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 NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release 2018IRR0067-001925
Oct. 4, 2018
Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

shíshálh Nation and B.C. sign landmark agreement, breaking new ground in advancing reconciliation
VICTORIA - A landmark reconciliation agreement between the shíshálh Nation and B.C. recognizes and respects Indigenous title and rights, and supports self-determination and shíshálh self-government. The agreement is a commitment to working together to protect the environment, as well as promote economic opportunity and growth for the shíshálh Nation and the entire Sechelt region.  shíshálh Nation and B.C. sign landmark agreement, breaking new ground in advancing reconciliation

View a copy of shíshálh Nation Foundation Agreement: ow.ly/tAka30m5vPD
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​Sechelt Nation pens deal with province for 288 hectares
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CHRISTINE WOOD / SENIOR STAFF WRITER
​JULY 21, 2016
The shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation has signed three agreements with the province that will see them get about 288 hectares of Crown land, a share of provincial forestry revenue ...

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Vaughn Palmer:  B.C. and First Nations far apart on aboriginal title
Click here for Vancouver Sun, September 21, 2015

Vaughn Palmer: No quick fix for gulf between
province and First Nations
Click here for Vancouver Sun, September 18, 2015



'Take my access, take my land"  PENDER HARBOUR:  Where aboriginal rights conflict with private property rights, by Gordon Gibson .
Click here for Vancouver Sun, September 8, 2015
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Pacific Yachting magazine
First Nations Co-management of Foreshore Proposed for Pender Harbour ..... by Peter A. Robson    Click here for Currents in the July 2015 issue of Pacific Yachting magazine


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Tension in Pender Harbour over proposed plan for dock ...
Jun 13, 2015 - Frustrated Pender Harbour residents and dock owners filled a public meeting on ... By Nadia Stewart Global News ... is the lack of process,” said Bill Charlton, one of the many residents who stood up to speak at the meeting.  Click here for Global News coverage of June 15, 2015
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​B.C. hires consultant to help with Sechelt band dock feud 
by Mike Hager


The British Columbia government has hired a former aboriginal relations and reconciliation minister to help solve a long-simmering feud on the Sunshine Coast over the proposed regulation of private moorage by the Sechelt Indian Band, which is asserting a claim to part of the foreshore in Pender Harbour. ......  Click here for The Globe and Mail, August 17, 2016

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Pender Harbour docks management plan draws criticism  CBC.ca-Jun 15, 2015
A provincial moratorium on new docks at Pender Harbour in B.C.'s Sunshine Coast is set to be lifted in the coming months, but locals are ..... Click here for CBC.ca coverage of June 15, 2015

One Pender Harbour Resident speaks. 
Lyn Charlton's concerns about the Draft Dock Management Plan can be seen here:


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