Just when everyone thought the plan to build a pipeline carrying bitumen from Alberta to the B.C. coast was buried for good, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the signing of an agreement that reinvigorates the old plans with the promise of shared ownership and benefits to B.C. and Alberta First Nations.
The Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k'tles7et'h' First Nations are urging MPs in Ottawa to put their political differences aside to pass legislation that would create an independent commissioner to ensure modern treaties are fully implemented.
Optimism for the future of Chinook salmon is swimming up Muchalat River near the town of Gold River, B.C. in Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations (MMFN) territory.
Kent O’Neill, president of the Nootka Sound Watershed Society (NSWS), says he observed hundreds of fish using a newly restored gravel spawning pad at the outflow area of Muchalat Lake this fall.
Nuu-chah-nulth-aht living in the Vancouver area filled a large hall in the Japanese Language School on Thursday, for the second of five urban gatherings held this month for those living away from their home territory.
At the Downtown Eastside venue 147 people came to enjoy the Christmas meal, plus staff from the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. The Dec. 4 gathering enabled family members to connect over a Christmas meal, which was preceded by the Dinner Song led by singer Howard Morris, who is part of the NTC team travelling to various locations this month for the urban gatherings.
The Whaling Monument at Port Alberni’s Victoria Quay is being reassembled in its new home along the river.
The 30-foot red and yellow cedar whaling canoe was previously set up in a shed at the Victoria Quay. The shed was originally built as a place for carving the welcome figures that now stand nearby.
The original shed, designed by architect Scott Kent in the early 2000s, was only meant to be a temporary home for the whaling monument, but years went by and the piece remained in the open structure.
This year’s Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Urban Gathering for Victoria was held at the Edelweiss Club on Niagara Street, a familiar location for Nuu-chah-nulth-aht living in the city.
There were fewer families joining the festivities this year, as the Victoria event is normally standing room only by the time food is served. But as news of the holiday meal spread latecomers came in to fill the empty tables and enjoy a Christmas dinner.
The 15-foot wooden cougar sculpture erected this summer to block forestry workers from accessing the Upper Walbran Valley in Pacheedaht First Nations territory is a pile of cold ashes on the dirt road.
On Friday, November 21 the Huu-ay-aht’s government office in Anacla issued a water advisory to its citizens due to a biofilm inside the water tank.
Biofilm is a bacterial film composed of a mixture of different micro-organisms that are held together and protected by glue-like materials (carbohydrates). The glue-like material that micro-organisms secrete allows them to attach themselves to surfaces.
The family of a man who was murdered in Port Alberni four years ago are hoping for long-overdue answers after an individual linked to the apartment where his body was found faced a series of convictions this fall.
Melinda Camille Martin, 34, has been released from a Lower Mainland prison after serving sentences for several violent crimes including assault against peace officers, brandishing an imitation gun and slashing the neck of a liquor store employee during a botched theft.
British Columbia is looking to the Far East to find more of a future for the forestry industry, as the sector continues to be hammered by escalating tariffs from its biggest trading partner.
US duties on softwood lumber exported from B.C. and the rest of Canada tripled this year, growing to an average of 45 per cent after President Donald Trump imposed an additional 10-per-cent this fall. This means that lumber sold to American customers is 45 per cent more expensive south of the border with the tariffs that collect this additional revenue for the U.S. Treasury.