A salmon restoration project involving the Ditidaht First Nation has received international recognition from the United Nations.
In recent years work has continued to repair salmon habitat in a part of Ditidaht territory that falls within the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Recognized as part of a Parks Canada initiative, this work in the Cheewaht watershed has been selected for the UN World Restoration Flagship award.
Campbell River’s Berwick by the Sea retirement community is lit up with holiday flair, while across the street a mural portraying the word L-O-V-E fades on the side of boarded up building that was once a lifeline for the homeless.
Six months ago, at the end of June 2025, Kwesa Place and Hem’?aelas Community Kitchen were forced to close after the City of Campbell River bought the properties for redevelopment.
Mike Roberts sinks into his chair after a full Totem 70 media day.
Going on 20 years as athletic director for Alberni District Secondary School (ADSS), Roberts is notably tired from the press blitz, but revs back up to sing praise about their new Indigenized logo.
“It’s the story of the great flood. It’s the storm,” he said as he pulls up a photo of a traditional woven basket on his phone.
The basket is crafted in a circular pattern to depict a tidal wave.
Through an agreement with B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development, the Huu-ay-aht are marking another step in ensuring that more of its youngsters stay with family and remain connected to the First Nation.
One year after more than 7,000 litres of diesel spilled from a fish farm site west of Vancouver Island, shellfish harvesting has resumed for those living in the coastal area – but with the hope that such a disaster will never happen again.
On Dec. 14, 2024 between 7,000 and 8,000 litres of diesel fuel spilled from a barge operated by Grieg Seafood at its Lutes Creek salmon farm in Esperanza Inlet. The spill was due to human error during a fuel transfer on the floating concrete platform, which is off the north coast of Nootka Island and south of the village of Zeballos.
A Washington State judge delivered a 13-year sentence today for the 2016 murder of George Cecil David, after the cold case investigation was reopened with new evidence that led to an arrest.
Tina Marie Alcorn was handed more than 13 years in prison by a Clallam County Superior Court judge on Dec. 15. The Arkansas resident went on trial in August to plea guilty, after she was arrested in June by Port Angeles police and charged with second degree murder for the death of George David. David is from the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and lived in Neah Bay, Washington before his passing.
This has not been a good year for forestry as the industry continues to feel the pain from escalating tariffs, mill closures and job losses. But in Nootka Sound a First Nation is looking to a future where trees have a higher value staying in the ground.
The annual Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) Urban Community Holiday Gatherings tour wrapped with merriment and fruit čamas at a packed Thunderbird Hall in Campbell River on Dec 11.
Looking forward to a new year and a fresh start, the unifying wish for many of the guests at the Thunderbird Hall was just that – to be more united in 2026.
“I always think about all our nations and the troubles that we are having in-fighting,” said Tla-o-qui-aht elder Barney Williams, who moved to the northern region seven years ago to be closer to a major hospital.
First Nations in B.C. may be entitled to raise their UNDRIP rights if they are not adequately consulted on natural resource projects within their territory, following a precedent-setting B.C. Court of Appeal decision released on Dec. 5.
Ehattesaht Chief Counsellor Simon John says the court decision “provides important legal recognition of UNDRIP as a tool to help ensure that First Nations’ interests are respected and their role in decision making is realized.”
There was little doubt that Port Alberni is an urban hub for Nuu-chah-nulth-aht when people packed the Italian Hall for a holiday feast on Wednesday.