MOU REINFORCES B.C.’S COMMITMENT TO ABORIGINAL YOUTH

VANCOUVER – A thousand young Aboriginal people from across the province witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between B.C. and the Unified Aboriginal Youth Collective.

FINAL AGREEMENT INITIALLED BY YALE FIRST NATION, BC, CANADA

YALE FIRST NATION – The Chief Negotiators of Yale First Nation, British Columbia and Canada initialled the Yale Final Agreement, marking a significant step forward in bringing certainty and economic prosperity to the community.

AGREEMENT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR TSAY KEH DENE

VICTORIA – George Abbott, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation and Chris O’Riley, vice-president of BC Hydro joined the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation in their community yesterday to celebrate the conclusion of a final agreement that addresses the longstanding grievances from the creation and operation of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Williston Reservoir in the Peace River Valley region.

B.C. AND TREATY 8 FIRST NATIONS SIGN FIVE AGREEMENTS

FORT ST. JOHN – Chiefs of three Treaty 8 First Nations - Doig River First Nation, West Moberly First Nations and Prophet River First Nation - have signed five significant agreements with the Province to provide for collaborative planning, management and operation of Treaty 8 lands in the province’s Northeast.

B.C. AND HAIDA ACHIEVE HISTORIC RECONCILIATION PROTOCOL

VANCOUVER – Premier Gordon Campbell and Guujaaw, President of the Haida Nation signed a historic reconciliation protocol – Kunst’aa guu - Kunst’aayah, which means “the beginning”.