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Police discipline authority finds officers committed professional misconduct; Heiltsuk Nation invites officers to visit Bella Bella to participate in apology ceremony. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (April 6, 2022) – Retired judge Brian Neal, Q.C., has decided VPD officers committed professional misconduct by recklessly arresting and handcuffing Maxwell Johnson and his 12-year-old granddaughter on December 20, 2019, while theContinue reading “Bella Bella Newsletter: VPD Officers “Recklessly Used Unnecessary Force” at BMO”

Earlier this month, my son, Sharif Mohammed Bhamji, filed a human rights complaint against Canada’s second largest bank, TD. The bank refused to complete his application to open a bank account, because they didn’t believe he was, who he said he was. My son is Indigenous and South Asian. He is a member of theContinue reading “Bella Bella Newsletter: TD Let Us Be Mar 17, 2022”

Heiltsuk leadership continues to call on the BC government to honour its commitment to UNDRIP by intervening in the ongoing incursion and illegal occupation of Wet’suwet’en territory by Coastal Gaslink work crews and RCMP enforcers.  BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (Nov. 22, 2021) – The joint leadership of the Heiltsuk Nation – Hereditary Chiefs andContinue reading “Bella Bella Newsletter: Heiltsuk Nation Stands with Wet’suwet’en Nov 22, 2021”

Complaint by TD customer who is Indigenous, east-Indian and Muslim seeks to hold bank responsible for systemic racism and make positive social change for BIPOC customers. SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA (March 1, 2022) – Sharif Mohammed Bhamji is filing a Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint against TD for being denied service while trying to open a bankContinue reading “Bella Bella Newsletter: Human Rights Complaint Mar 01, 2022”