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News Release For Immediate Release Government of Canada announces new Oceans Protection Plan actions to protect Canada’s coasts and waterways March 13, 2018            Vancouver, British Columbia Canada’s coasts support Indigenous and coastal communities, enable international trade, are home to precious ecosystems, and play a key role in strengthening the Read more…

January 19, 2018 Haida Gwaii, British Columbia – The Haida Nation and the Government of Canada have agreed to increase the level of protection at the SGaan Kinghlas – Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area (MPA) by closing all bottom-contact fishing. This closure shows a precautionary management approach to protection of Read more…

(Vancouver, January 17, 2018) – Improved Internet connectivity will be transformative for Coastal First Nations (CFN) communities. Peter Lantin, President of Council of the Haida Nation and a CFN director says for most rural communities dial-up Internet is a distant memory. “But today, slow connections to the Internet remain a Read more…

The Council of the Haida Nation has been working to resolve issues with British Columbia Timber Sales, and the cutblocks at Nadu River and Lawn Hill. At the public meeting held November 24 in Gaaw, there was broad concern that BCTS is pursuing profit over culture and community. The Council Read more…

British Columbia Timber Sales has posted logging blocks near Nadu Road and Lawn Hill. These blocks went before the Solutions Table where the application was vetted by representatives of the Haida Nation and Province of BC. The Haida Nation found the blocks had a variety of issues and did not Read more…

Haida Nation endorses PNCIMA Plan Today, eleven First Nations – including the Haida Nation – and the federal and provincial governments announced the approval of the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) Plan. The plan establishes an ecosystem-based management framework and strategic marine planning goals, objectives and strategies for Read more…