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Wa’xaid Cecil Paul passed away on Dec. 3, leaving a legacy that includes the preservation of 325,000 hectares of coastal temperate rainforest in the Kitlope River valley near Kitimat, B.C. Photo: Callum Gunn
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‘Hero of the planet’: remembering the life and legacy of Wa’xaid Cecil Paul
The Xenaksiala Elder survived residential school and went on to lead the battle to protect B.C.’s Kitlope valley with quiet conviction
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Wa is ‘the river;’
Wa’xaid Cecil Paul, a Xenaksiala Elder, always introduced himself this way. 
He was 90 years old when he passed away on Dec. 3. ....

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