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North-Central b.c: Kaska Dena and David Crampton

north-central b.c: They've never said No, but they've never said Yes, and they've never said they would sit down and negotiate what it would look like, according to CTV. That's all we're asking at this point, said David Crampton of the Dena Kayeh Institute, which is spearheading the project. The proposal would cover the ancestral areas of three Kaska Dena First Nations and would be larger than Vancouver Island, taking up a massive section of north-central B.C. Premier John Horgan's government hasn't said whether it supports or opposes the idea after seven months of phone calls, letters and meetings with officials from various ministries, say the project's proponents. We're not sure why. The First Nations have applied for 4 million in federal government funding for the project, known as the Kaska Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area, and now fear it won't receive funding because B.C. hasn't signed on. We have no idea really what's going on in the background of all this. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.