Top Stories

Mental health

Youth representative calls for change amid forced medication and increasing detentions

Eric Plummer
Jan 20, 2021
(Sandra Campbell photo)
Structure fire

Ahousaht woman leaps from second floor window to escape apartment fire

Denise Titian
Jan 19, 2021
Health

Port Alberni hospital receives $6.25-million for emergency department expansion

Melissa Renwick
Jan 19, 2021
Culture

Youth warrior program forges ahead amid pandemic

Melissa Renwick
Jan 18, 2021
COVID-19

Kidneys go unchecked during pandemic, elevating risk for First Nations

Eric Plummer
Jan 18, 2021
Tourism

Nuu-chah-nulth tourism businesses hoping for a better year in 2021

Sam Laskaris
Jan 14, 2021
Chantel Moore died by police gunfire during a wellness check at her Edmunston, New Brunswick home on June 4, 2020. (Submitted photo)
Crime and justice

Investigation into death of Chantel Moore is complete

Denise Titian
Jan 13, 2021
Homelessness

Property owner says he won’t move trailers housing the homeless, despite order from city

Karly Blats
Jan 12, 2021
COVID-19

COVID-19 survivor receives vaccine, warns people to take pandemic seriously

Denise Titian
Jan 11, 2021
Grade 8 student, Jolene Sam, works on the 2-D canoe at ADSS. (Photo supplied by Geena Haiyupis)
Education

Canoe crafted by students for display at Alberni District Secondary School

Melissa Renwick
Jan 11, 2021
COVID-19

Leaders and health officials urge remote residents to trust vaccine

Eric Plummer
Jan 8, 2021
Homelessness

Uptown building housing homeless given Do Not Occupy order from city

Karly Blats
Jan 7, 2021
COVID-19

Ahousaht receives 520 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Denise Titian
Jan 6, 2021
COVID-19

Health professionals warn people to remain vigilant, even after receiving vaccination

Denise Titian
Jan 19, 2021
COVID-19

4,000 Moderna shots delivered to B.C.’s Indigenous communities

Denise Titian
Jan 14, 2021
COVID-19

Moderna vaccine spreads through Nuu-chah-nulth nations

Melissa Renwick
Jan 13, 2021
Looking north toward Cheewaht Lake. Restoration work took place on the northeastern shore of the lake. (MC Wright and Associates photo)
Fisheries

Salmon count signals hope for Cheewaht recovery

Mike Youds
Jan 12, 2021
Traffic was backed up from the Alberni Summit for most of the afternoon Jan. 6. (Drive BC photo)
General

Accident closed highway east of Port Alberni

Denise Titian
Jan 6, 2021
Crime and justice

Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit investigating sudden death of child in Tofino

Melissa Renwick
Jan 6, 2021
Weather

Sky over Tofino finally clears up

Jan 6, 2021
Seagulls flocked over Chesterman Beach during the wind storm that swept through Tofino, on Jan. 5, 2021.
Weather

Storm batters west coast, causes power outages

Jan 5, 2021
Homelessness

Foul play ruled out in death of ‘kind and gentle’ Leonard Williams

Eric Plummer
Jan 5, 2021
COVID-19

Remote Nuu-chah-nulth nations receive Moderna vaccine

Melissa Renwick
Jan 4, 2021
Friendship centre staff prepare to transport a Soap for Hope donation. (PAFC photo)
COVID-19

Pandemic response: Friendship centres prepare for ‘the long haul’

Mike Youds
Jan 4, 2021