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Gary Allan loves wolves. He has a small pack of hybrid wolf dogs at his rural Nanaimo property that he lovingly raised from just a few weeks old. The eldest one, Tundra, travels with Allen helping to raise awareness of the importance of wolves in a healthy ecosystem.

Allen founded the…

Early in the morning of Friday, Jan. 3, a heavy rain alert was issued for the west coast of Vancouver Island. The battering that followed would keep smaller boats docked on Ahousaht’s shore, leaving travellers to the Flores Island community to rely on larger vessels capable of cutting through…

The Alberni District Secondary School Armada senior boys’ basketball team placed fifth out of eight teams in the 65th annual Totem Tournament hosted at the high school Jan. 9-11.

High school basketball teams showed up to the Alberni Valley from around Vancouver Island and the mainland for…

For Grade 12 student Memphis Dick, playing in the annual Alberni District Secondary School Totem Tournament is about making lasting memories with her team.

Dick, 17, has been a member of the Armada Senior Girls basketball team for three years and is excited to compete in the 65th …

Beban Social Centre was overflowing with festive Nuu-chah-nulth-aht at the Dec. 12 annual Quu’asa Urban Gathering. By the time dinner was about to be served there were lines of people waiting in the foyer to get in while more tables were hastily set up. Eventually, an adjacent room was opened to…

In the middle of the Quu’asa Urban Gathering tour, they made a stop in Port Alberni on Wednesday, December 11th for the eighth annual Feed the People gathering. Hundreds of Nuu-chah-nulth aht and non-Nuu-chah-nulth alike flooded the Alberni Athletic Hall to enjoy a hot turkey dinner, good…

Nuu-chah-nulth aht living in northwestern Washington had a chance to reconnect on Friday and Saturday, when the Teechuktl Mental Health team made their annual trip to Seattle for an urban gathering.

After an event the previous evening in Vancouver, this was the second stop in the tour of…

Amid the heated treaty negotiations between Nuu-chah-nulth nations, the province and the federal government, Ha-Shilth-Sa reporter Denise Titian was assigned to spend a week in Tsaxana in November 1996. She had to bring along her daughter June, who was 14 at the time and struggling with math, to…

The people of Ehattesaht/Chinehkint are celebrating the unveiling of a new wooden sign welcoming people to their traditional territories. The event took place on the bright frosty morning of Nov. 28 about halfway along the gravel forest service road leading into Zeballos.

“This sign will…

As Jaiden George poured over maps of Vancouver Island in his high school art room, he searched for a way to tell a story that would combine his love of filmmaking and mountain hiking. But as he dug deeper, the adventure film he dreamed of started to take new shape.

While working on the…

A totem pole commissioned to mark the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages will not be erected at the University of Victoria as originally planned, but will remain in Port Alberni where it was carved.

As it nears completion, the future home of the 61-foot pole was…

A growing collection of evidence is pointing to the lost nutritional benefits of a traditional First Nations diet that was sustained before the transition to processed foods, according to a presentation given to Nuu-chah-nulth leaders in October.

With a reliance on fish, berries and…