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The Heiltsuk Nation is celebrating after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian Coast Guard and Transport Canada that empowers the nation to better protect its waters. Here, Jordan Wilson, a Heiltsuk Coastal Guardian Watchman, stands aboard one of the nation’s monitoring vessels in the Great Bear Rainforest. Photo: April Bencze / Heiltsuk Tribal Council
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Heiltsuk Nation, federal agencies sign agreement to establish Indigenous marine response team
More than four years after the Nathan E. Stewart disaster on B.C.'s central coast, the Canadian Coast Guard and Transport Canada commit to funding and training Heiltsuk first responders and improving communication and collaboration