Share 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