By Chadd Cawson, The Columbia Valley Pioneer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
An untouched piece of Indigenous land called Halibut Island, also known as SISȻENEM, near Salt Spring Island, will be the first piece of land given back to an Indigenous community through a land trust. The nearly 436,000 square foot island has been stewarded by the Saanich, or W̱SÁNEĆ, Peoples for thousands of years.
Continue reading SISȻENEM will be the first land trust returned to a First NationOriginally published by the Parliament of Canada
On 1 February 2022, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (the Committee) agreed to undertake a study to “examine how the Department of Fisheries and Oceans prioritizes, resources and develops scientific studies and advice for the department, how the results of scientific study are communicated to the Minister and Canadians, and how the minister applies data and advice provided by the department and other government departments to ministerial decisions.”The Committee heard from 57 witnesses over nine meetings held between 26 April 2022 and 7 October 2022.
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“I’m hoping that this summer at the Friday Market, we’ll at least be able to have a prototype on a trailer. We’ll be able to pull an A-frame into the parking lot at Mansons, and people will be able to walk inside, sit in it and check it out. In terms of the refined prototype, that concept will be September.”
“We’re working a little bit with Jason Andrews, who is so gracious with his time and expertise. He has really talked at length with us about the difference between really working on the prototyping versus jumping into trying to sell your product. There’s such a high demand for an extra bedroom around.”
“I think we could be popping these out by June, but they would be rudimentary and so the goal at this point would be to have them for next summer (2024). So this is something that next spring, hopefully we will be able to be in a position where we have something that’s been really tested, refined and repeatable.”
Continue reading Ellingsen Woods: Making small cabins for the glamping market“When I came to Cortes, I imagined just making boards is a great thing to do. I’ve had a number of years to assess and reassess that reality. It’s possible as a one man operation for me to do okay at that, but it’s a subsistence business not a business model. It’s not a business plan,” explained Aaron Ellingsen.
His company, Ellingsen Woods, is about to go through a relaunch.
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By Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Expanding midwifery care in British Columbia could help improve pregnancy outcomes for birthing parents and babies, particularly those in rural and remote areas, according to a new study from B.C.-based researchers.
Pregnant people under the care of midwives were less likely to have underweight or preterm babies, or to require the use of forceps, vacuums or caesarean sections to deliver their babies than patients being cared for by only family doctors or obstetricians, a Monday study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found.
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