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VICTORIA, BC, May 25, 2021 /CNW/ - A historic agreement is bringing new funding to the Kwikwasut inuxw Haxwa mis First Nation (KHFN).
The Hith alis Agreement, a partnership between the B.C. government, KHFN and Coast Funds, provides $721,000 to enhance stewardship and management activities in KHFN territory in the Broughton Archipelago.
Kwikwasut inuxw Haxwa mis First Nation’s conservation endowment will provide access to local, family-supporting endowment based out of Gwa-yas-dums (Gilford Island). Photo by Brodie Guy. (CNW Group/Coast Funds)
Kwikwasut inuxw Haxwa mis First Nation logo (CNW Group/Coast Funds) Partnerships such as this are so important to moving forward with First Nations communities, said Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. Working together with the Kwikwasut inuxw Haxwa mis First Nation, stewardship efforts in the region will receive the support they need to
Armogam, 49, is the sole family practitioner remaining at Port McNeill Medical Collaborative at 2161 McNeill Rd., which he owns. He spoke out earlier this year when his physician partner, Dr. Joy Mijares, announced she was leaving the practice at the end of April. That left Armogam as the only family physician serving the area and hospital for the last three weeks. Port McNeill is home to roughly 3,500 people, and its physicians are supposed to also serve the Mount Waddington area and isolated regions including Kincome Inlet, Gilford Island, Alert Bay, Rivers Inlet, Zeballos and Sointula. The departure of three of the four physicians from the Port McNeill Medical Collaborative “placed it at significant risk of closure,” Island Health said Tuesday. In response, the health authority said, it hired two temporary physicians with rural health-care experience as “additional primary care supports” for the community and existing clinic.
Thrice cursed Charles Island now a sanctuary
Kendra Wingate
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Charles Island, a 14-acre island located approximately 0.5 miles off the coast of Milford, boasts a long and storied past. The unassuming island is steeped in decades of history, is said to be “thrice cursed,” and is a now cherished state resource for native wildlife.
The first curse was said to have been laid upon the land by a Paugusset chief in 1639 when he lost the land, which he believed to be home to the sacred spirits, to European settlers. Resulting in ill will, he cursed the island, any structure that was erected on the island and anyone who tried to live there. The second was laid on the island in 1699 by Scottish pirate and notorious high sea robber Captain William Kidd, who was lured into a trap on the island leading to his trial and execution, but not before he buried treasure. He, like any good pirate, cursed the island, believing if you curse the land, you’ll scare off any would
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