Unpublished Newswire

The B.C. government says legislation formally recognizing the Haida Nation’s Aboriginal title over Haida Gwaii was introduced in the legislature Monday.The province says the “Rising Tide” Haida Title Lands Agreement is the first negotiated agreement of its kind in Canada, providing for a “staged transition” to Haida jurisdiction.Haida Nation President Jason Alsop says the new law in B.C. is a “step toward peaceful co-existence” with the province.

Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says he has appointed an Industrial Inquiry Commission to dig deeper into the underlying causes of B.C.’s port strike last summer.The federal government says in a statement the port strike was a single labour dispute that caused a major “economic disruption” as longshore workers walked picket lines for just under two weeks last July.O’Regan says the commission will be headed by veteran mediator Vince Ready, who was tapped during the strike to mediate a deal between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the BC Maritime Employers...