A pair of 36-foot fibreglass canoes purchased by Usma Nuu-chah-nulth Family and Child Services in 2021 have been officially named and decorated with Nuu-chah-nulth art, as they are now available to help children in care stay connected with their culture. The canoes were unveiled at a Sept. 8 Usma open house held at their 6th Avenue location.
Dry and hot conditions on British Columbia's West Coast have prompted the government to increase the drought level in the region to Level 3.
The areas that have risen to Drought Level 3 conditions are eastern Vancouver Island, western Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii. The high temperatures, consistent sunshine and lack of recent rain have increased water temperatures in numerous Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii streams.
This September, a group of Nuu-chah-nulth students began the Level 1 Carpentry course at North Island College’s Port Alberni campus, with possible opportunity awaiting to build an apartment complex for Ahousaht residents in the small city.
Alberni Athletics Soccer Club hosts a girls night.
Girls only, practice/try it session
U5 - U11 (4 to 10 years old as of Dec 31, 2022)
At ADSS turf.
Please rsvp to melissaklemencic@hotmail.com
Join Songhees Nation on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to celebrate traditions and culture.
The South Island Powwow is an opportunity to recognize Survivors and their families in the spirit of reconciliation. Through song and dance, we will celebrate traditional Indigenous cultures and resiliency.
The provincial government has awarded Uchucklesaht Tribe $71,000 from its Building Community Bridges project. The grant will assist the treaty nation in its delivery of support and services to its unhoused citizens.
A new Somass Hall will be built by the Tseshaht First Nation just a few years after the last building was torn down.
The original Somass Hall provided the community with an ideal gathering place for feasts, ceremonies, weddings and much more. The new project received $3.4 million in funding from the Investing in Canada Infrastructure program, covering about 75 per cent of the its costs, while the other 25 per cent is covered by the Tseshaht First Nation itself.
It has now been nearly two and a half years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and while life for many has been returning to a sense of normalcy, the novel coronavirus is very much still around. And with the 2022-2023 school year starting on September 6, it’s time for many parents to look at the provincial government’s COVID-19 plan for a return to schools.
Residents of Ahousaht are seeing heavy equipment busy on their main streets as work crews finish paving the remaining 75 per cent of gravel roads over the last week of August.
“It was a health and safety thing,” said former elected chief Greg Louie.
People in the community suffer from asthma and other respiratory conditions that are aggravated by road dust in the summer, or poor drainage and the mold it causes in the wet season.
A young woman clutches a photograph to her chest as she lights a candle at a table decorated in purple. The sadness in her face is clear as she shares that she lost her father to a drug overdose less than a year ago.
Right behind her is an elder woman called Dee. There are tears streaming down her face. She’s lost two younger family members, Ruth and Tommy, to the opioid crisis – one lost just a few days ago.