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Since being appointed BC’s first Aboriginal health physician advisor just over a year ago, Dr Evan Adams has been getting surprised.

In early April 2008, Snuneymuxw and Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo hosted a final seminar and feast for the five First Nations involved in a project that looked at how much seafood people eat and whether contaminants in that seafood could be a risk. The project was called “Traditional Seafoods of Vancouver Island First Nations: Balancing Health Benefits with Pollution Risks”.

Paddlers heading toward Cowichan

A plan for on- and off-reserve housing strategies in support of First Nations individuals and families is the first job of a committee being formed this summer.

The committee will be the first result of an agreement signed in mid-May by the First Nations Leadership Council, Canada, and British Columbia to work together to develop a comprehensive approach to improve housing.