Grace Frank, grandmother of Chantel Moore, has told Ha-Shilth-Sa that the funeral service for her granddaughter will be webcast from New Brunswick, starting early Thursday morning.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020
This is the first of a 3-part Ha-Shilth-Sa series on west coast salmon harvest, hatcheries and habitat.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) and the City of Port Alberni have received funding from the province to develop poverty reduction action plans.
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Striving to build trust and strengthen relationships between the police and Indigenous people, the Port Alberni RCMP is using eagle feathers to give those in need courage and strength when speaking with...
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
The names of Chantel Moore and George Floyd continued to echo through the streets on the west coast of Vancouver Island on Monday.
Monday, June 8, 2020
Family members of Chantel Moore, the young Tla-o-qui-aht woman shot and killed by a police officer during a wellness check last week, have arrived in New Brunswick after a cross-country trip from Tofino, BC...
Monday, June 8, 2020
When Marissa Mack reached the edge of the whisky dock in Ucluelet, she turned around and began to cry when her eyes met the assembly behind her. Over 100 protestors poured around the corner at the top of...
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Driving north from Anacla last week on Bamfield Main, Stan Coleman wasn’t expecting to encounter anything more than the usual plumes of dust kicked up by vehicles on the industrial road at this time of year...
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Lewis George was one of the first to close down his business operations in Tofino amid growing fears of COVID-19.
The Hereditary Chief of Ahousaht swiftly made the call on March 17 when one of his...
Friday, June 5, 2020
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.
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...
