbye, My Friend, Beau Dick

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C - Sep. 26, 2017 - Following the worst wildfire season the Province of British Columbia has ever seen, the Tŝilhqot’in Nation remains unequivocally opposed to the opening of the moose hunt in Tŝilhqot’in territory.  The Province of B.C has not addressed this crisis appropriately and the Tsilhqot’in Nation is exploring all options to ensure food security for its people and healthy moose populations for the future. Moose populations in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region have severely declined over the past decade.  In response to the unprecedented wildfires, the Tŝilhqot’in Nation has been calling on the Province of B.C to ban the licensed moose hunt for 2017 in Tŝilhqot’in territory.  Instead, the BC Wildfire Service recently approved increased access by hunters to affected areas.                   READ IT HERE 

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) form a central part of the 

Badinotti Net Services Canada Ltd. (Badinotti Net Services) in Campbell River, B.C., took possession of a 40' catamaran, in January 2017, designed specifically to clean nets on the open sea. The Bravo II is the result of two years of research and planning based off of Badinotti Net Services three-plus years of experience with on-site net washing operations.      READ IT HERE

in developing sustainable technologies for commercial aquaculture applications. The Company operates its farming division through West Coast Fishculture (Lois Lake) Ltd., and its technology division through AgriMarine Technologies Inc.. 

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Hon. Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, announced funding from Ottawa for Fish Safe BC to support an education and awareness initiative in January of 2016, that promotes safe boating practices on board small commercial fishing vessels across the country. Fish Safe BC is receiving up to $900,000 over three years to expand a successful safety education program based in B.C., the "Safest Catch" program. This program uses fishermen to train other fishermen about relevant regulatory requirements and how to make safety an integral part of their commercial fishing business.  READ IT HERE​

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"Our sustainability report this year is centered on five concrete focus areas which are aligned with the SDGs, and through our reporting we present Cermaq’s approach to contribute to the realization of the SDGs, says Wenche Grønbrekk, head of Sustainability and Risk in Cermaq Group.        READ IT HERE

Bravo II a State-of-the-Art On-Site Net Washing Vessel

Cermaq Canada farmed salmon grows in some of the wildest, cleanest waters on earth. The strong tides and West Coast climate are good for Cermaq Canada's Atlantic salmon, keeping them strong and healthy. This makes them some of the finest, best-quality fish you can find in the grocery store. "We produce exclusively head-on, gutted salmon that are always fresh," says Grant Warkentin, Communications Manager, Cermaq Canada in Campbell River, British Columbia.        READ IT HERE

Millard Creek, Courtenay BC

Tim Rundle Named Organic Champion of the Year

Indigenous Business Growth Essential to Canadian Economy

This October, Cermaq Canada farms continue to achieve the highest standard of independent certification, the World Wildlife Fund-based ASC farm standard. This expansion of ASC certification of Cermaq Canada farms comes as part of Cermaq Canada’s commitment to the highest standard of independent certification, 

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Bellegarde Honours Memory of Gord Downie 

According to the recent experience of Richard Dickenson, you can apprentice for carpentry in Saskatchewan to the level of a fourth year journeyman, at which point the bureaucracy of apprenticeship opens the flat earth and swallows aspiring Indigenous applicants   READ IT HERE

Sustainability is a Choice

​Quaaout Lodge and Spa has been established for over 25 years on the shores of Little Shuswap Lake. The 70-room facility has grown ​from inception to include​ ​spa​ ​​and ​conference halls​, not to mention an 18-hole golf course ranked in the top 10 in B.C., and cultural awareness features such as a re-created kekuli on the property beside the lake, and pictography in the facility's walks and walls that recall the ancient connection of the Little Shuswap Indian Band with their traditional territory in the Secwepemc Nation.                                                                                  READ IT HERE

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Indigenous Business Canada  Offers the Pathway to Progress for All Canadians

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framework for Cermaq’s annual sustainability report for 2016.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were integrated into Cermaq’s strategy in 2016, and form a central part of the framework for Cermaq’s annual sustainability report. From this year forward, the company’s performance on five focus areas are reported, where each area is linked to a specific SDG that Cermaq can significantly impact. 

Cermaq Canada Achieves Three More ASC Certifications

On Saturday, October 1 and Sunday October 2, 2016, in Delta, members of the Vancouver Island Marine Debris Working Group including Ocean Legacy Foundation unloaded all the plastic and marine debris collected from Vancouver Island beaches during a recent clean-up campaign.     READ IT HERE

Robert Walker is the Chief Operating Officer of AgriMarine Holdings, operators of a Canadian-based aquaculture company that specializes in fish farming and 

Strengthening Commercial Fishing Safety in Canada Through Fish Safe BC

BCSFA Statement Responds to Sea Shepherd Society Operation Virus Hunter II

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