qathet Living, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
One leader of Tla’amin Nation, Erik Blaney, says his government has been having problems with BC’s Agricultural Land Commission and Reserve system for the past six years.
“The Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) have imposed restrictions on our lands that we never agreed to, nor were we ever consulted with,” says Erik.
Continue reading Treaty should trump the ALC, says Tla’amin First NationClick here for ‘Pereira stepping down from QXMC: What happened?’
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Bruno Pereira has been at the helm of Klahoose First Nation’s business arm since 2019 and, after over three years in the role, he’s stepping down.
Pereira has helped the Qathen Xwegus corporation grow and develop significantly during his tenure. The corporation has several divisions, including tourism, forestry and aquaculture. Pereira says when he took over, revenues were marginal at best. Now, he says Qathen Xwegus has evolved to bring in $8-10 million dollars annually in gross revenue.
Continue reading General manager of Qathen Xwegus on Cortes Island is stepping down after three years
It has been six years since Klahoose Wilderness Adventures erected its first bear watching tower in Toba Inlet. Now there are six viewing platforms, but they are only for two months every year.
Cortes Currents asked Bruno Pereira, Senior Manager of Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC) which oversees Klahoose First Nation business activities, if there are plans to expand their tourism offerings in Toba.
Continue reading Toba Inlet: Another potential expansion for Qathen Xwegus?
While they have had a forestry license in Toba Inlet since 2009, Klahoose Forestry has been going through some significant changes.
Bruno Pereira, Senior Manager of Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC) explained that when he arrived three years ago, operations were managed by a partner from Vancouver.
“The last few years have been transition years going from thinking of transitioning, to acting on transitioning,” he explained.
Continue reading A time of transition for Klahoose ForestryBy Shari Narine, Windspeaker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As the forest fire season in Canada continues to start earlier each year, destroying more and more hectares of wooded area, a new study recommends removing barriers so Indigenous-led cultural burning practices can be used as prominently as the western way of fire suppression is today.
Continue reading Cultural burning holds important place in wildfire mitigation
