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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. \u2014 The City of Fort St. John has announced a new documentary project with the Treaty 8 Tribal Association to commemorate a special milestone. According to a press release on March 11th, \u201cThe Spirit of Treaty 8\u201d will honour the 125th anniversary of the agreement\u2019s signing. Treaty 8 covers 840,000 square kilometres stretching from Saskatchewan to the Northwest Territories. It was first signed in June 1899 by representatives of the Crown and members of the Lesser Slave Lake area in Alberta. The statement said the film will be a \u201cdocumentary explor[ing] Treaty 8\u2019s history, significance and lasting impacts\u201d with interviews from the First Nations community and leaders from around the region. \u201cWe are excited to share the story… <\/p>\n

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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. \u2014 The City of Fort St. John has announced a new documentary project with the Treaty 8 Tribal Association to commemorate a special milestone. According to a press release on March 11th, \u201cThe Spirit of Treaty 8\u201d will honour the 125th anniversary of the agreement\u2019s signing. Treaty 8 covers 840,000 square kilometres stretching from Saskatchewan to the Northwest Territories. It was first signed in June 1899 by representatives of the Crown and members of the Lesser Slave Lake area in Alberta. The statement said the film will be a \u201cdocumentary explor[ing] Treaty 8\u2019s history, significance and lasting impacts\u201d with interviews from the First Nations community and leaders from around the region. \u201cWe are excited to share the story... <\/p>\n

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