Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin and First Nations award committee adviser Patrick Kelly show the canoe paddles installed at Government House on Tuesday to launch the 2023 B.C. Reconciliation Awards. The 2021 paddle, left, was created by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Cole Speck, and the 2022 paddle, right, was created by Dene and Carrier beader Crystal Behn. The B.C. Reconciliation Awards is a partnership between the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and the B.C. Achievement Foundation, and recognizes people, groups and organizations that have demonstrated exceptional leadership, integrity, respect and commitment to furthering reconciliation or inspiring others to continue reconciliation efforts. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST
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