First Nations

BC PULSE – Most believe Cowichan ruling may damage reconciliation

October 30, 2025 // 2 Comments

Three-in-five say B.C. government right to appeal decision, 12 per cent disagree By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE October 30, 2025 – A recent B.C. Supreme Court decision recognizing [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – I believe the people of the Cowichan Tribes

October 30, 2025 // 4 Comments

FEAR HAS BEEN STOKED that the Cowichan Tribes are going to seize properties on a piece of land awarded them by the B.C. Supreme Court. I believe the Cowichan Tribes when they [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Indigenous people don’t have veto power over projects

July 17, 2025 // 1 Comment

THERE’S A LOT of misunderstanding over Canada’s commitment to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The confusion over UNDRIP [Continue]

GUEST COLUMNIST – A candidate’s ignorance of our definitive history

November 9, 2024 // 2 Comments

By LYNN STONIER-NEWMAN Guest Columnist ARE WE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA so desperate for political party candidates that we no longer adequately investigate that person’s [Continue]

LETTER – The vilification of our British heritage has got to stop

March 1, 2024 // 1 Comment

Re: EDITORIAL – New rule from the NDP – don’t call yourself a British Columbian Thank you for your article re: the above. I visited the B.C. govt site [Continue]

JOHNSON – Response to MLA Todd Stone on changes to the B.C. Land Act

February 11, 2024 // 4 Comments

MR. TODD STONE (MLA Kamloops-South Thompson) recently wrote a piece published on this Armchair Mayor news site with the headline, NDP’s Land Act changes will give [Continue]