This news article reports on the announcement by the Wei Wai Kum First Nation to establish the Homayno Indigenous Protection and Conservation Area (IPCA). The IPCA will safeguard a key portion of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation’s ancestral lands on the south coast. On Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, 2024, Chief Councillor Chris Roberts and Traditional Chiefs officially signed the document creating the IPCA during a ceremony at the Kwanwatsi Big House in Campbell River.