The University of Victoria is benefiting greatly from the new federal budget. On March 19th, the federal government announced they were granting $9.1 million to the university for the building of a new...
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Monday, April 8, 2019
Spring is in the air and so is pollen. For seasonal allergy sufferers, that means a trip to the pharmacy for costly antihistamines. What many Aboriginal people don't know is that these types of medications...
Monday, April 8, 2019
Tla-o-qui-aht member Barney Williams returns to the Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus as their newest Elder in Residence.
Friday, April 5, 2019
The BC Coroner’s Service in partnership with various police agencies have launched a website dubbed the Unidentified Human Remains (UHR) Viewer, featuring a map of the province marked with the locations of...
Friday, April 5, 2019
The Highway 4 Kennedy Hill safety improvement project is progressing on schedule and is still slated to be complete in summer 2020, according to the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI...
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Whaling could be returning to Nuu-chah-nulth territory south of the USA border.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
The Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN) and Western Forest Products (WFP) have entered into an historic, mutually beneficial partnership made possible through provisions of the Maa-nulth Treaty.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
As the SNC Lavalin scandal continues to unfold for the country to watch, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council is denouncing the federal Liberals on the day after two MPs were ousted from the ruling party.
Monday, April 1, 2019
The provincial government is highlighting its continued funding of First Nations hydro projects, but some Indigenous communities are being cut out of economic opportunity due to the suspension of a program...
Friday, March 29, 2019
The recently announced federal budget includes some of the best news First Nations have heard from Ottawa in a long time, says the BC Treaty Commission.
Friday, March 29, 2019
This year’s Junior All Native Basketball Tournament threw a grueling schedule at the Hesquiaht Storm, but the veteran group was able to come away with a 6-2 record, finishing third out of 23 teams in the...
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Kyuquot is stepping up emergency capabilities, but still sees a need to improve quake and tsunami readiness in the remote west coast village.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Simon Tom jr. took his mother Margarete Tom's advice by taking a job overseas to teach English at a primary school.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Joyce Murray, newly minted president of the federal Treasury Board, met Wednesday with elders at Port Alberni Friendship Centre, promising better support for seniors and Indigenous communities.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
A pair of Nuu-chah-nulth squads returned home with medals from this year’s Junior All Native Basketball Tournament.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Dr. Michelle Corfield of Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation has been selected by the Liberal Party of Canada to run in the May 6 byelection for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
A Nuu-chah-nulth teenager was among a dozen young athletes who were recognized provincially for their endeavours.
Monday, March 25, 2019
In the crisp morning on March 20 the children of the Rampanen family displayed the traditional Nuu-chah-nulth way of tanning bear hide, as well as a couple tips and tricks from their Cree side of the family...
Friday, March 22, 2019
A chorus of chainsaws filled the maintenance yard of Ty-Histanis on the spring morning of March 18. With the sawdust flying around them in the cool air, a group of teenage boys diligently work over a small...
Thursday, March 21, 2019
This week hundreds of youth from First Nations across British Columbia converged in Port Alberni for Gathering Our Voices, an event organized by the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres for 14-...
Thursday, March 21, 2019
In response to a need seen by mental health workers serving Nuu-chah-nulth communities for years, Teechuktl has grown its team of counsellors and cultural support staff by one quarter in recent months.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Prior to contact Nuu-chah-nulth-aht ate a simple diet of wild foods that were prepared in a variety of ways, including boiling and steaming. In the absence of metal, they developed ingenious ways to prepare...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Former day school students have a settlement agreement before them with final court approval expected in May.
“Yes, there’s light at the end of the tunnel,” said Richard Watts, a resolution health...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
A taxation provision of the 2011 Maa-nulth Treaty takes effect Thursday, May 2.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
With diabetes statistics being what they are for Aboriginal Canadians, it is no surprise that there are dozens of Nuu-chah-nulth people living with the chronic disease.
