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Over 60 recipes submitted by Parks Canada staff.</p> </div> </section>  <div class="row" style="display: flex; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 80px; margin-bottom: 80px;"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <img alt="" class="img-responsive" src="https://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/WET4/index/vedette-features/2024-aa-ia-politique-policy-640x360.jpg"> </div> <div class="col-sm-6" style="padding-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 1em;"> <h2 class="mrgn-tp-0" style="border-bottom: 3px solid #ecb731; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">Indigenous Stewardship Policy </h2> <p>This new policy supports collaborative stewardship with Indigenous communities.</p> <div class="mrgn-tp-md"><a href="/agence-agency/aa-ia/politique-policy">Read the policy </a></div> </div> </div> </p> </div>  </div> <div class="container"> </div> <div class="container">  <div class="well mrgn-tp-xl mrgn-bttm-xl"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-4 text-center"> <span data-ajax-replace="/culture/cseh-twih .image-wrapper.pull-left>figure>img"><img alt="" class="img-responsive" src="https://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/lhn-nhs/changements-changes/future-passe-past-future-510.jpg"></span> </div> <div class="col-sm-8"> <h3>This week in history: <a href="/culture/cseh-twih"><span data-ajax-replace="/culture/cseh-twih .history-title">See what this week's topic is</span></a></h3> <p>Short stories about people, places and events that have shaped history. 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