An initiative that collected 56 tonnes of marine debris from Hesquiaht Harbour last June is preparing to clean up other parts of Clayoquot Sound this fall.
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Twenty-year-old Ivy Cargill-Martin inspired many as one of this year’s Featured Artists at the Carving on the Edge Festival in Tofino, Sept. 7-10.
Monday, September 11, 2017
Several years after her aunt was found murdered on a logging road near Gold River, Lillian Howard encountered the late family member in a dream. Christina Beatrice (Howard) Thomas reassuringly held out her...
Friday, September 8, 2017
The Government of Canada is backing down from appealing a Special Claims Tribunal ruling, allowing $13.8 million in compensation to the Huu-ay-aht First Nations to stand without undergoing a further...
Thursday, September 7, 2017
A study into a rare liver disease has identified First Nations people as being at especially high risk of developing it. Even more interesting, coastal First Nations, including the Nuu-Chah-Nulth, are at...
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Edward and Janice Johnson are passionate about promoting mental wellness as part of a suicide prevention strategy.
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
The National Film of Board of Canada is bringing something special to the table for Indigenous people this year.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
NTC vice-president Ken Watts said the recent move to break up the Aboriginal/Indigenous Affairs ministry into two separate ministries is a good sign.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
A small earthquake rattled the west coast of Vancouver Island Tuesday morning. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) website reports that the 3.8 magnitude quake struck 14 kilometres north of Ucluelet...
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Each year more than half a millions dollars in diesel is shipped by barges to generate electricity for the 50 or so people living in Hot Springs Cove.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Locked away somewhere deep in the Royal British Columbia Museum’s storage space are volumes of priceless audio tapes containing voice recordings of First Nations people speaking or singing in their mother...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Friends of the late Darrell Campbell joined his family at a memorial potlatch to celebrate his life and dry their tears, six years after his sudden passing.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
During a visit to Hesquiaht Harbour this summer Chuck Lucas recalled a time years ago when he heard singing on the shoreline.
“I was sitting on the beach first thing in the morning,” said Lucas, who...
Friday, August 25, 2017
Dianne and Dave Ignace chuckled at the sight of Gord Johns cycling along the concrete seawall after the Member of Parliament disembarked at Hesquiaht Harbour on Monday.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Fisheries officials plan to monitor B.C. streams in the fall to determine the effects of a fish farm collapse on Monday off the coast of Washington State.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Despite opposition from Indigenous leaders and the provincial government, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is moving ahead, with construction set to begin in September.
Monday, August 21, 2017
It has been 16 months since the provincial government declared the drug overdose crisis a public emergency, but the death toll continues to climb at an alarming rate. Even worse, First Nations peoples, who...
Monday, August 21, 2017
Since 2002, our daughter, our sister, Joanne Young has called us to walk together and hold her missing daughter, Lisa Marie Young, in prayer and love and light. Lisa Marie, my step granddaughter, was last...
Thursday, August 17, 2017
For 2 1/2 days, Sept. 12-14 at Maht Mahs Gym in Port Alberni, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council will host a gathering for the families of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls in Nuu-chah-nulth...
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Dozens of families showed up at the Port Alberni Friendship Center Aug. 17 for a fun-filled festival-like picnic sponsored by M’akola Housing Society.
Families were treated to a free lunch of...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
This month the legacy of a strong voice for aboriginal fishing rights was cut short.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
On Tuesday Ahousaht fisherman Keon Frank Sr. came across a strange sight 20 miles west of Ucluelet.
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Ghoo-Noom-Tuk-Tomlth sits in front of his house in the orange glow of a July sun as it recedes into the Pacific Ocean before him.
Monday, August 14, 2017
The annual Tlu-piich Games wrapped up Sunday evening with an awards ceremony and words of gratitude for those people that made the games possible.
