Penticton Mayor Pays Tribute to Late Former MLA Joan Phillip

Penticton mayor pays tribute to late former MLA Joan Phillip

Penticton Mayor Julius Bloomfield is sharing condolences following the death of former Vancouver-Strathcona MLA Joan Amshen Phillip. On Monday, the mayor issued a statement on the Penticton Indian Band member's passing, which was announced by PIB on Friday. "On behalf of Penticton City Council ...

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Tributes for First Nations leader and MLA Joan Phillip, dead at 74

Joan Phillip, who died Friday is being remembered by Premier David Eby as an “epic... The post ‘Epic fighter’: Tributes for First Nations leader, B.C. MLA Joan Phillip appeared first on APTN News.

'Epic fighter': Tributes for B.C. Indigenous leader and MLA Joan Phillip, dead at 74

By The Canadian Press British Columbia legislator and Indigenous leader Joan Phillip has died, with Premier David Eby honouring her as an “epic fighter.” The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs said in a statement on Friday that the NDP MLA died peacefully Friday afternoon, surrounded by her family, including “the love of her life,” husband Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, their children and grandchildren. “Joan was a fearless warrior and inspir…