A red dress is hung in Tofino on Friday morning in honour of 26-year-old Chantel Moore, who was fatally shot by police in Edmunston, New Brunswick, on Thursday, June 4.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
A Tla-o-qui-aht grandmother is devastated after waking to the news that her 26-year-old granddaughter, Chantel Moore was shot dead by a police officer who was called to the residence to perform a wellness...
Thursday, June 4, 2020
On June 1 British Columbia’s public schools opened on a limited basis with a goal of full opening in September if the COVID-19 pandemic is less of a risk, but this doesn’t mean that 2020 graduation...
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
How do families mark the passing of a loved one during the coronavirus pandemic, when physical distancing discourages hugging or a handshake?
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
When Gail K. Gus was a child, her mother used to tell her stories of what it was like going to the Alberni Indian Residential School, which was built in the middle of the Tseshaht community in Port Alberni...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
As the seventh day of riots raged in the U.S. over the police killing of African American man George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, a disturbing incident took place in residential neighborhoods on the...
Monday, June 1, 2020
From his younger years as a founder of the West Coast Warrior Society to a call for the province to eliminate discriminatory organ donation policies during the last year of his life, those closest to David...
Friday, May 29, 2020
Dorthe Jakobsen does not wish to definitively predict what is in store for the future.
“We try not to speculate what Mother Nature will do because we can be surprised of course,” said Jakobsen, the...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
With an agreement signed by the federal and provincial governments recognizing Wet’suwet’en title over their land, the nation’s hereditary chiefs now look to a new age in the territory their families have...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Those who seek answers regarding the sudden death of a young Hesquiaht mother after a night in police custody will have to wait beyond this summer.
Monday, May 25, 2020
Over the coming months the provincial government is tasked with weighing a growing public concern to protect B.C.’s oldest trees against the needs of an industry that continues to rely on old-growth logging...
Monday, May 25, 2020
An early morning accident along Highway 4 on Watty’s Hill has closed that portion of the highway for nearly three hours. Traffic was detoured around the scene.
According to Richard Sam, who lives...
Friday, May 22, 2020
Leadership in remote Nuu-chah-nulth villages have managed so far to prevent coronavirus outbreaks, but some in the coastal communities worry that incidents of reckless partying behaviors may jeopardize...
Friday, May 22, 2020
Anne Atleo has some increased responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday, May 22, 2020
Residents from the remote Indigenous community of Alert Bay will once again be on the receiving end of some generosity.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
One of the opening shots of The Way Back, an early 1970s film documenting the return of sea otters to the B.C. coast, shows one of the furry creatures wrapped in kelp, cuddled like a baby in a...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
An announcement from the federal government detailing massive emergency funding to those in the fishing industry reeling from COVID-19 impacts is being met with mixed reactions on Vancouver Island.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Efforts to prevent invasive mussels from infesting B.C. waters, ramped up in recent years, are not enough to ease concerns about a potential colonization that could be catastrophic to salmon.
Monday, May 18, 2020
The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) recommends that First Nations should be given the opportunity to self-regulate an Indigenous utility when providing services on their reserve land.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
The BC Coroner’s Service has issued a report stating that illicit drug overdoses in the province have risen sharply since February, just prior to the social isolation protocols set in place due to the...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
It might have seemed like a simple gesture but it won’t be soon forgotten by residents of a remote Indigenous community in British Columbia.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
If you thought it was hard to renew your expired Indian Status Card in the past, it has now become impossible in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday, May 11, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has sparked a widespread response in Canada, with a multi-billion-dollar social spending initiative that resulted in the largest deficit the federal government has run since the Second...
Friday, May 8, 2020
Chinook salmon arriving at Big Bar Slide in the next few weeks won’t be able to swim past rapids or negotiate their way through a nature-like fishway constructed along the canyon wall.
Friday, May 8, 2020
The fundraising efforts of a young Tseshaht First Nation youth far exceeded original expectations.
Eight-year-old Solomon Watts was keen to run an estimated two-kilometre route through streets on the...
