Snuneymuxw First Nation

12/08/2025

✨🎥 Featured Community Resource: KUU-US Crisis Line Society

💬 "There's somebody on the KUU-US Crisis Line that cares. Every single one of our crisis response support workers care. We can tell the person that they're not alone. In that moment, they have a friend."

As part of National Addictions Awareness Week, we connected with our community partners to highlight the important work happening to support wellness, healing, and strong families across our territory.

💻 Watch the full video series at: https://tinyurl.com/NAAW2025Videos

🔗 Learn more about KUU-US Crisis Line Society at: www.kuu-uscrisisline.com

✨ KUU-US Crisis Line Society offers a BC-Wide Indigenous Toll Free Crisis and Support Line at 1-800-KUU-US17 or 1-800-588-8717. They also offer education, drop-in services and more!

🩵 Explore more healing resources at: www.snuneymuxw.ca/healing

12/08/2025

🎄Snuneymuxw Members, join us this week! 🎄

✨It's time for family and friends, and to celebrate this season!✨

Children's Christmas Party
📍 Location: Snuneymuxw Gym
📅 Date: Monday, December 8, 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00PM

Adult Christmas Gala (18+)
📍 Location: Snuneymuxw Gym
📅 Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
⏰ Time: 5:30PM

❓Questions? Or need to book a ride? Contact Chenoa at Chenoap@snuneymuxw.ca OR 250-740-2316.

12/08/2025

Online voting has begun!

Online voting is available between: December 6 - 13, 2025

🔗 Vote online at: https://snuneymuxw.simplyvoting.com

12/05/2025

✨🎥 Featured Community Resource: MomsStopTheHarm

As part of National Addictions Awareness Week, we connected with our community partners to shine a light on the resources that are available to support anyone navigating obstacles, trauma, or loss on their journey toward wellness.

💻 Watch the full video series at: https://tinyurl.com/NAAW2025Videos

💬 “I try to get out and support people. Just show love, so they can get help, and they’re not alone.”

🔗 Learn more about Moms Stop The Harm at: www.momsstoptheharm.com

✨ Moms Stop The Harm is a network of families impacted by substance-use-related harms and deaths. They provide advocacy for policy change, peer support for grieving families, assistance for those who use or who have used substances, and more!

🩵 Explore more healing resources at: www.snuneymuxw.ca/healing

12/05/2025

As we look forward to the te’tuxwtun vote, we ask ourselves: What is best for our families, for our babies, for our Elders, and for the generations to come? How can we ensure that what we build today will serve our community far into the future?

Although this vote has been delayed due to the Canada Post strike, we invite our members to visit https://www.snuneymuxw.ca/cp/ to access our te’tuxwtun booklet, FAQs and more information.

Petroglyph Development Group

12/05/2025

✨🎥 Featured Community Resource: Kw'umut Lelum + Nanaimo Youth Services Association

💬 “We put our hands out, and we walk it with them, as we're walking the same path as them."

As part of National Addictions Awareness Week, we connected with our amazing partners highlight supports for wellness in our communities.

💻Check out the full series at: https://tinyurl.com/NAAW2025Videos

🔗 Learn more about Kw'umut Lelum at: www.kwumut.org

🔗 Learn more about NYSA at: www.nysa.bc.ca

✨ Nanaimo Youth Services Association provides safe and affordable housing for youth, life‑skills education, job‑readiness training and employment support (ex: BladeRunners program), driving education & support through their L2N program (in partnership with SFN), support for young parents and families, and outreach and support services for youth.

🩵 Explore more healing resources: www.snuneymuxw.ca/healing

12/04/2025

🎄 Wonderful moments from last week’s Elders Trip to the River Rock! 🎅

🩵 Do you know a Snuneymuxw Elder aged 65 or older? Help us connect them with our Elders Luncheons, by contacting Kate Good at kateg@snuneymuxw.ca

12/04/2025

A reminder that Advanced Poll & Online Voting begin this weekend.

🔗More information is also available at: www.snuneymuxw.ca/governance

— VOTE EARLY —
📅 Saturday, December 6, 2025
🕘 9:00 am–8:00 pm
📍 Snuneymuxw Recreation and Wellness Centre (1145 Totem Rd)

— VOTE EARLY ONLINE —
📅 December 6, 2025 – December 13, 2025
🔗 Vote online at: https://snuneymuxw.simplyvoting.com

— VOTE ON ELECTION DAY —
📅 Saturday, December 13, 2025
🕘 9:00 am–8:00 pm
📍 Snuneymuxw Recreation and Wellness Centre (1145 Totem Rd)

— QUESTIONS? —
If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact our Electoral Officer:
📧ronlauferelections@gmail.com
📞1-833-443-VOTE (8683)

— CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN PACKAGE —
🗣 Want to know more about who's running? The "Candidate Campaign Package" is available at: www.snuneymuxw.ca/governance

(Note: A copy of this notice, and the Candidate Campaign Package is also being sent door to door)

12/04/2025

We are so grateful to share some beautiful footage captured at the base of Raines Road, where the river splits and flows toward the estuary.

This moment was filmed right at the height of the chum migration with 58,493 salmon recorded returning to the Nanaimo River to spawn this season. ⭐️

As the spawning season winds down, we’re holding deep pride in seeing our salmon strong, healthy, and thriving. Year after year, the chum continue to return in greater numbers, reminding us of their resilience and strength.

hay cep qa’ to the Marine Division for continuing to care for and protect Snuneymuxw waters and the life they carry.

🎥Watch the full video at: https://youtu.be/sMuFUAbCEyg

🌊Learn more about the Snuneymuxw Marine Division at: www.snuneymuxw.ca/marine

12/04/2025

✨🎥 Featured Community Resource: Kw'umut Lelum Child & Family Services

💬 “We'll do goal planning with them. We'll take them to their NA meetings. We'll bring them to and from treatment, then when they return from treatment we will do relapse prevention planning with them."

As part of National Addictions Awareness Week, we connected with our community partners to highlight the important work happening to support wellness, healing, and strong families across our territory.

💻Check out the full series at: https://tinyurl.com/NAAW2025Videos

🔗 Learn more about Kw'umut Lelum at: www.kwumut.org

✨ Kw’umut Lelum provides culturally grounded supports for children, youth, and families. Their programs focus on prevention, healing, connections, and supporting families to thrive through wraparound services.

🩵 Explore more healing resources at: www.snuneymuxw.ca/healing

12/03/2025

✨🎥 Featured Community Resource: Gambling Support BC

As part of National Addictions Awareness Week, we met with some of our wonderful community partners to talk about supporting wellness.

💻Check out the full series at: https://tinyurl.com/NAAW2025Videos

💬 “The opposite of addiction is connection. Whether it's our connection to others, to ourselves, or to the Land... being able to feel connected, allows us to feel more comfortable within ourselves."

🔗 Learn more about Gambling Support BC at: www.gamblingsupportbc.ca

✨Gambling Support BC offers free tools and support services to make informed decisions about gambling, including education resources, support services, treatment programs, and a 24/7 Gambling Support Line toll-free at 1-888-795-6111.

🩵 Explore more healing resources at: www.snuneymuxw.ca/healing

12/03/2025

📌 Community Notice: Water Main Valve Repairs on Gordon Road

Please be advised that water main valve repairs are currently underway on Gordon Road, between Harmac Road and Sty Stuywut.

We appreciate your patience and understanding while this work is being completed.

📞 If you have any questions, please contact:
Brandon Gillis, Snuneymuxw Director of Infrastructure & Maintenance at 250-802-3985

(A copy of this notice is also being delivered door to door.)