By Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Elks Hall will be home to the new Indigenous court in Williams Lake.
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Wet’suwet’en land defenders ceremony
By Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is standing with Wet’suwet’en land defenders who said they were threatened with arrest during a recent ceremony in their traditional territory near Houston, B.C. which briefly blocked access for Coastal GasLink workers.
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Tsilhqot’in community pray for the salmon return
By Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
?Esdilagh First Nation Chief Roy Stump remembers the last time he caught and harvested a salmon.
It was before the wildfires that devastated the Cariboo-Chilcotin region in 2017.
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First Nations call for closure of Fraser River Fisheries
By Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Leadership of the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (NStQ) is the latest to call for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to issue an emergency order closing all fisheries in the Fraser River and associated systems.
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Tsilhqot’in Leaders close all Salmon Fishery
By Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tsilhqot’in leaders say they have no choice but to close all salmon fishing within their territory west of Williams Lake due to “extreme conservation concern” over the state of sockeye and chinook runs.
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