First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast

First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast

Tla’amin First Nation says it plans to manage part of the land for cultural and environmental values, but will also develop some of it for industry

Registration for First Nation’s language revitalization event sells out in under a month

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Those looking to participate in a First Nation’s language revitalization event for April will now have to sit on a wait list.

First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast - The Turtle Island News

CP-The Tla’amin First Nation and forestry giant Domtar have reached an agreement for the nation to reacquire a large portion of a historic village site along the B.C. Sunshine Coast. The nation and Domtar issued a joint statement saying the two sides took part in a ceremony to sign the agreement that was the result of years of work. The nation says the village, called tiskwat, holds both historical and current significance to its people. The agr…

First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast – Energeticcity.ca

POWELL RIVER, B.C. — The Tla’amin First Nation and forestry giant Domtar have reached an agreement for the nation to reacquire a large portion of a historic village site along the B.C. Sunshine Coast. The nation and Domtar issued a joint statement saying the two sides took part in a ceremony to sign the agreement that was the result of years of work. The nation says the village, called tiskwat, holds both historical and current significance to i…

The Domtar factory in Gatineau held a meeting with the federal government to take stock of its project to convert it into a cardboard mill, a transition that could preserve more than a hundred jobs in the region. Although no specific amounts have been advanced, discussions are about federal funding of up to 10% of the total cost of the project. This would be one of the largest investments in the history of the federal government in a local priva…

Domtar and Tla’amin Nation Celebrate Historic tiskwat Land Agreement

Domtar and the Tla’amin Nation have signed an historic tiskwat land agreement. The company and the Nation signed the agreement at a ceremony on Friday, March 14, in Tla’amin Territory.  Through the agreement, Tla’amin Nation will reacquire a substantial portion of land at the former tiskwat paper mill site in Powell River, British Columbia.   tiskwat was a large and important village site that holds both historical and contemporary significance …