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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
CSPD: Suspect arrested after stolen truck chase from Fountain
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The driver of a stolen truck who ran away from officers in Fountain was found in Colorado Springs eight days after initially escaping police. On Tuesday, May 13, police located a stolen Ford F-250 in the City of Fountain. The driver of the vehicle and suspect, 36-year-old Michael Rempel, allegedly drove away from officers into the City of Colorado Springs, and CSPD was notified that Rempel could be in the city. The stolen truck was later found in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, May 21, near the Citadel Mall after the vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run, according to CSPD. While detectives were investigating the crash, they saw Rempel allegedly altering the appearance of the truck. As the investigation continued, detectives saw Rempel park in an alleyway in the 1300 block of North El Paso Street. Because of the aggressive behavior witnessed during surveillance, the Tactical Enforcement Unit (TEU) was called and performed a Contact Block. According to police, Rempel accelerated and attempted to ram his way out of the block, but the tactical vehicles maintained the block. Rempel then attempted to run away on foot, but tactical officers pursued and took him into custody. Rempel was taken to the hospital for treatment, then booked into the Criminal Justice Center for charges of Motor Vehicle Theft, Felony Eluding, Obstruction, Felony Criminal Mischief, and Possession of Methamphetamine. CSPD said Rempel has a history of motor vehicle theft and was out on bond for two separate motor vehicle theft cases. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
K'ómoks First Nation members vote overwhelmingly in favour of modern treaty
The chief of the K'ómoks First Nation on Vancouver Island says members have voted in favour of both a treaty and constitution, opening the door for the nation to reclaim a culture that faced eradication under the Indian Act. The First Nation, which is comprised of just over 350 members, has four reserves on central Vancouver Island. Its main reserve is located in the Courtenay-Comox area. Nation leadership has been working for more than three decades on a treaty to assert self-governance and full ownership of 35 square kilometres of land in the nation. The nation says 83 per cent of the votes went in favour of ratifying the K'ómoks constitution, and over 81 per cent of members voted in favour of the treaty, which allows for co-management of wildlife, parks, water and forests in the area. A map of the K'ómoks First Nation's traditional territory as part of the B.C. treaty process. (K'ómoks First Nation) The nation's elected Chief Councillor Nicole Rempel said the treaty will allow future generations of the nation to revitalize their culture. "To be able to determine who our K'ómoks people are in the future, and not have someone in Ottawa make that decision for us, it's really exciting," she told CBC News. Just under 240 K'ómoks members were eligible to vote on the treaty, and there was a 91 per cent turnout on Saturday. Rempel said the Indian Act — federal legislation that governed Indigenous affairs for decades and came to be widely criticized for its regressive approach to Indigenous peoples — was designed to essentially wipe out the nation's way of life. "I think it's really exciting to have the opportunity to get out of the Indian Act," Rempel said. "I think that was really what I felt the most passionate about, because our ancestors didn't have that choice. It was thrust upon them." The treaty will now need to be ratified by the provincial and federal governments to go into effect, which Rempel estimates will take around three years. A statement from the First Nation says work over the next three years will involve restructuring its governing bodies and developing laws, while "carefully considering the tremendous economic opportunities that lay ahead." Indigenous Relations Minister Christine Boyle congratulated the nation and its members in a statement on Sunday. (Ben Nelms/CBC) B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Christine Boyle congratulated the First Nation's leadership for the successful vote on a treaty that's been in negotiations since 1994. "I remain firmly committed to taking this path alongside the K'ómoks people," Boyle said. Challenge from nearby First Nation The K'ómoks treaty has faced opposition from the Wei Wai Kum First Nation, which has overlapping claims of traditional territory in central Vancouver Island. Chris Roberts, elected chief of the Wei Wai Kum, filed an injunction application in B.C. Supreme Court last week seeking to stop the treaty vote. He told CBC News last year that the treaty would extinguish rights claimed by the Wei Wai Kum. The court rejected the application on Friday. CBC News has reached out to the Wei Wai Kum for this story. The K'ómoks First Nation band office in Courtenay, B.C., on Vancouver Island. The nation's traditional territories span from just north of Nanaimo to Sayward, north of Campbell River. (Submitted by Jesse Savage) Rempel said the K'ómoks treaty contains provisions that prevent any impact to other nations and their rights and title. She said she hoped to celebrate the nations' shared history. "As a nation, we really want to work with our neighbours and build those relationships," she said. "Because when we work together, we work really well together and we're stronger together."
CBC
09-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
K'ómoks First Nation members vote overwhelmingly in favour of modern treaty
Social Sharing The chief of the K'ómoks First Nation on Vancouver Island says members have voted in favour of both a treaty and constitution, opening the door for the nation to reclaim a culture that faced eradication under the Indian Act. The First Nation, which is comprised of just over 350 members, has four reserves on central Vancouver Island. Its main reserve is located in the Courtenay-Comox area. Nation leadership has been working for more than three decades on a treaty to assert self-governance and full ownership of 35 square kilometres of land in the nation. The nation says 83 per cent of the votes went in favour of ratifying the K'ómoks constitution, and over 81 per cent of members voted in favour of the treaty, which allows for co-management of wildlife, parks, water and forests in the area. The nation's elected Chief Councillor Nicole Rempel said the treaty will allow future generations of the nation to revitalize their culture. "To be able to determine who our K'ómoks people are in the future, and not have someone in Ottawa make that decision for us, it's really exciting," she told CBC News. Just under 240 K'ómoks members were eligible to vote on the treaty, and there was a 91 per cent turnout on Saturday. Rempel said the Indian Act — federal legislation that governed Indigenous affairs for decades and came to be widely criticized for its regressive approach to Indigenous peoples — was designed to essentially wipe out the nation's way of life. "I think it's really exciting to have the opportunity to get out of the Indian Act," Rempel said. "I think that was really what I felt the most passionate about, because our ancestors didn't have that choice. It was thrust upon them." The treaty will now need to be ratified by the provincial and federal governments to go into effect, which Rempel estimates will take around three years. A statement from the First Nation says work over the next three years will involve restructuring its governing bodies and developing laws, while "carefully considering the tremendous economic opportunities that lay ahead." B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Christine Boyle congratulated the First Nation's leadership for the successful vote on a treaty that's been in negotiations since 1994. "I remain firmly committed to taking this path alongside the K'ómoks people," Boyle said. Challenge from nearby First Nation The K'ómoks treaty has faced opposition from the Wei Wai Kum First Nation, which has overlapping claims of traditional territory in central Vancouver Island. Chris Roberts, elected chief of the Wei Wai Kum, filed an injunction application in B.C. Supreme Court last week seeking to stop the treaty vote. He told CBC News last year that the treaty would extinguish rights claimed by the Wei Wai Kum. The court rejected the application on Friday. CBC News has reached out to the Wei Wai Kum for this story. Rempel said the K'ómoks treaty contains provisions that prevent any impact to other nations and their rights and title. She said she hoped to celebrate the nations' shared history. "As a nation, we really want to work with our neighbours and build those relationships," she said. "Because when we work together, we work really well together and we're stronger together."
