Salmon Arm agencies learn ‘psychological manipulation’ key in human trafficking

Editor’s note: The following contains details which may be disturbing to some readers. Human trafficking is not the burly guy covered in tattoos and heavy gold chains smoking a cigar. It’s not an unmarked windowless white van. It’s the person who could be the guy – or girl – next door offering a helping hand. […]

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Former Spuzzum First Nation chief sentenced to 1 year of probation for assault

Former Spuzzum First Nation Chief James Hobart was sentenced to one year of probation earlier this week in connection to a 2022 assault in Mission. Hobart was issued a probation order and a conditional discharge at a sentencing hearing in Abbotsford provincial court on Monday (April 13), according to the BC Prosecution Service. The offences

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Heiltsuk Nation takes oil spill compensation fight to London

The Heiltsuk Nation has taken its push for oil spill liability reform and Indigenous cultural compensation international. Heiltsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett is in London, England, from April 13 to 17 to meet with the United Nations International Maritime Organization in the Nation’s latest bid to draw attention to the lasting impacts of the Nathan

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