Council Meeting

Highlights

▪ The WLFN Council recognizes the importance of supporting the Spi7uy Squqluts Language & Culture Society in their efforts to protect and promote the Northern Dialect of the Secwepemc Language & Culture and will support them as they pursue funding opportunities.

▪ The Council Strategy Session, which took place over the course of two and a half days, was attended by all of Council. In the course of this meeting, they talked about the goals for WLFN and how to make them a reality.

▪ Chief and Council signed an agreement to partner with Western Indigenous Pipeline Group (WIPG), along with <insert number> other First Nation Governments, to collectively bid on the purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and Trans Mountain Expansion Project from the Canadian Federal Government

▪ WLFN Council is pleased to announce that Kourtney Cook will be taking over the role of Chief Administrative Officer, and everyone at the organization is thrilled to have Kourtney on board.

▪ The Council said their goodbye’s Aaron Mannella, the CAO, as he embarks on his next adventure. They wished him all the best on the next part of his journey, thanking him for everything he had done to help WLFN reach this point in its development.

▪ The WLFN held a hugely successful ceremony to honour the Nuxalk nation as they returned home with their totem pole. A large crowd gathered to enjoy the music, dancing, and drumming. Everyone enjoyed a delicious roast beef dinner with chili and bannock.