Canada’s iconic West Coast Trail (WCT) on Vancouver Island just got even better with the grand opening of a new visitor centre at the Nitinaht Lake Campground.

Brought to life by the Ditidaht Economic Development Corporation (DEDC), the new building features an outdoor theatre area and indoor meeting space and will serve as a check-in centre/information hub for WCT hikers, Nitinaht Lake campers and folks staying at the Caycuse Cabins.

Port Renfrew, BC - What began as a homicide investigation on the Pacheedaht reserve has concluded to determine that the cause of a recent death is “non-criminal in nature,” according to police.

Shortly after 9 p.m. on June 23 the Sooke RCMP were called to the community by Port Renfrew, in response to a report of a man with blood on him near Pachidah Road.

News that she would be receiving some substantial funding came at a rather opportune time for Shalaya Valenzuela.

Valenzuela, a Tseshaht First Nation member, is one of five individuals this year who have been selected to receive the Team Canada Indigenous Award, through the Canadian Olympic Foundation.

Each recipient will receive $20,000 to help cover some of their expenses during the next two years.

Valenzuela was a member of the Canadian women’s rugby sevens club that captured the silver medal at last year’s Paris Olympics.

Ditidaht families wandered down to the community field on a balmy July 3 to take part in a sports day and a barbecue lunch.

Gathering on the freshly cut grass, about 30 kids spent the better part of the summer day running free and playing fun games like egg toss, tug-o-war, three-legged-race and a classic water balloon fight.

Destiny Kitlamuxin admits she had some initial reservations about competing in an upcoming event.

But now Kitlamuxin, a member of Ahousaht First Nation, is rather keen that she’s been chosen to take part in the Miss Indigenous Canada pageant.

The competition, which runs July 23-27, will be held in Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario. Six Nations, located about 100 kilometres from Toronto, is the most populated First Nation in Canada.

This marks the second year that Miss Indigenous Canada will be staged. The inaugural event was also in Six Nations.

A woman accused of killing George Cecil David, 65, in a Port Angeles residence back in March 2016 is going to trial on August 11, 2025. Tina Marie Alcorn, 55, was charged with 2nd degree murder and was booked into Clallam County Jail on June 9, 2025.

Tina Marie Alcorn, of Phillips County, Arkansas, was taken into custody by the Port Angeles Police Department (PAPD) in early June in connection to the 2016 homicide of George Cecil David, a master woodcarver from Tla-o-qui-aht. In 2016, David was living in Neah Bay with family.

Since they were re-introduced to the B.C. coast in the early 1970s, sea otter numbers have grown more than a hundredfold – an unchecked population explosion that is taking food away from people in coastal communities, say Nuu-chah-nulth leaders.

Sea otters – or kwakwat in Nuu-chah-nulth – are extremely capable hunters. They can dive to depths of 30 metres, using rocks as tools to crack open various kinds of shellfish. Males can grow up to 45 kilograms and eat as much as a quarter of their weight in a single day.

Hundreds of people showed up at Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park to mark the 23rd year since Lisa Marie Young, then 21, vanished following a night out with friends.

On June 29, 2002, Lisa joined friends at a Nanaimo nightclub to celebrate a friend’s birthday. She was about to start a new job and move into a new apartment. But when her parents hadn’t heard from their only daughter the next day, concern turned to panic when Lisa’s former roommate told them that Lisa hadn’t moved her belongings into her new apartment.

With an annual budget for over $4 billion and a workforce of more than 14,700 staff, Fisheries and Oceans Canada serves a mandate to ensure “aquatic ecosystems and fisheries are sustainable and economically successful.” 

Guided by Canada’s United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, the federal department commonly referred to as DFO “is committed to building a renewed relationship with Indigenous Peoples that is based on the recognition of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership,” states an email from the department to Ha-Shilth-Sa.

She learned family history young, while listening to the teachings of her grandmother, Louise Dick. Those early years of learning helped shape the future of Sherry Mattice, who went on a long path to higher education. 

Dr. Sherry Mattice, a resident of Nanaimo, had to find creative options to upgrade her education. She earned her doctorate degree at the Business Administration in Leadership Program through Walden University out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She took her program via online studies.