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Eby backs down on DRIPA, will seek joint path on B.C. Indigenous law

The premier’s office says the government “will not be introducing legislation on DRIPA during this session.” A press conference is scheduled for Monday to outline next steps.

Alessia Passafiume and Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press

British Columbia Premier David Eby has backed down again ...

Les Leyne: First Nations issues have B.C. Premier David Eby cornered

Les Leyne, Times Colonist — April 2026

Indigenous reconciliation was considered Job One when the NDP unseated the B.C. Liberal government in 2017. They felt they were on the side of the angels then, convinced their cause of bringing First Nations fully into 21st century public decision-making was ju...

‘Absolute betrayal’: First Nations blast Eby in leaked transcript of DRIPA meeting

Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press — April 3, 2026

A leaked transcript of a meeting between Indigenous leaders and British Columbia Premier David Eby, about his plan to suspend the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, shows them accusing him of ...

April Smiles Hello

By Li Read, Salt Spring — April 2026

Spring Arrives

An interesting month…it starts with continuing March weather vagaries, bare tree branches, buds tightly furled, Spring’s promise still uncertain.

At the close of the month, the eruption of growth is everywhere, and it’s suddenly almost May. That surprise of real Spring in just mere d...