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FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019
Faulty appliance likely to blame for fatal blaze
Amanda Vick, firstyear student in the UVic Indigenous Law program greets her professor, Val Napoleon. (UVic Photo Service)
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Federal funds flow to UVic Indigenous Law building Devon Bidal News Staff
Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced that the University of Victoria (UVic) will receive $9.1 million for the construction of the national centre for Indigenous law from the federal government. This contribution is meant to support the revitalization of Indigenous legal systems and Canada’s first Canada’s first joint degree program in Canadian Common Law and Indigenous Legal Orders. “It’s so exciting,” said Bennett during the announcement Tues-
day morning. “It’s the beginning of really celebrating the importance of Indigenous law and legal orders for Canada.” Bennett’s announcement, on behalf of Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, took place on the UVic campus. Several professors from the program joined her on stage. Val Napoleon, Director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit and of the Canadian Common Law and Indigenous Legal Orders program and Law Foundation Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance said this is a time
of thankfulness and reflection. “Minister Bennett has been our greatest champion, and the recent federal contribution of $9.1 million to our national centre for Indigenous law is the exciting result. This commitment will enable us to build a strong, stable foundation from which to study, teach and learn Indigenous law as part of the great legal traditions of the world,” said Napoleon. Amanda Vick, whose traditional Gitxsan name is Siimadam, also spoke about the new building. She called it a “home away from home” for her and her peers. Continued A9
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A faulty electrical appliance likely caused the fire that killed one Saanich resident and rendered large parts of an apartment building uninhabitable last week. Capt. Jerry Tomljenovic of the Saanich Fire Department said a power bar failed in the unit of the woman, who later died. Crews found her in the hallway of the fourth floor, where the fire had broken out. She later succumbed to her injuries. Two other residents were sent to hospital, suffering from smoke inhalation. Officials have not yet released the name of the woman said to be in her 60s. Tomljenovic identified the failed appliance as a power bar, but added that additional forensic investigations will take place for insurance purposes. This said, local investigators are confident that the cause of the fire was a failed electrical appliance, he said. Tomljenovic made the comments during a Saanich Fire Department media availability to discuss its investigation into the fire that tore through an apartment building in the 2600-block of Richmond Road during the early morning hours of June 21. The building had passed a fire inspection as recently as May 8, by the Saanich Fire Department. Continued A9
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