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What's more fun than an afternoon of storytelling?

An afternoon of storytelling during a canoeing adventure, more than 20 participants of the First Nations Big Sisters Mentoring Program would say.

Northwest Coast Canoe Adventure offered an authentic Coast Salish water travel experience to program participants in two traditional-style, ocean-going canoes on April 26.

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There was wind, rain, hail and breaks of sunshine, but most of all there was fun. The kind of fun that goes on regardless of the elements. The kind of fun that attracts 10,000 children and their parents to take part.

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Principal Richard Coburn calls Stu"ate LeLum Secondary School a "school with heart." This, more than anything else, sets the Chemainus First Nation's school apart from other educational institutions, he says.

At the school's career fair on May 1, Coburn addressed the student body of 130-plus during opening ceremonies.

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Yukoners welcome winter. Yukoners even look forward to winter. Yukoners celebrate winter's cultural and entertainment events with an enthusiasm unknown in the provinces to the south. The months of snow and cold provide the residents of the territory an opportunity to acknowledge their rich and diverse demography with numerous festivals and other activities in the months leading up to spring.

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A project years in the making that will give Nicola Valley Elders a place to live when they retire and need additional care is finally getting attention from the provincial government.

While the site overlooking the Nicola River and Coquihalla Highway is bare now, a 50-bed care facility, the Nicola Native Lodge, will likely be started soon.

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On April 28, just 27 days after setting out from Nanaimo, eight people walking to Ottawa to raise awareness for youth suicide prevention arrived in Edmonton. There they were treated to a meal by Pearl Calahasen, Alberta's Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, while they explained their cause.

Paul Lalibert, the walkers' media organizer and support van driver, explained that because of walking restrictions on B.C. highways the group had not covered the entire distance by foot but had managed to walk for several hours each day.

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The Alexandria Indian Band has served notice through the Tsilqot'in National Government (TNG) that the province's plan to withdraw ferry service across the Fraser River at Marguerite will impose major inconvenience and expense on the band and the public.

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After sitting vacant for more than 30 years, a former residential school has been resurrected on the St. Mary's Indian Band reserve near Cranbrook.

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Chalk it up as a great learning experience. That's how members of the British Columbia boys' entry felt following their participation at this year's National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.

The second annual Canadian tournament for Native players was staged April 27 through May 3 in Akwesasne.

But this marked the first year a British Columbia squad took part. And unlike several other provinces, British Columbia opted to send just a boys' club to the national tourney.

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The fifth annual National Aboriginal Tourism Conference and Tradeshow was held in Winnipeg April 23 to 25 at the Radisson Hotel downtown. British Columbia's First Nations were prominent among the attendees at the event hosted by Aboriginal Tourism Team Canada, an organization comprised of government and First Nations members.