What:  Kitsumkalum and Kitselas Letter of Understanding Signing
When: Noon, Monday, Sept. 10
Where: Longhouse, Northwest Community College, Terrace

TERRACE — The Kitsumkalum and Kitselas First Nations will hold a news conference here on Monday, Sept. 10 at noon to announce details of their Agreements in Principle (AIPs).

Guests, community members and media will witness the event sometimes known as a “handshake” which marks the end of AIP negotiations. Chiefs and negotiators will sign a Negotiator’s Letter of Understanding.

Details of the AIPs, which have the potential to dramatically ‚Äî and positively ‚Äî impact the city of Terrace and the surrounding Pacific Northwest region, will be made public.  The AIPs bring much-needed certainty during a time of increased resource-based economic activity.  Terrace has become a hub for new mining activity, hydroelectric transmission lines and Ground Zero for controversial debates over proposed pipelines.

Copies of two plain-language AIP Summary Fact Books — one for each Nation — will be available as PDFs. Colour maps of treaty lands, under the deal, will also be available in PDF format.

After the ceremony, chief negotiator Gerald Wesley will be available to take questions from the media.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Alex Rose
office: 604 926 9494
mobile: 604 367 8048
agrose@shaw.ca