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A new proposal has emerged in response to the November 2021 floods that swept Sumas Prairie in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, causing mass evacuations and millions in damages.

More than $8.5M designated for pump-station upgrades and infrastructure repairs

More than $8.5M designated for pump-station upgrades and infrastructure repairs

Funding of $3.2 million will go toward flood protection upgrades to the Barrowtwon pump station, and $5.28 million will go toward nine other recovery projects.

More than $8.5M designated for pump-station upgrades and infrastructure repairs

Three First Nations recently won back a swath of their territory next to the site of St. Mary’s Indian Residential School, which ran operated for more than a century. As the nations move forward with plans to develop the area through a precedent-setting land back agreement, survivors and their communities are re-examining the relationship between stolen children and stolen land that cost them the area in the first place.

Malloway: a family man known for generosity, kindness, and fighting for Indigenous rights to dance

Malloway: a family man known for generosity, kindness, and fighting for Indigenous rights to dance

Malloway: a family man known for generosity, kindness, and fighting for Indigenous rights to dance

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be visiting BC on Friday to meet with leaders, and to visit areas of the province impacted by floods.