Two totem poles stolen from the former Malahat Mountain Inn have caused some aggravation to a Port Alberni couple.
A totem pole carved by Andrew Mack and erected a week ago at the home he shares with wife Karen Mack in a Port Alberni neighborhood has drawn the attention of Port Alberni police. Officers visited the home on March 5 and again March 8, Karen tells Ha-Shilth-Sa.
On Saturday March 8, International Women’s Day, the theme for this year in 2014 is “Equality for Women is Progress for all.” Can we all to take a moment to reflect back and honor our women who have inspired us, empowered us or challenged us?
It’s a time for us to reflect on the progress we have made individually, within our families and communities. It’s a call for change and celebration of acts of courage and determination by extraordinary and ordinary women.
Scarlett Mae-Rose Jodie Sieber, born Jan. 10 at 7:01 p.m. in Port Alberni, was welcomed to the world culturally on Feb. 28 and given a name that came from her Ahousaht grandfather late Terry Harold Eaton’s side of the family.
Scarlett now holds the name Hulth’mu culth, which means cute and precious little baby, said Tim Sutherland, who performed a chant to protect the child and the family who had gathered at Tseshaht Cultural Centre for the celebration.
A cold water challenge has caught the imagination of Nuu-chah-nulth-aht. In this unusual time of year for a swim in coastal waters, people in nations up and down Vancouver Island are taking the plunge.
It started with a challenge just to play outside in the cold. A young Pelelakut woman, Kura Jack, 19, from Chemainus, BC, was thrilled when she saw a blanket of snow outside a family home near Sidney, BC.
“It snowed…it NEVER snows and I wanted to play in it,” said Jack.
When the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council went looking for a tsunami debris coordinator, Lucas Osenenko jumped at the opportunity.
As an adventure guide living and working in Kyuquot-Checklesaht traditional territory, Osenenko was already tracking, recording and cleaning up the mass of flotsam and jetsam that has been accumulating on remote beaches since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011.
While she has only just turned 13, Brandee-Lynn Quewezance is determined to play basketball at the college level, and she has earned a chance to showcase her talents this summer at the North American Indigenous Games.
The young Mowachaht-Muchalaht member is currently in Grade 8 at Nanaimo District Senior Secondary, where she plays point guard on the junior team.
Update Feb. 21 at 6:04 p.m.: Message from Don Hall NTC Fisheries Manager~ "Solid win." The judge has granted the injunction. No West Coast Vancouver Island herring fishery in 2014.
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In a surprising revelation, a document provided by Canada in a legal action brought by five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations shows that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) supports the Haida, Heiltsuk, and Nuu-chah-nulth Nations’ view that there should be no commercial roe herring fisheries in their territories in 2014.
A pair of local teams had to settle for second-place finishes at a prestigious basketball tournament.
The Maaqtusiis Suns and West Coast Spirits both placed second in their divisions at the 55th annual Prince Rupert All Native Basketball Tournament, which concluded Feb. 15.
The Suns were competing in the senior men's category while the Nanaimo-based Spirits participated in the women's division.
Students in Rose Doerksen’s Grade 6 class at Haahuupayak School are the first in Western Canada to test-drive a new video game that teaches children how to avoid Internet predators.
The game is called “Air Dogs,” and was created by Livewires Design of Vancouver. Several years ago, Haahuupayak students served as “alpha testers” for the Air Dogs game prototype, and their input earned the school a first look at the finished product, according to RCMP Aboriginal Policing Officer Const. Scott McLeod.
The Board of Directors of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) welcomed the Uchucklesaht Tribe Government as the newest member of the Regional District.
As of Feb. 1, 2014 the Regional Board has increased from 12 to 13 Directors.
Uchucklesaht Tribe Government is one of the five Maa-nulth Treaty Nations, four are located within the ACRD. Huu-ay-aht First Nations and Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Government joined the ACRD on April 1, 2012. Toquaht Nation may join at a later date.