The largest Nuu-chah-nulth community on Vancouver Island’s west coast is celebrating the completion of its new Ahousaht Wastewater Treatment Plant (AWTP), making the community’s most prominent beach safe for children to use.

Four baseball players from Tseshaht First Nation were in Surrey, B.C. last weekend for the Men’s Fastpitch Provincials at Softball City.

Eighteen men’s fastpitch teams from around the province participated in the tournament at the renowned Softball City, where the national championships will be held next summer.

Port Alberni players Thomas Dick, Josh Fred and Vance Sieber from the Parksville Redsox and Ivan Thomas from the Connaught Rangers all represented the Tseshaht First Nation at the tournament.

The disclosure of internal correspondence between DFO and the Sports Fishing Advisory Board has raised conflict of interest concerns, leading a First Nations’ fisheries group to call for two biologists to leave the federal department.

Papermill Dam, a popular Port Alberni swimming hole, was closed to the public on a hot Aug. 25 as RCMP investigated the discovery of bones in the Somass River.

The discovery, which turned out to be animal bones, was made by a civilian diver, according to an RCMP statement.

Chad Charlie, an Ahousaht writer, actor and film maker born and raised in Seattle WA., has taken the leap from stand-up comedy to the television screen.

The 32-year-old is now acting and writing for the critically acclaimed Indigenous comedy drama Reservation Dogs.

Reservation Dogs is an Indigenous American television series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi for FX Productions. It is the first television series that features all Indigenous writers and directors, along with an almost entirely Indigenous North American cast and production team.

Green Coast Dispensary spent August 6 celebrating a key date in the history of their business. The date saw the business’s ownership and management throw a free barbecue event for the public to celebrate the anniversary of moving to their River Road location.

Green Coast manager Graham Sayers says the event felt like a great way to thank the community and give back.

A portion of Port Alberni’s unhoused population will soon have access to a temporary overnight shelter located at the Bread of Life on Third Avenue, but not all of the soup kitchen’s neighbours are thrilled about it.

City council voted in favour of a temporary use permit (TUP) for the low-barrier shelter at a regular meeting of council on July 11. The 25-bed shelter will be operated by the local Salvation Army at the Bread of Life’s drop-in centre and funded annually by BC Housing.

The Fun in the Park event was put on by Child and Youth Services, with participation from Usma and other departments from the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. The gathering drew approximately 150 people during the midday hours to Port Alberni's Roger Creek Park on Aug. 23. Fun in the Park was open to Nuu-chah-nulth people and the greater community as well.