Author: Michael Murphy

12 Dec B.C. renames Queen Charlotte Islands (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 09:48h in News, Posts

The Queen Charlotte Islands will soon be no more.  The archipelago will be officially renamed Haida Gwaii, Premier Gordon Campbell announced yesterday at the signing of a reconciliation protocol.  The traditional name, whose English translation is "islands of the people," will now appear on all...

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11 Dec Inuits need cash for freezers in warming Arctic (Reuters)

Posted at 09:58h in News, Posts

Inuit communities need funds to adapt to climate change in the Arctic, including measures to build communal deep freezers to store game because warming is reducing their hunting season, an Inuit leader said on Friday.  The Inuit, the indigenous people of Greenland, Canada, Alaska and...

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11 Dec Land registry changes fall short, natives say: While new legislation makes it easier to start development, band also wants right to collect property transfer tax (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 09:55h in News, Posts

The federal government moved yesterday to make it easier for native bands to undertake large-scale commercial development on reserves by permitting the establishment of land registry systems that give comfort to investors.  But the Squamish Nation in British Columbia, which wants to develop prime real...

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