Former lieutenant-governor Steven Point isn’t sure most British Columbians will remember his pal Alfred Scow. He doubts if many people even realize that Scow was the province’s first — and, for a long time, only — aboriginal judge. Scow died in February at 86. He represented a beacon for many indigenous people hoping to enter the [...]
Every two years, the Musqueam First Nation in southwest Vancouver elects a 10-member council and, at its head, a chief. But on election day this December, one name will be conspicuously absent from the ballot. Since 1999, Chief Ernie Campbell has guided the 1,296 member band through land-claims disputes, fishing-rights issues, and the 2010 Vancouver [...]
On Courtenay Gibson’s desk sits a growing stack of applications from young Musqueam members, each vying for a free refurbished computer. The Musqueam First Nation was recently selected for a laptop giveaway designed to help its youth population span the digital divide. For both the band and its young members, the secondhand, donated computers represent [...]
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