As part of an effort to encourage Nuu-chah-nulth members to take their concerns to the polling stations on Oct. 21, the Council of Ha’wiih Forum on Fisheries has endorsed Gord Johns, the NDP candidates for...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
How is it possible for Canada to continue to grow its economy – including the energy sector – while lessening damage to the environment?
Blair Herbert, Liberal:
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
How is it possible for Canada to continue to grow its economy – including the energy sector – while lessening damage to the environment?
Byron Horner, Conservative:
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
How is it possible for Canada to continue to grow its economy – including the energy sector – while lessening damage to the environment?
Rachel Blaney, NDP:
Monday, October 7, 2019
Tired of waiting years for a licence to sell their catch commercially, members of Listuguj Mi’kmaq First Nation in Quebec chose to take matters into their own hands this season, openly defying the federal...
Monday, October 7, 2019
The expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline is aimed to diversify Canada’s markets for petroleum and lessen its dependence on exporting to the United States, but this brings a significant increase in...
Monday, October 7, 2019
The expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline is aimed to diversify Canada’s markets for petroleum and lessen its dependence on exporting to the United States, but this brings a significant increase in...
Monday, October 7, 2019
The expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline is aimed to diversify Canada’s markets for petroleum and lessen its dependence on exporting to the United States, but this brings a significant increase in...
Friday, October 4, 2019
Despite the drastic overrepresentation of Indigenous people among Canada’s homeless, the Assembly of First Nations does not have a mandate to target the issue.
Friday, October 4, 2019
First Nations Advocate Nurses are available for support seven days a week at West Coast General Hospital (WCGH) in Port Alberni.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
At a time when city streets around the world are being filled with demonstrations for governments to do more to fight climate change, how the global phenomenon is affecting Vancouver Island’s coastal...
Thursday, October 3, 2019
At a time when city streets around the world are being filled with demonstrations for governments to do more to fight climate change, how the global phenomenon is affecting Vancouver Island’s coastal...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council’s Quu’asa team took a lead role in guiding the events of the 22nd annual Disability Access Committee (DAC) Health Ability Fair held at Alberni Athletic Hall Oct. 2 and 3....
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
A run-of-river hydroelectric project designed to reduce reliance on diesel fuel at Hot Springs Cove remains in hiatus a year after Hesquiaht First Nation had hoped to see it operational.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Alberni District Secondary School opened its doors for Indigenous eighth grade students and their families with their third annual barbecue.
Monday, September 30, 2019
“I was only seven years old when we were loaded on the bus – I didn’t know why me and my older brother were being taken away from our parents,” said Clyde Wale of Hazelton B.C.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Police and other emergency service providers made what has become their annual stop in Port Alberni on Friday, Sept. 27 during the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock bike ride.
Friday, September 27, 2019
Wails of anguish pushed through a shroud of morning fog, Sept. 27, as returning Alberni Indian Residential School survivors, now elderly, let go of childhood scars, symbolically tossing them into a fire.
Friday, September 27, 2019
Ernie Smith and his wife, Darlene, are sad but hopeful for the future, as their store, Awatin Art in downtown Campbell River, moves through its last days.
Friday, September 27, 2019
The Nuu-chah-nulth Seafood Limited Partnership (NSLP) is certainly not resting on its laurels.
In 2018 the Port Alberni-based company was one of the recipients of a BC Indigenous Business Award via...
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Although Premier John Horgan is not taking immediate action to upgrade the rugged passage where two University of Victoria Students died in a bus crash Sept. 13, the Huu-ay-aht First Nations are optimistic...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Accompanied with a roast dinner, the Port Alberni Friendship Center hosted their annual general meeting for the public on Sept. 24. From ages varying from youth to the elders, the PAFC gymnasium was packed...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
A near tragedy for those that rely on salmon migrating up the Fraser River is turning around after a massive landslide occurred in a canyon north of Lillooet in late June.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Although the NDP dominated Vancouver Island in 2015 – including winning by large margins in Nuu-chah-nulth communities – a tight race with the Conservatives is unfolding with less than a month left in the...
Monday, September 23, 2019
The Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock is starting this month, and the riders and communities are preparing for the over 1,100 -kilometre journey across the island.
