Eric Plummer

A protest marches through Ucluelet in June 2020, after Chantel Moore was fatally shot by a police officer in Edmunston, New Brunswick that spring. A new report from the BC Office of the Human Rights Commissioner is calling for funding to be redirected from police towards social services better suited to respond to mental health crises. (Melissa Renwick photo)
Crime and justice

‘Over-policing’ has targeted First Nations, says human rights commissioner report

Eric Plummer
Nov 26, 2021
Weather

A sinkhole and sandbags: Rainfall prompts emergency measures in Tofino

Eric Plummer
Nov 25, 2021
Tseshaht boats fish on the Somass River in September. The Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations harvested from the river this year according to an economic opportunity agreement with DFO, which totalled 32,248 chinook salmon by the end of the season. (Eric Plummer photo)
Fisheries

Nations reach out to new fisheries minister, stating DFO needs more than science

Eric Plummer
Nov 23, 2021
Health

25 ER visits in a year: Elder’s plight points to need for health advocacy

Eric Plummer
Nov 22, 2021
Christie Indian Residential School was operated by the Catholic church, housing students for 71 years until the institution moved to Tofino in 1971.
Mental health, Reconciliation

‘It’s all catching up to me’: Residential school survivors face a distant past amid recent findings

Eric Plummer
Nov 18, 2021
Angus Campbell Sr., Ahousaht.
BC First Nations

Indigenous Veterans Day recognizes those who served in the Canadian Armed Forces

Eric Plummer
Nov 8, 2021
Martin Watts speaks to a crowd gathered on the former site of the Alberni Indian Residential School on Orange Shirt Day, Sept. 30. (Eric Plummer photo)
Reconciliation

‘Own the process’: Nations progress plans for former residential school sites

Eric Plummer
Nov 4, 2021
COVID-19

Booster shots coming to remote communities

Eric Plummer
Oct 28, 2021
BC First Nations

Sayers and Charleson named to lead NTC for another term

Eric Plummer
Oct 26, 2021
Forestry

'Economic reconciliation' through forestry

Eric Plummer
Oct 20, 2021
Infrastructure in Remote Communities

Physical work begins on Bamfield road

Eric Plummer
Oct 18, 2021
Forestry

Injunction temporarily back in place for Fairy Creek

Eric Plummer
Oct 12, 2021

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