PHARA Challenges BC’s Reconciliation Law
A petition has been filed in BC Supreme Court, challenging the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). That is the law the BC government uses to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in BC. The petition was filed by the Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association […]
PHARA Challenges Constitutional Validity of B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA)
After extensive deliberations and exclusion from government negotiations with the shíshálh Nation, the Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association (PHARA) board has instructed its legal counsel, McMillan LLP, to file proceedings in B.C. Supreme Court. PHARA will ask the court to rule that the DRIPA is beyond the province’s constitutional power and that Order in […]
Is land use planning the next threat to dock owners?
PHARA recently received an email from the Provincial government regarding land use planning under the shíshálh Nation Foundation Agreement. PHARA is not allowed at that table. We are concerned, based on comments the government has made, that this could be a new version of the Land Act amendments – controlling Land Act decision-making through another (less obvious) […]
Save Our Community Gardens
PHARA is attempting to develop a strategy to maintain our Neighbourhood Garden adjacent to the Community Hall and Bargain Barn, potentially the triangle gardens at the entrance to Millennium Park and the corner of Highway 101 and Madeira Park Road. Unfortunately, these gardens can no longer be supported by our generous donor. As longtime residents […]
PHARA Volunteers Clean Up Ghost Gear in Pender Harbour
From March 19th to 21st, PHARA in collaboration with SeaWolf Diving and their seven-person crew, successfully retrieved 2,384 pounds of abandoned nets (also known as ghost gear), tires, Styrofoam, rope, batteries, and other pollutants from the waters of Pender Harbour. These items were unloaded at the future site of the Pender Ocean Discovery Centre at […]
PHARA’s Townhall: A Resounding Success!
Approximately 150 community members—a full house—attended our October 22, 2023 Town Hall for an engaging 2.5 hours of information and updates and questions and concerns from the audience relating to issues taken on by the Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association (PHARA) on behalf of local residents. The event started with information on who […]